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12-29-2007
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| | Re: When to update BIOS??? "the wharf rat" <wrat@xxxxxx> wrote in message news:fl5tbu$51q$1@xxxxxx Quote: > In article <evM9h2cSIHA.5016@xxxxxx>, > MICHAEL <u158627_emr2@xxxxxx> wrote: Quote: >>Since you are a natural expert, I do believe you deserve >>to be an MVP. Shall I help you campaign to get what you > What exactly do you need to do to become an MVP? -Michael |
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12-29-2007
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| | Re: When to update BIOS??? the wharf rat wrote: Quote: > In article <evM9h2cSIHA.5016@xxxxxx>, > MICHAEL <u158627_emr2@xxxxxx> wrote: Quote: >> Since you are a natural expert, I do believe you deserve >> to be an MVP. Shall I help you campaign to get what you > What exactly do you need to do to become an MVP? > You need to help users, not insult them which writes off many here. It is not a matter of "Sucking up" to Microsoft, it is to do with recognition by peers, and I am sorry but I have recently had to voice criticisms of some Microsoft business decisions and of some here who treat customers as if they have no brains, so be it, Microsoft do appear to recognize intent. |
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12-29-2007
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| | Re: When to update BIOS??? More Vitrol Please...LOL -- A Professional Amateur...If anyone knew it all, none of would be here! CarGodZeroOne@xxxxxx Change Alpha to Numeric to reply "the wharf rat" <wrat@xxxxxx> wrote in message news:fl5tbu$51q$1@xxxxxx Quote: > In article <evM9h2cSIHA.5016@xxxxxx>, > MICHAEL <u158627_emr2@xxxxxx> wrote: Quote: >>Since you are a natural expert, I do believe you deserve >>to be an MVP. Shall I help you campaign to get what you > What exactly do you need to do to become an MVP? > |
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12-30-2007
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| | Re: When to update BIOS??? On Sun, 30 Dec 2007 08:07:40 -0600, Andrew Rossmann <andysnewsreply@xxxxxx_junk.comcast.net> wrote: Quote: > In article <v5rcn3t8iqugo0odd41d1mkh21b883dm5u@xxxxxx>, > kblake@xxxxxxin says... Quote: > > I'm glad you were successful, but not everyone is. BIOS updates are > > inherently risky, and should be avoided whenever possible. A sudden > > loss of power while it's taking place can ruin the BIOS entirely, as > > can accidentally using the improper update file. > That is what a UPS is for. I agree with you. I highly recommend using a UPS all the time, and especially when doing a BIOS update. However UPSs are not perfect; they can substantially reduce the risk, but no such device can eliminate it entirely. Quote: > Also, the actual update only took a few > seconds. It isn't like the old days where it could take over a minute. The less time it takes, the lower the risk. But there is always risk. A power failure is only one of the things that can happen. For example, you could accidentally use the wrong update for your BIOS. Quote: > A BIOS update can be important if you are updating to Vista from XP. Although I didn't need a BIOS update when I upgraded from XP to Vista, I'll grant you the possibility that others may need one. I am certainly not claiming that nobody should ever do a BIOS update. I've done several of them myself. My point is rather that you should do a BIOS update only when you need to, not just because one is available. Unfortunately, there are a certain number of people who think they should always be "up-to-date" and will install every new BIOS update that comes out, without regard for whether they need it or not. The result is that they occasionally clobber their machines. Again, updating the BIOS is inherently risky. I don't say to never take the risk, but I do say to take it *only* if you need to. -- Ken Blake, Microsoft MVP Windows - Shell/User Please Reply to the Newsgroup |
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12-30-2007
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| | Re: When to update BIOS??? Beejaysoo <Beejaysoo@xxxxxx> wrote: Quote: > I checked the System Summary for my Toshiba P200 Satelite Notebook > and the BIOS is listed as version V1.40. Toshiba are presently > showing BIOS version V1.70 as the present version for the P200. > Should I be upgrading? Any other insight as to why I should, > should not, or don't need to, would be appreciated. exactly what the update does so check and see if you need it or not. http://www.csd.toshiba.com/cgi- bin/tais/su/su_sc_dtlViewDL.jsp?soid=1846930&moid=1702312&rpn=PSPB0U&BV _SessionID=@@@@1588099469.1199055580@@@@&BV_EngineID=cccjaddmleedfimcgf kceghdgngdgmm.0&ct=DL&all_docs=false or: http://preview.tinyurl.com/3axzp5 -- XS11E, Killing all posts from Google Groups The Usenet Improvement Project: http://improve-usenet.org |
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