Microsoft is really going downhill. It was patch Tuesday again this week. Well, my Windows 7 Pro computer wouldn't boot after 20 new updates were applied. This happened twice and I had to do a system restore back to the previous state twice. Looks like others have had problems too. I don't understand how reviewers praise this piece of junk. I get not responding message for anything from a browser to word processors quite often now. VERY BAD SOFTWARE. I'll have to turn off automatic updates so this doesn't happen a third time. If only there was more software for Linux. However, for the average user, I think Ubuntu is just fine. Too bad more people don't know about that!
OK, noticed that Windows 7 Service Pack 1 was out. I turned off automatic updates in Control Panel. Then I downloaded the DVD image for Win7 SP1. Funny how the service pack is named as Windows 6.1 service pack (so Windows 7 is really Windows 6.1!) Ran the service pack (takes about 1 hour). Then I applied the latest Windows 7 updatess (minus IE 9). It actually worked this time. Just shows how shoddy the Windows updates can be. I can imagine the average user puzzled that their computer wouldn't boot and taking it for service and forking over more $$$. No wonder the IT industry loves Microsoft products - it keeps the food chain going!
Well, the computer wouldn't boot again, so did a system restore back to SP1 and turned off automatic update notifications. See if this works. What a bunch of crap Microsoft!
It still doesn't cold boot! This is bad.
I upgraded the memory to 6 gig. This appears to have fixed things.
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