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Windows 7 Updates - FFS!

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    #11
    Originally posted by suityou01 View Post
    Ms works?
    Not works - there was MS Office 4.2 Standard and Enterprise I think - difference was Access ISTR

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      #12
      Originally posted by SupremeSpod View Post
      Ok, admittedly I haven't touched this PC for 7 days but WTF?

      It's now downloading 218.5 MB of updates.

      Christ on a ******* Bike, what is in those damn updates?
      Patch Tuesday this week, wasn't it?

      I had better check the system I haven't fired up since then...

      I did a full reinstall on a laptop yesterday. When I ran Windows Update it told me it was bringing down 96 patches.

      I went and did some cooking instead of watching that.
      Behold the warranty -- the bold print giveth and the fine print taketh away.

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        #13
        Bloody updates killed my home machine. Had to system restore to get it working again

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          #14
          Originally posted by administrator View Post
          Bloody updates killed my home machine. Had to system restore to get it working again
          Why not upgrade to XP?
          Knock first as I might be balancing my chakras.

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            #15
            Originally posted by Sysman View Post
            I had better check the system I haven't fired up since then...
            Fired it up and it told me that Windows wasn't activated, and Security Essentials will stop running in 30 days.

            It gave me a link to download and run something called WindowsActivationUpdate.exe

            Dunno what that does but it took its time running.

            I hadn't changed any hardware, but I had just upgraded VirtualBox Guest Additions to reflect a new version of VirtualBox. Maybe that triggered something.

            Dunno what Windows 7 is up to either. It's just spent a quarter of an hour using 18% CPU doing, er, something...

            Ho hum.
            Behold the warranty -- the bold print giveth and the fine print taketh away.

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              #16
              Windows 7 Updates - FFS!

              One word, OSX....

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                #17
                Originally posted by stek View Post
                One word, OSX....
                Sssshhhhh!

                Is this where I mention the size of Xcode downloads?

                Linux can offer some quite meaty downloads too.
                Behold the warranty -- the bold print giveth and the fine print taketh away.

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                  #18
                  Windows 7 Updates - FFS!

                  Originally posted by Sysman View Post
                  Sssshhhhh!

                  Is this where I mention the size of Xcode downloads?

                  Linux can offer some quite meaty downloads too.
                  Xcode is dev tho, like a VS download, not ur average punters requirement.

                  Having said that, the last AIX TL was like gigs so they're all at it!

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                    #19
                    Originally posted by suityou01 View Post
                    Why not upgrade to XP?
                    6 bit to 8 bit punch card
                    "A people that elect corrupt politicians, imposters, thieves and traitors are not victims, but accomplices," George Orwell

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