XP Pro and upgates

Being a newbie to this set of forums and cause Dashken was so nice elsewhere, thought I'ld keep going.

Got a question on XP Pro and it's monthly menop..., I mean, updates. I am a firm follower of staying up to date, but this is getting to be a job every month with 4 PCs in the house.

I have always ran the update manually, then update each one separately because I had a bad experience many moons ago trying to run several at once. Is this newer v6 updater any better?

Or, put more simply, can I leave all the updates checked and update all at once;
or should I continue one at a time?

Maybe it was the fact some require a reboot and others don't. Guess it's a mstery to me.

Second option would leave the girls to update their own, but Dad is still a little protective

Any guidance is very welcome and appreciated

 

Been using it since day one....only lately revert to mannual selecting which to be updated so that a certain genuine *ahem thing is not installed

 

Guess it's never a mystery any longer about updates, so I just do it manually. Maybe it's the fact I like to control who's doing what and and where from my PC.

Too many critters on the loose

I guess now that I think of it, I assume when you have your system set up for auto everything that it would install all 9-11 updates in one swoop.

Maybe MS is getting better with their updates...

now that we get more every month

 

I'm curious.. how many updates does MS roll out each month?

 

Had 9 for the month of Aug, and this doesn't include the 2 Office updates this month. Can't find the list for July, but June was 8 for XP and 3 for Office.

Now I'm curious...what OS are you using that you seem to be unaware of the MS updates

 

there is a fix for that
and your probably missing some updates if you don't have that installed by now.

 

Mac OS X primarily, and a mix of different flavours of Unix/Linux to taste... and Windows once in a blue moon (say, about 5 times a year?)

 

I usually set my update clock to the 3rd Tues of the month

This way I can watch the success of each month's updates and try to avoid any that go astray

Sorta like taco Tues, only we are dealing with critical updates

 

Somehow I new by your post you didn't run Windows.

Strange as it may seem, I've decided to give OS X a try with my new PC after reading the article here on Vista and what it has to offer. Guess I've been looking for an excuse, so I'll let it be Vista

All I need now is a list of Mac forums and how to's before my Christmas leap of faith...I always help Santa with my gift

 

No sweat, just check out your local MUGs (Mac User Groups - if there's any in your area) or any of the tons of forums out there (including forums on apple.com)

Or you can ask me, part of my job includes training/giving a crash course to new Mac users.

And if you get an Intel Mac, you can still boot Windows for those times you really have to use Windows

 

I thank you very much for the offer.

How many days to Christmas?