This Is Your Windows OS On Crack
90% of the error messages are from Windows related processes. The operating system is cracking to pieces as some bits of code collide with other bits of code. The origin of the problem, we've established, is in the upgrade from Home to Professional. Upgrading a Home Edition XP to a Professional Edition XP is NOT the same as having Professional Edition to begin with. There are small differences and overwrites in the base code upon which everything else depends. Typically, an operating system shouldn't interfere too much with running applications and should rarely produce error messages; but Windows is a complex animal.
Purchasing a new Windows XP Professional Edition disk and reformatting can run about $200. A new computer that is a modern equal to his standing computer could cost about $450 even without a monitor. The cost of upgrading the RAM and processor for his motherboard has been determined to cost about $250. A new disk will eliminate the errors, new upgraded parts will update the guts and allow a free reformatting and installation from the upgrade disk he already owns and who knows what we're in for if we buy a new computer. So indeed, what to do?
When the computer worked at its best, it was an amazing testament to eMachines. Smartly, the processor can be upgraded nearly a gigahertz to an AMD Athlon64 and the RAM can be doubled without the need of a new motherboard. The advice that seemed best for this scenario was to buy the upgrades, install Windows Home, upgrade to the Professional and then, most importantly, TURN OFF the Automatic Updates! What this machine has been doing is eating every update and Hotfix Microsoft has thrown out since Service Pack 2.
Software patches have become such a prominent feature of Microsoft's that one day in every month is actually called Patch Day. As of this article, Microsoft is putting out the Hotfixes for Windows XP that will form the basis of the long awaited XP Service Pack 3. For every kink in the code they fix, the next Hotfix has to fix the kinks created by the last Hotfix and address any new kinks discovered by security firms on the Internet. There's no good reason to follow the company up and down the winding path of troubleshooting problems thereby cracking your Operating System to pieces. When Service Pack 3 is released as an entire package, install it with peace of mind knowing that millions of error reports helped create the package; but try not to be a Service Pack 3 Beta tester yourself.
It should be noted that Microsoft's Hotfixes marked 'Critical' are indeed critical and should be accepted for download. Sometimes, Critical fixes are FBI sponsored and are less to do with marketing and research and more to do with honest and important security issues; in these cases, your machine is less likely to develop a new cracked-up error message.
Related Tags: security, windows, errors, xp, patches, processor, upgrades, hotfixes
Bryan Applegate works with Dinarius, Inc. Dinarius teaches, fixes and builds computers. Our articles cover topics from science to computers to philosophy. It's all an effort to make you a smarter surfer.
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