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Retired

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My experience with the update drivers for installed hardware provided by Windows Updates has not been good.

One system became unusable and required a full restart (format and reinstallation) after allowing Windows Updates to install a Bluetooth update.

On two occasions allowing Windows Updates to install driver updates for Sound Blaster Audigy cards resulted in a complete failure of Sound Blaster, requiring reinstallation of drivers from the Soundblaster site.

Having recently bought a HP Laserjet printer, Windows Update wants to install a new driver. I allowed the driver to be installed, but on every subsequent visit to Windows Updates, the HP Laserjet driver is flagged for requiring update.

I have not seen his behaviour on software updates.

Have you had difficulty with Windows Updates and system failures?
 

Daniel E.

daniel@psychlinks.ca
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With all those driver problems, you might as well update to Windows Vista :)

Seriously, I never had a problem with Windows Update since it has been so useless. Only once do I remember it downloading a driver for me.
 
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