Windows Updates and other maintenance tasks
Monday, May 25th, 2009
I got a call from a friend over the weekend and was asked why he always has to run Windows Updates. I told him to think of a computer as though it is a car. A car needs tuning once in a while and a computer is no different.
As in any type of machinery, a computer requires maintenance to keep it running in top form. And, software updates is only a part of that. Removal of unused files, running disk defragmentation, scanning for spyware and viruses are some of the other maintenance duties of being a computer user. Here’s a link on how to update your Windows operating system.
http://www.hku.hk/cc_news/ccnews102/helpdesk.html
A gentleman I met twenty years ago put it best. He had spent over 30 years in the auto industry; and, made a comparison between the personal computer and the automobile that I think made real sense…
When automobiles first became mass produced in the late 1800’s, drivers were constantly getting out of their cars and cranking the engine to get it started. Only after many years did manufacturers work out some of these problems and today we have cars that are flawless (almost). “Remember”, he said, “the PC has only been around since the 1970’s. It will take awhile before they work out the bugs and stop having to reboot them all the time.”
