Reformat, Reinstall, and updates

[Guest Paradoxdb3]

Last night, I reformatted the HD and installed everything all over...AGAIN!

It's actually quite a peaceful past time lately! I was just wondering

something. After I installed the Yahoo messenger for my wife, it

automatically installed the latest flash player for IE6, which is Adobe Flash

Player 9. I haven't yet patched the computer with the Microsoft updates. I

know from past experiences, that if I apply the critical service packs AFTER

I've installed Adobe Flash Player, I lose that flash player to Macromedia's

flash player 5.

 

My question is, do I really need the Microsoft critical updates for Windows

98, WMP9, DirectX9, and IE6? I'm behind a router/firewall. I understand

that IE6 may still be vulnerable, but isn't Windows 98 far enough out of the

spotlight to be considered safe from malware/hackers?

 

Oh, I have one last question...did I spell "vulnerable" correctly?

 

Thanks in advance! I appreciate any help as I don't own a dictionary! Oh,

and help with the technical questions is also appreciated! :-D

[Guest Paradoxdb3]

RE: Reformat, Reinstall, and updates

 

Never mind. My wife just phoned me and asked why Facebook wasn't working

properly. I guess I do need the critical updates after all! If memory

serves me correctly, I needed both the updates and the latest flash player

for that crappy site to work correctly (although I don't know why...unless

Adobe Flash Player 9 doesn't function properly without the Microsoft updates?)

 

"Paradoxdb3" wrote:

> Last night, I reformatted the HD and installed everything all over...AGAIN!

> It's actually quite a peaceful past time lately! I was just wondering

> something. After I installed the Yahoo messenger for my wife, it

> automatically installed the latest flash player for IE6, which is Adobe Flash

> Player 9. I haven't yet patched the computer with the Microsoft updates. I

> know from past experiences, that if I apply the critical service packs AFTER

> I've installed Adobe Flash Player, I lose that flash player to Macromedia's

> flash player 5.

>

> My question is, do I really need the Microsoft critical updates for Windows

> 98, WMP9, DirectX9, and IE6? I'm behind a router/firewall. I understand

> that IE6 may still be vulnerable, but isn't Windows 98 far enough out of the

> spotlight to be considered safe from malware/hackers?

>

> Oh, I have one last question...did I spell "vulnerable" correctly?

>

> Thanks in advance! I appreciate any help as I don't own a dictionary! Oh,

> and help with the technical questions is also appreciated! :-D