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[kapnkirk]

Yep, just got 2004 this morning upon allowing updates on Dell Precision T3620. It never asked if I wanted it, just started to do it when I allowed updates.

It rebooted and is running fine after 6 hours. So that’s something.

• This reply was modified 4 years, 8 months ago by kapnkirk.

Been using PatchMyPC for years and never had a problem. Fast, easy. Probably takes 2 minutes to download, startup, confirm what it’s reporting and hit the update button. Then you can just let it do it’s thing.

Used Secunia long ago but gave up after a new version seemed to make it unreliable.

I don’t trust vendor tools (e.g. Dell Support Assist). I find them buggy and often resource hogs. I wonder what they’re doing all the time they’re not checking for updates. I assume they’re spyware of some sort–so I install them only to check for updates, perform updates and remove.

I, also, have been using Password Safe for at least 10 years. It’s available free across Windows, Mac, Linux. On Mac it’s called PwSafe as I recall. You can set complexity rules for passwords for each entry. It provides you with a hierarchical folder structure to organize your passwords and a place to write notes for each entry. It’s super handy and I use it to store other sensitive information such as family members SS numbers, etc. I try to look at each sites password rules and use the maximum length they allow.

I also use LastPass for convenience but avoid putting really important passwords there. My “master” generator of passwords is always Password Safe.

For websites that don’t allow you to paste passwords (as an idiotic “security” feature – NOT) in Firefox you can do this: about:config | set “dom.event.clipboardevents.enabled” to false are restart FF.

 

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