Windows Worm Watch

I have read the news about a new threat to the Windows platform, I thought I might as well fire up my Dell and update the OS.

I turned the thing on, updated my antivirus first, I then went through the grueling process of updating Windows.

The web-page told me that there are 14 critical security updates I had to make to plug some holes in the OS.

I looked at the total size, it showed me that it was only 20Mb, now that shouldn’t be so bad.

I was wrong, those 20 megs took me 3 hours to download, although my connection was fast enough, the process of checking every other minute with Microsoft’s servers was idiotic.

After reaching the 14th and last patch, it took the system forever to move a bit. Then the page told me that something happened that prevented me from finishing the process and that I should start all over again.

I was dumbfounded, all over?!

I rechecked and surely I had to start downloading the 14 patches all over again.

This is but one aspect of the lovely Windows environment, my question would be, why would people tolerate this?

I know I won’t any more, I have that Dell machine for one purpose only, that’s to write in Arabic.

Best of luck to all you Windows Worm Watchers, or the next www.