How many of you update your Windows regularly ?

Hi Digitians

How many of you use Windows Automatic Updates or Auto Patcher or WSUS for updating your XP/2000/2003 Workstations and Servers ?

I do always coz I hv Genuine Windows XP

I hv enabled "Automatic Updates" option

I update regularly, but my regularly is once or twice a month. I use windows only when I want to browse my nokia 7610 phone as I do not know how to do that in linux. So when I do boot into windows I invariably end up leaving my pc on windows for 15-30 minutes to update windows, antivirus and sometimes firewall. What a waste.

Vishal Gupta said:
I do always coz I hv Genuine Windows XP
I hv enabled "Automatic Updates" option

Agar tumhare pass Genuine XP nahi hai,tho aur kiske pass rahega

techtronic said:
Agar tumhare pass Genuine XP nahi hai,tho aur kiske pass rahega

lol

Voted also, thnx for the POLL

never

pathiks said:
never

Are you using Windows 98/ME ?

T

I never update my windows. The min you install Windows update another few update follows which is waste of bandwidth.

from the day the UL900 connection got activated, i "Turned Automatic Updates ON"

(before that i had selected "Notify...option" for bsnl Home250)
as i sometimes get Updates frm HP too (for HP s/w, a bit heavy updates).

kenshin1988 said:
I use Autopatcher...coz i frequently reinstall Windows...so its kinda stupid to download updates again and again from the begining...

Are you aware of Ryan's Update Pack and nLite?

NucleusKore said:
.....I use windows only when I want to browse my nokia 7610 phone as I do not know how to do that in linux.

Nokia 7610 may work on most modern GNU/Linux distros.try gnokii on Debian or Ubuntu .also is symbian oggplay for song management.
*tuxmobil.org/phones_linux_nokia_other.html
*symbianoggplay.sourceforge.net/
*freshmeat.net/projects/gnokii/
*cobex.sourceforge.net
*www.gammu.org

else come to Open Source Section.ur welcome ;-)

i update regularly w/o fail, but have disabled automatic updates. i do it manually, as n when they r released.

I do update my windows

kenshin1988 said:
Yes I know....but never tried them...I am happy with my autopatcher..

Using Ryan's Packs is a better option. I have notices that Autopatcher includes even those Hotfixes which have been replaced by newer hotfixes, as mentioned in Ryan's Changelog.

Installing all the Hotfixes included in Autopatcher is not very useful or beneficial.

V

i do it wid the auto patcher on digit

H

<proudly, with nose high up in the air>

*ORIGINAL* XP user here...I have enabled the "Automatic Update" option on my OS!

Automatic updates turned on.

I just love keeping Automatic Updates 'ON'. It's a feel good factor for me!

I do, and all of our cafe systems too... with OS i am 100% legal

NICE To be legal and genuine... GOOD MICROSOFT VALUE CUSTOMER

windows update-what's that

i dont know the last time when i updated my windows..maybe jan2005

saurav_cheeta said:
I do, and all of our cafe systems too... with OS i am 100% legal

have you heard anything as 68% or 43% legal

vimal_mehrotra said:
have you heard anything as 68% or 43% legal

why not...

when u have 50 PC and have licanse for 25 PCs... and other 25 runs on illigal windows... then it would be called 50% legal i guess... isnt it...

you are 100% correct.

N

My Windows XP is theoretically illegal and practically legal. But still I hate updating it! I find no use...especially when I have Kaspersky around. And that too when I wrote guide on saving windows xp updates on hard drive and CD!!

autopatcher

Mine not on automatic update , it gets updated when i manually update it. i don't like my os doing stuff without my permission . I update once in 2 months avg.

window updated auto matically...I have genuine XP

Automtic Updates

i am waiting for SP3
i don't update my PC

Autopatcher, cant expect to Auto. Update on a dialup.

I update using Microsoft Update & all the softwares needing update (Adaware, Orbitron) every Sunday (Except AVG which auto updates - avast! needed manual updates but i switched to AVG a week back).

Even though I have Genuine XP I have disabled autoupdates coz I dont want IE7,WMP 11, Dotnot framework etc and other such stuff which I really dont need. I want to see what M$ installs on my PC besides it allows driver updates etc.

I have a genuine WinXP Media Center PC, which i used 2 update beforehand but I dont do it these day's as I can have the autopatcher & Its a big pain on dial-up.

yeah on dialup its sure is but what you get from AUTOPAtcher is not that fine what you get from AUTOMATIC ONLINE UPDATES.. ITS MY VIEW :))

I have "Automatic Updates" on.

navjotjsingh said:
My Windows XP is theoretically illegal and practically legal. But still I hate updating it! I find no use...especially when I have Kaspersky around. And that too when I wrote guide on saving windows xp updates on hard drive and CD!!

whats ur address ?? i may ask the MS guyess to pay u a visit when they again call us for pushing Windows Vista

or other stuff... lol....

WHOA!!! then many people will BE SUFFFIIIIISHHH

N

I don't want any MS guys bothering me around! Its better to stay close to their products rather than being close to them!

I dont want my windows to act that smart and do things on its own..So i hv made sure that automatic updates,windows firewall and security center are disabled on my system

Every Thursday even though i dont use Windows at all, but had to do it bcoz my sisters use Windows.

I don't update windows as updating it usually results in the OS going against you.
Instead, sab kutch mai manually kartha hoon.
But for My Ubuntu Feisty Fawn, I update it regularly, every day(if at all updates come everyday). Its auto update is not at all fishy, and everything is open to the user.
I used to use Autopatcher too, occasionally. But now I use another thing called offline windows updater. Its a softy that downloads the windows patches, updates, etc to a folder, creates an ISO, updates the iso regularly and the ISO can be burnt and updates can be created.
Even these updates are rare for me.

I update manually, i hate crawling connections without my notice. So i have set Automatic Updates to notify me when new updates are available. I also check for them manually sometimes.

P

automatic update

I make my own isos with latest updates

I use Autopatcher to update my xp...I have installed XP SP3 also...

I wont update

Last update in XP - Service Pack 2 :lol:

Last update in Vista - Never. :lol:

Every time when there is a Service Pack released...