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Why the updates was going to destroy my computer?

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One package of my computer has one cd which anyways it was about the updates.

The program was checking the updates about graphics card ,sounds and stuff like that.
Now for some reason after i click to download all the updates and tried to install them one by one , i was thinking the same time that was my pc was running fine ,so why would i install the updates? and i thought it might be better for the performance ,and then it happened.

The program called fast boot, maybe it installed twice i dont know and when i click it and press go it asked me to restart my computer after i did it was showing me that i should boot the proper drive ,i shut down my computer and restart and i was lucky to be able to gain access to my computer ,not only that but after each time i was restarting my computer was listening to a strange voice like my pc was stacking.

However after successfully connected to my computer i went to unistall the programs i installed from the updated and by accident i deleted the sound ,and i had to re-install the sound answell but for some reason because the zip was extracted the files was corrupted i had an error and was saying that "No driver find for the package" something luck,then i move the installation file into to an empty folder and i was lucky to install the sound and was like it was.

Last but not least that i wanna say is that ,sometimes is better to leave your computer the way it is, and now i still feel that is something is going still wrong with my computer because after the welcome screen i still see something is going to come up like a white background page but it does not,maybe is because i touch the msconfig not to appear the specific programs.

Here is the program which makes me the updates:
 

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How about not using a 3rd party pile of crap software to install drivers. Go to the manufacturer website and download the correct drivers for your hardware and do it manually.
Most computer errors are sat in front of the monitor.
 
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How about not using a 3rd party pile of crap software to install drivers. Go to the manufacturer website and download the correct drivers for your hardware and do it manually.

Lol the program about the updates it was from their company i did not downloaded from any website -.-
 
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SH** happens :D Manual is still the best way to obtain driver software. Glitches will allways be there either we wanted them or not :D
 

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I have had A/V programs saying that MSI program some times downloads viruses. So i started to to manually getting them and they were different files from what that program was finding.
 
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One package of my computer has one cd which anyways it was about the updates.

The program was checking the updates about graphics card ,sounds and stuff like that.
Now for some reason after i click to download all the updates and tried to install them one by one , i was thinking the same time that was my pc was running fine ,so why would i install the updates? and i thought it might be better for the performance ,and then it happened.

The program called fast boot, maybe it installed twice i dont know and when i click it and press go it asked me to restart my computer after i did it was showing me that i should boot the proper drive ,i shut down my computer and restart and i was lucky to be able to gain access to my computer ,not only that but after each time i was restarting my computer was listening to a strange voice like my pc was stacking.

However after successfully connected to my computer i went to unistall the programs i installed from the updated and by accident i deleted the sound ,and i had to re-install the sound answell but for some reason because the zip was extracted the files was corrupted i had an error and was saying that "No driver find for the package" something luck,then i move the installation file into to an empty folder and i was lucky to install the sound and was like it was.

Last but not least that i wanna say is that ,sometimes is better to leave your computer the way it is, and now i still feel that is something is going still wrong with my computer because after the welcome screen i still see something is going to come up like a white background page but it does not,maybe is because i touch the msconfig not to appear the specific programs.

Here is the program which makes me the updates:
http://i.imgur.com/Os47PdU.png
most optimising tools are bloatware. Stay away from them. Install updates for drivers from the manufacturer websites like amd, asrock, asus, msi etc.
 

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most optimising tools are bloatware.

Most indeededly so. Some are betters than others though, HP computers comes with horrible amounts of bloatware.
 
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I fixed other people computer a lot every year, and doing the update MANUALLY is better than 3rd party program.
 

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I fixed other people computer a lot every year, and doing the update MANUALLY is better than 3rd party program.

MSI Live Update is not a 3rd party app. But if you want some thing done and done right i could not agree more.
 
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Although Asus and Gigabyte utilities have problems, nobody screws it up like MSI. Last time I tried their "Live Update", it was so bad I decided to just re-install Windows rather than try to fix all the damage it caused. Eventually you learn to avoid all manufacturer's utilities, because so many of them are crapware or even malware. For pre-built systems like HP or Dell, I always use "PC Decrapifier" to clean out bloatware. For custom rigs, just don't install any of it, except what's absolutely required (LAN drivers and maybe BIOS update utility) to get started. But always get the newest drivers from their website.
Some utilities are almost impossible to remove without a re-install or re-image of Windows. I always make an image as soon as I have all hardware drivers installed and everything running right, then when you have a problem with a program, it's quick and easy to start over.
 
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