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You run like I, Robert. Once my Windows XP ran 364 days… I should of not messed with it so I could claim a year!!!

thanx, Robert… I’ll give that a try. But for the moment, let’s presume this will work. This opens a whole new can of worms because according to theory, after setting up the Window 7 backup, it is suppossed to run automatically without further user intervention. If a rogue application can cease the backup setup, how can one trust that the backup will run as expected?

Great chart, Susan… It is good to know that somebody at WS is listening!!!

In the article, Susan Bradley mentioned installing KB2502285 before installing Win 7 SP1.

I went to that page at Microsoft and it did not show a download button for my system. Also, Windows Update did not show that update as available.

I am running Windows 7 Pro x64.

Does anyone know if KB2502285 is only for x86 (32 bit) systems?

BTW: SP1 is shown as Important and available on WSUS as of Feb 28, but it is *not* checked for download.

This is sad. I think that since I am reading the paid portion of Windows Secrets, I shouldn’t have to hunt and search to learn that a patch being touted as important doesn’t apply to 64-bit systems. I spent an hour reading the MS pages and searching through my installed and yet to be installed patches before heading to the lounge to get a comrads mention that it is possibly only applicable to x86 systems.

Another thing I would like to see in Windows Secrets is a table that focuses on the latest recommendations as to whether a patch should be installed or whether to hold off. I now have well over a dozen patches “on hold” (including SP1) pending some mention in WS that it is OK to proceed. It seems that I see mention to “hold off a week or so” and it never gets revisited.

It is my opinion that the type of information I am refering to above is that for which I am paying. Why is it not forthcoming?

ken

Why is there no cumulative patch list with all your recomendations? I just returned from a long vacation and there are a large number of patches that have been downloaded to my Windows 7 computer. I want to look at what you say for each, but I don’t seem able to find answers. Even when I perform a Windows Secrets search for “KBxxxxxxx” it returns no results. Where can I look to see if a patch is recommended, particularly by you?

thanx,

ken

Please clarify whether one can oan/or should use both Site Advisor and WOT concurrently. What benefit is derived and will doing so slow internet access?

Also, I noted your comment concerning phishing for color changes, “Firefox 4 basically lies to these uninvited outsiders; they will see only unvisited sites.” That being the case, couldn’t an intruder (I’mn a hacker, but not an intruder!) simply make note of unvisited sites at a given point in time and then re-look a bit later and determine by corolation where one has visited?

thanx,

ken