From: "Geo." 

Just yesterday I got SP4 beta, so now for a short time I've got only one
patch.. 

Geo. (a 130mb very dangerous patch)

"Chris Robinson"  wrote in
message news:3E53416E.16896971{at}NOSPAMtotalise.co.uk...
> Yup - it sucks doesn't it.  I remember reading something recently about
> patching - saying it was like fixing a leaky tile on the roof whilst the
barn
> door if open - fairly true really.  It's almost a better bet to leave
patching
> (or at least minimise the amount you have to patch) by securing your
system
> other ways.
>
> Chris.
>
> geo wrote:
>
> > So after a power failure that lasted several hours caused a hard drive
to
> > fail I found myself reinstalling W2K this morning on one of the desktops
at
> > work. No problem, grab my W2Ksp3 CD and install it, install IE6sp1 and
> > reboot. Ok now at this point I'm running the very latest service packs.
> >
> > I then go to windows update and find I need 17 updates totally 26.4mb?
> >
> > 26.4mb of patches in just barely 6 months?
> >
> > Geo.
>

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