From: noone@nowhere.noway.con   
      
   On 29/11/2013 12:56, hermit wrote:   
   > Ok I just ran Belarc Advisor. It gives a ton of information, but is not   
   > very helpful with xp windows updates.   
   >   
   > It gives me a long list with links to the forever incomprehensible MS   
   > update advisories; that's just a tangled jungle of double talk to me.   
      
      
   Nobody will do that for you - it's near impossible and definitely   
   impossible without knowing what 3rd-party software has been installed   
   (and removed) over the years.   
      
   Most critical updates fix security holes in the OS.   
      
   You won't be able to tell which ones your system is susceptible to.   
      
   Do you ever open a web page (in any browser)?   
      
   If so, there are dozens of susceptible parts of the OS which   
   could be compromised, long before your AV solution gets anywhere   
   near them.   
      
   Now that you have a system image, I would advise you install at   
   least all of the Critical updates.  For the Important ones, take   
   the links to the online KB article if you are worried and decide   
   then but I would install *all* of those too without hesitation.   
      
   All I can tell you is that I look after several hundred PCs   
   and have never had an update 'kill' a system.  However, all of   
   these systems have been kept up to date from day one.  That might   
   tell you something.   
      
   Only a tiny minority of folk have trouble with windows updates   
   but they (of course) post about it when they do.  If everyone   
   else posted every time WU *didn't FU, then all of the rest of   
   usenet put together would become a tiny drop in the ocean of   
   happy ms update users.  Not preaching, just trying to put   
   things into perspective.   
      
   HTH,   
   --   
   Rob   
      
   --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05   
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