[triadtechtalk] Re: BigFix - Brian
- From: avbsantos@xxxxxxxxxxxx
- To: triadtechtalk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Sat, 06 Dec 2003 13:27:35 -0800 (PST)
Ahh, yes, I see! I Googled for "Big Fix" & nada!
"BigFix" comes back with a chockfull of links.
My answer to your original inquiry is a question:
Is it broke?
If'n' it ain't, then don't fix it!
I's learnt that one from Chuck in OK!
I remember there was a similar utility from one of the
biggies(ZDNET???). I very dilligently & trustingly
followed their update advise & downloaded them. It
messed up an installation of Win98 of mine when it
offered several updates to some applications that my PC
had.
They did say something to the effect of "use at your
own risk". The site & service to which I refer is
defunct now, but I stopped using it long before they
stopped providing the service. It had a very similar
interface & searched through my PC & made suggestions...
HTH,
armando
On Sat, 06 Dec 2003 14:03:37 -0600, brian99 wrote:
Armando,
Sorry for not mentioning anything else about this
BIGFIX. I have become to believe that there isn't any
thing that the core group of the forum doesn't know
about computer! But know I know better: there is one
thing! :-[
I think it could be best described as a special
updating service.
This has to be one of the few programs I found outside
of this group.
This is the link where Langa mentions it favorable. He
describes it as, "the largest remaining independent,
third-party updating service which sniffs your
machine's hardware and software, and then makes
recommendations as to which patches,...". It is
discussed on this page under 4. "How to catch up
without catchup".
http://www.langa.com/newsletters/2002/2002-10-10.htm#4
It seems like a great program. I had tried it quite
awhile back but didn't continue using it because I was
way too inexperienced then.
BRIAN
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From: avbsantos@xxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [triadtechtalk] Re: Big Fix
Date: Fri, 05 Dec 2003 10:50:23 -0800 (PST)
What's "Big Fix"????
armando
On Fri, 05 Dec 2003 10:22:56 -0600, brian99 wrote:
>
> Hi to all,
> It looked a little light so I thought it would be a
> good time to ask a
> quick question.
> I am trying to use Big Fix again and when I
> re-installed the program I
> got this message:
>
> "UPDATE: MDAC 2.8 Available
> Microsoft has released Microsoft Data Access
> Components (MDAC) version
> 2.8. The MDAC 2.8 redistributable installer installs
> the same Data
> Access core components as Microsoft Windows 2003
> Server. Please note
> that this release does not include Microsoft Jet, the
> Microsoft Jet OLE
> DB Provider, the Desktop Database Drivers ODBC Driver,
> or the Visual
> FoxPro ODBC Driver."
>
> Since it is 5.3MB and doesn't give me a clue what it
> is, I hope someone
> can explain exactly what it, and the other things
> listed are and do I
> really need it.
>
> Thanks as usual.
>
> BRIAN
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