Diflower wrote:I have nowhere near your amount of knowledge, but something similar happened to me one time.
No clue what to do, so I just went to control panel and uninstalled the latest update - is that too simplified?
No it's fine if you only put one update in. Sometimes I get 80 or more updates as I have so much software installed which is maintained by Microsoft updates. When you are in that state, you do need to go and find out what the update did. If it's an office fix and your USB driver is borked it's unlikely to be the problem...
It's just a matter of dates when the update was installed and a slow dogged determination to find out which one it was that did the damage (by description normally) and taking them out one by one.
It's more a case of reading, matching and experimenting by uninstalling and rebooting. This is what WM is alluding to in the time and the mindset.
You don't need a huge amount of information, but you do need to know how it's applied. Mrs S goes on about how I know so much about computing therefore she shouldn't bother because she'll never learn it. No matter how many times I tell her it is basic knowledge extrapolated to "fit" whichever system I'm looking at, she does not believe me.
I was talking to a friend of #1 son last night at his BBQ. His friend is mechanically skilled and has in depth tuning and upgrading experience on engines, gearboxes and suspension. He tells me he's a techophobe....
I told him I could describe computing to him in mechanical terms which he could understand and relate to. I'm not sure he believed me but it's what I do so I don't see how he could not cope...
