![]() I do not have automatic updates enabled though, especially drivers, I go by the "if it ain't broke then don't fix it" school, so if my drivers are fine I leave them. When people find ways to circumvent, hack and basicly exploit vulnerabilities in a system then I for one am glad they update me. How would they know they were needed, with respect, they do not have a crystal ball. What I'm saying is each time it was an outside program that caused it, and each time before that it was running fine, fast, no glitches etc This pop up overlaid every page you called up (thank you you ***** at avast) The time before that when it froze was because of Avast anti virus, a pop up came up on the screen with no red X or other way of getting rid of it,short of buying the paid version. it downloaded automatically windows "updates", including one that was pure and simply nagware, saying that my copy of windows was not genuineĪfter 3 days of constant pop ups, my lappy froze, so when I had it re formatted, updates are now firmly turned off again and will remain so (and we'll see how long it lasts this time ) Then I used a certain registry cleaner and tuneup utility that was reccommended on this forum. My laptop was performing perfectly well for 2 years with NO updates at all If "critical sytem updates" are needed, then surely the "system" wasn't designed right in the first place Trying to upgrade to Windows 8.1 on newly non-compatible hardware results in a message that your “CPU does not support CompareExchange 128.” While modern 64-bit processors support CMPXCHG16b, some older hardware does not-but the requirement wasn’t a must-have for the 64-bit version of Windows 8. CMPXCHG16b allows for atomic memory exchanges. That issue is Windows 8.1’s sudden need for CMPXCHG16b support in the 64-bit version. “I’m rather frustrated, because I see no need for Microsoft to have produced a point release OS update-or rather, a service pack-with significantly different system requirements that would leave my PC ‘marooned’ on Windows 8,” says Chip Sudderth, a PCWorld reader affected by the issue. And beyond the irritation factor, the issue could have troubling support implications for affected users, as Microsoft has told Windows 8 users they’ll need to upgrade to Windows 8.1 by 2015 to continue receiving critical system updates. Owners of some older PCs have found themselves stranded on Windows 8, trapped by a subtle tweak in Windows 8.1’s hardware requirements. Windows 8.1 fixes many of Windows 8’s most glaring flaws, but not everyone is able to bask in the bountiful new features. ![]()
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