Windows 7 and Windows Updates
Sunday, October 6, 2013 by kona0197 | Discussion: Personal Computing
So I have noticed that this computer I am fixing for a friend works better if I don't install any updates. So my question is do I really need to update the machine? As long as I use a good anti virus solution shouldn't I be OK?
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Reply #62 Wednesday, October 9, 2013 3:38 PM
Well, if it was a friend of mine, I would advise him to just use what he has for now and start saving for a better one. If it was a customer that insisted on wasting money on what I would have to tell him would likely be minimal results at best and I was getting paid for it.....break out the wallet. 
Reply #63 Wednesday, October 9, 2013 4:38 PM
You can use any Vista disc of the same flavor and activate it with the key on the sticker on the side of the tower. But yeah, Vista sucks.
Reply #64 Wednesday, October 9, 2013 4:50 PM
You mean what's left of the sticker? LOL, half of it is missing.
Reply #65 Wednesday, October 9, 2013 4:58 PM
From OP:
Later reply:
[quote who="kona0197" reply="61" id="3402579"]Not my call guys. Maybe this rig has some kind of sentimental value to my friend.
Is it your PC, or your friend's?
Pardon me if I'm confused. 
Reply #66 Wednesday, October 9, 2013 5:19 PM
Belongs to a friend, sorry for the confusion. By the way is the hard drive running at 123F good or bad?
Reply #67 Wednesday, October 9, 2013 5:30 PM
Not a problem. Google will tell you that.
Ok, so, I will rephrase....in the original post, you were talking about your machine, now you're talking about your friend's, and when did it change?
Reply #69 Wednesday, October 9, 2013 5:45 PM
The original post was meant for my friend's machine, I just worded it wrong. Nothing wrong with my machine. Runs as it should.
As for the dire Google says it is OK up to 140F. I just think 123F is pushing it, but it is a SFF case.
EDIT: I fixed the first post. I must have been tired when I started this thread.
Reply #70 Wednesday, October 9, 2013 6:06 PM
Replies 15 and 21 also read like it's your PC. A few others as well. Hmm.
Reply #71 Wednesday, October 9, 2013 6:44 PM
Well what can I say? When I am fixing someone else's computer I tend to get caught up in the moment. Trust me, I'm just fixing it for a friend. It's too slow for my tastes. 
Reply #72 Wednesday, October 9, 2013 7:20 PM
Emachines. Had one once.
Once.
Had XP on it. It was my first. Ran good for awhile. That is until I worked the hell out of it. In fact it was the one I used when I first joined WC. Had dial up and everything. My how things have changed. Do I miss it. Hell no! My laptop can run rings around it and then some.
Reply #74 Wednesday, October 9, 2013 7:56 PM
So I can install Vista, run this program you speak of and it will tell me what serial goes to the install CD? Assuming I can find a copy of Vista? Or if my friend wants to go back to Vista? I would think on this hardware Vista would be slower than 7.
Reply #75 Wednesday, October 9, 2013 7:59 PM
Quoting kona0197, reply 64You mean what's left of the sticker? LOL, half of it is missing.
There are proggies that will reveal the reg'd serial for you....so you can write it down somewhere and not have to rely on a vulnerable sticker...
Reply #76 Wednesday, October 9, 2013 8:08 PM
So I can install Vista, run this program you speak of and it will tell me what serial goes to the install CD? Assuming I can find a copy of Vista? Or if my friend wants to go back to Vista? I would think on this hardware Vista would be slower than 7.
LOL...No Kona. It's too late now. You would have to have done it before installing Win7. If you used it now, it would only show you the key you used when you installed Windows 7.
For the record. A key does not belong to the install disc.
Example, I own a Windows 8 Pro key. The key is what I paid for. I can use that key with any Windows 8 Pro disc, ISO, or download.
Say I lose my disc and need to reinstall. I can borrow a Win8 Pro disc from a friend, and use my paid for key with his disc, and be legit.
Reply #77 Wednesday, October 9, 2013 8:14 PM
I have Belarc Advisor on my rig. I didn't know it could search a Windows DVD for the serial key. Interesting.
Reply #78 Wednesday, October 9, 2013 8:33 PM
No. The method is....you have an existing OS installed on the computer ....you run Belarc ...it tells you the key...you write it down....you format and install again from any dvd and type in the key you wrote down when prompted.
Rocket surgery...
Reply #80 Wednesday, October 9, 2013 9:03 PM
Dang... 
Example, I own a Windows 8 Pro key. The key is what I paid for. I can use that key with any Windows 8 Pro disc, ISO, or download.
Say I lose my disc and need to reinstall. I can borrow a Win8 Pro disc from a friend, and use my paid for key with his disc, and be legit.
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Reply #61 Wednesday, October 9, 2013 3:33 PM
Not my call guys. Maybe this rig has some kind of sentimental value to my friend. Or amybe he is just like me, can't afford to pony up $300 bucks for a new rig and would rather just upgrade this one over time, a part this week, a part next month.