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To: shadowman who wrote (2138)	2/27/1999 2:48:00 PM
From: RJL	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 110642

Hi Dennis, I went to their site and took a look at it. Got it installed on one of our systems here. Interesting. A few pros and cons... Good: Tells you what you need, and can get it setup automatically...Saves you time, and hassle of always looking for updated drivers and software patches. Bad: Although it has a nice database of software and hardware, I'm sure it's missing some stuff, so you can't strictly rely on it and leave it at that. Still impressive. - Privacy is a BIG issue. Some people have problems having other people/companies know what's in their system. Alot of people hate and refuse cookies from sites...this goes a heck of alot further. Good be used quite maliciously as well. From an administrator's point of view, it's a potential nightmare. Although I think it's a tremendous improvement over Windows 95, the Windows 98 Windows Update program is a bit of the same thing (but strictly for Windows components). Having Microsoft going through my system makes me a bit iffy sometimes. For the average user though, it could be quite useful...as long as you're aware of the potential problems that go with it. As a habit, I update my software and device drivers quite regularly. Solves more problems than most people think. Like I told Mark, most crashes are due to software application errors (fixed by patches/updates), corrupt or bad device drivers (get the update from the hardware manufacturer) or bad RAM/CPU (rare). BWDIK? Richard