Is it good or bad to update Windows?
I heard certain updates make your system processes use more out of your computer??
What should i do?
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Good, it enhances functionality and security.
Occasionaly they do yes.
Update your computer.
I never let any computers update themselves. I check the updates and install only the ones that are important, not the ones that Windows think are important. The less junk your computer have, the faster it is. 
One Vista update made my CPU go haywire. While playing any game, it would just start lagging like hell. I opened task manager, and saw explorer.exe chew up all my resources.
Only way out of that was to reboot the system. It lasted about 4-5 month’s, untill a new update fixed it.
Now every time my laptop updates, i fear that it will cause my CPU go haywire again.
I haven’t updated my Windows 7 in a good while.
Apparently one of the more recent updates messes up with firefox.
I installed win 7, and bam, about 200 updates waiting for me. about 100 was language pack, so I hid those, and updated the others.
I would select only important updates, but yes you should update your computer. It will generally improve security and stability.
I haven’t updated my XP SP3 ever and everything works perfectly fine. Not saying you shouldn’t, but rather, you’ll be fine if you won’t.
:facepalm: That’s because it’s SP3. It contains all of the updates over the 7 years since XP was released.
Haven’t updated in a while. Same with my graphics drivers. If i have a problem and need to update then I will, but a couple of times now I’ve tried the latest stable release drivers (no, Not the beta releases) and have had problems with games and such, rolling back fixed it though.
Updates are like armor for your operating system, just don’t get the ones with WAT in them, a quick google will tell you which ones not to download… are we aloud to talk about this here?
it used to be that Windows Update only patched patches with more patches. You could patch your patches with patched-up patches while you patched your patches. Each and every patch just laid over the top of each other, bogging down your system. Full-blown service packs were always the best route to go because they were streamlined CHANGES made to your operating system rather than patches that stackrf and trumped one-another.
i don’t know what to say now because i’m still using XP Pro with service-packs ONLY.
-Kawai Tei-
Guys… service packs include updates released up to that point in time…
Definitely update your system. More often than not, updates bring security enhancements, performance improvements, better drivers, etc.
Well, I’ll be staying well away from the kb971033 update then. Thanks for the heads up.
If anything you should at least download the security updates. Its better to update your hardware through the manufacturer, they will have the latest updates.
I let Windows grab whatever updates it wants.
Right now I’m running W7 Enterprise at home. The only downside is every 6 months I need to “check in” with the computer either through VPN, or physically bringing the thing to work.
Don’t bother man.
Why crack it when I have a legit copy legally installed? (“work at home,” yeah, right 
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Update essential ones only. It really does make things more secure. Do check what you wish to update, dont go for everything, other wise you can end up with crap you dont use and will slow down the computer.
I found updates for Win 98 and especially Win ME was awful and always messed with something else. But XP onwards seem fine, just be sensible.
As for graphics drivers, have mixed feelings about this. Yes updated drivers is good, but if everything works fine, just leave them as they are until maybe a new game or you find problems with a game such as low FPS/hitching anomaly etc
Always take a note of driver version before updating, that way if you do have problems, you know what you had before