Windows "Updates"

This came just in time, now I can turn that stuff off.  After this most recent update, now my computer wont boot up at all.  Giving me an error message that some .dll flies in the system folder are corrupted.  Luckily I know how to do a system restore (ok, not that hard, but that's about all I know how to do with computers heh).

Not just Microsoft either.  Java updates and such do more harm than good.  "But it fixes security issues" ... at the cost of functionality is the end of that sentence. 

And before my last format I didn't update anything for over a year and it worked just fine.  I see advice on these computer help forums where experts apparently have to format their sh*t twice a month lol.

If you have Windows 8, Microsoft is making tons of updates, because WIndows 8 is pretty much a new OS, with many new features, and there are a lot of bugs too!

also, as ppl said here, you can choose when Microsoft updates.

p.s. use a mac!

Well after 3 hours or so of screwing with it I got everything updated AND working... somehow.  As usual windows makes you work hard for your computer

I would except for the minor details such as MACs costing about twice as much as a comparable PC AND Apple's ignorant policy of not building MACs that I can add hardware to. 

You people are so advanced... I'm still using XP.

Can anybody help with a Google Earth problem?

It won't start and wants to switch between DirectX and GL9 graphics. I checked the DirectX and it seemed to be up to date, but I downloaded it again, just to be sure.

Still won't start

If the OP can't figure out how to confire when Windows does its reboots, he will have a hell of a time using Linux. Or his car for that matter.

I wouldn't think so. With the Ubuntu distributions it has become so easy. I use Xubuntu and am very happy with it.

they may cost more, but look at the build quality! dont tell me you wouldnt like this: http://www.apple.com/ca/imac/

look how thin it is!

also, apart from looks, they are more reliable (for me). I ran through like 2-3 PCs, and finally got a mac. its been holding up really well

also, what hardware do you want to add to your computer anyways?

dont think it has to do with the graphics card, i think google stopped supporting XP, so Earth doesnt work on it.

Thanks. I thought Google had the motto "Don't be evil" or something similar. But I'm forced to buy a new machine or a new OS to use their handy product now?

Like the robot in Lost in Space said....that does not compute

So much fun...

So I turn on my computer this evening... and it wont boot again... what the hell happened I have no idea... also it informs me there are no system restore points now.  They were there yesterday, but I guess whatever it did while I was gone erased them for me.  Wonderful.

I'm getting the feeling the person who "fixed" my computer a few months ago did some goofy half assed work.

I just restored my computer today, and finally got rid of that damn software, I told you about. Also got rid of that stupid Weather Channel app, that I was dumb enough to download. It had been slowing my computer to a slug's pace. A drunk slug.

Well, its hard to keep supporting old OS's when they do not support new technology. Microsoft is not supporting Windows XP in 2014 as well.

However, you could just upgrade the OS to something newer, e.g. Vista, Windows 7, Windows 8.

I hear now Windows 8 comes with Office 2013 for free, so maybe it isn't such a bad thing to upgrade.

you must be a power user then :)

in that case, continue using Windows, but the majority of us dont mess around with the computer, including me. (hardware-wise, software-wise, my mac is completely overhauled)

I hear now Windows 8 comes with Office 2013 for free, so maybe it isn't such a bad thing to upgrade.  DaBigOne

You'd better double-check this instead of just believing whatever you "heard about it" and even if it is true I've used both MS Office and Open Office and can't tell the difference - except for the fact that Open Office is FREE.

Even if W8 does come with MS-Office you might want to look into this a little further I've also "heard" many bad things about W8 - like it sucks ass bigtime - from 2 programmers I know. 

https://www.infoworld.com/d/microsoft-windows/windows-8-review-yes-its-bad-200113

http://rcpmag.com/blogs/lee-pender/2012/02/early-reviews-of-windows-8-are-bad.aspx

Me, I'm going to stick with XP until support for it stops, and then "upgrade" to W7 (support for both stops next Apr) only if and when necessary and stick with it until W9 comes out, since MS seems to get it right - with every other version of Windows that is: W98 was the correctly working version of W95, W7 was the correctly working version of Vista, etc etc. 

Well, Windows 8 isn`t that bad: its just Windows 7 with a new start menu screen. You aren`t forced to use the start screen, there is a desktop mode as well. 

Anyway, I tend to like using Windows 8, although obviously it is suited better for tablets and smartphones. 

Even if you don`t have a touchscreen, it is still usable in Metro Mode. However, as said before there is a Desktop Mode as well.

Also, you can mimic a touchscreen even if you don`t have one, so you don`t have to spend money on a new touchscreen computer. 

Here: http://gadgets.ndtv.com/laptops/reviews/portronics-handmate-pen-adds-touchscreen-experience-to-any-windows-8-machine-324655#;

It costs about $90, which is less expensive than a new touchscreen laptop.

Sorry, my mistake, according to Microsoft, it only comes with Windows RT (the pure tablet version of Windows 8, no desktop mode)