out of sheer stress, i need help

[bonestonne]

ok, my dad just yelled at me for downloading an update. Currently its at 92.8%, its Windows Vista build 5536.

Out of the stress of already knowing that Automatic Updates from microsoft are not good, and that service packs are worse, i need people to explain this as best as they can, i'll print out the topic and hand it to him once i get a good amount of replies.

the first thing i need people to explain is why Build 5536 is a good thing to update to from build 5384. be sure to include compatibility, drivers, whatever.

the second thing i need explained is the pro's and con's of Updating computers, keeping drivers current, while using minimal disk space.

it would be greatly appreciated, what i say hasnt meant a thing. thanks in advanced

[ripken204]

well first of all isnt 5536 the pre-rc1? currently i am dloading this off of bittorrent, i was accepted by MS into it, i got the email and cd key from them. but for some reason the link they provided is dead.... can anyone confirm this? but i would highly suggest this version as i do not beleive it is a beta version, as i stated its pre-rc1.

edit: omg i just noticed that im dloading this version off of bittorent at my full speed! 860kbs+ !!!

[bonestonne]

they moved it, however, i managed to find it. on a freeware website. [how silly of them]

im using it as an update, but i need someone to explain why its good

[ripken204]

they moved it, lol. i got the email yesterday from them and they moved it already!

well:

http://www.longhornblogs.com/robert/archiv...ilable_Now.aspx