Are unofficial updates safe to install?

[drzpapi1985]

Hello guys

are unofficial updates and hotfixes safe to install?

Can it slow down my pc performance?

please be honest.

thanks

[jbm]

Hello guys

are unofficial updates and hotfixes safe to install?

Can it slow down my pc performance?

please be honest.

thanks

You'll have to be more specific. What unofficial updares are you talking about?

I think that would depends on where your getting these 'unofficial updates'.

Do you trust the source?

[drzpapi1985]

Updates like these

WUClient-SelfUpdate-ActiveX.cab

WUClient-SelfUpdate-Aux-TopLevel.cab

WUClient-SelfUpdate-Core-TopLevel.cab

Windows6.1-KB123334-x86.msu

Windows6.1-KB123456-v2-x86.msu

Windows6.1-KB674101-x86.msu

Windows6.1-KB674103-x86.msu

Windows6.1-KB675605-v2-x86.msu

Windows6.1-KB675606-x86.msu

Windows6.1-KB947821-v2-x86.msu

Windows6.1-KB954664-x86.msu

Windows6.1-KB958488-v6001-x86.msu

Windows6.1-KB958559-WindowsVirtualPC-x86.msu

Windows6.1-KB968771-x86.msu

Windows6.1-KB970413-v2-x86.msu

Windows6.1-KB972831-v3-x86.msu

Windows6.1-KB973525-x86.msu

Windows6.1-KB973529-x86.msu

Windows6.1-KB973751-x86.msu

Windows6.1-KB973874-x86.msu

Windows6.1-KB973874-x86.msu.msu

Windows6.1-KB974039-v2-x86.msu

Windows6.1-KB974176-x86.msu

Windows6.1-KB974204-v2-x86.msu

Windows6.1-KB974259-x86.msu

Windows6.1-KB974327-x86.msu

Windows6.1-KB974332-v1.1-x86.msu

Windows6.1-KB974332-x86.msu.msu

Windows6.1-KB974431-x86.msu

Windows6.1-KB974455-x86.msu

Windows6.1-KB974476-v2-x86.msu

Windows6.1-KB974537-x86.msu

Windows6.1-KB974560-v2-x86.msu

Windows6.1-KB974571-x86.msu

Windows6.1-KB9745986.msu

Windows6.1-KB974624-x86.msu

Windows6.1-KB974638-v2-x86.msu

Windows6.1-KB974639-x86.msu

Windows6.1-KB974912-x86.msu

Windows6.1-KB974940-v4-x86.msu

Windows6.1-KB975053-x86.msu

Windows6.1-KB975214-x86.msu

Windows6.1-KB975243-x86.msu

Windows6.1-KB975415-x86.msu

Windows6.1-KB975467-x86.msu

Windows6.1-KB975469-x86.msu

Windows6.1-KB975496-x86.msu

Windows6.1-KB975499-x86.msu

Windows6.1-KB975599-x86.msu

Windows6.1-KB9756886.msu

Windows6.1-KB975762-x86.msu

Windows6.1-KB975777-x86.msu

Windows6.1-KB9757786.msu

Windows6.1-KB9758586.msu

Windows6.1-KB975921-x86.msu

Some of those updates are not found in the microsoft website so i assume they are unofficial updates and hotfixes.

Will my computer decrease performance if i install unofficial updates of hotfixes??

thanks for the fast reply.

Edited December 5, 2009 by drzpapi1985

[Mr Snrub]

If you don't receive it through Windows Update or find it when seaching the Microsoft KB, don't install it.

Even the wording of the articles on official non-security fixes from Microsoft say to only install the hotfix if you are experiencing the symptoms described - these hotfixes are not as rigorously tested as the ones delivered through Windows Update.

If a hotfix package doesn't appear on KB then it was likely a private test package, totally unsupported and with possible instrumentation (debug code) which might impact performance without helping anything.

Private packages are sometimes created to do extra logging or try to provoke a hard-to-find problem to identify the root - not often likely to "fix" or "improve performance".

I would also be way of anything with a "v" in the filename - that means at least 1 version of the package didn't help or do what it was meant to (possibly even made things worse)

I would recommend:

1. Let Windows Update keep the machine up to date.

2. Install other non-security updates if they are downloaded from a link on a Microsoft article or provided by Microsoft Support if you have the symptoms of the problem described.

3. Wait for service packs (and backup or test on an unimportant machine before rolling out).

[drzpapi1985]

I understand now.

Thanks a lot buddy!

:D