Sometimes the driver
install fails, and other times, it succeeds and then breaks the
device. Update a driver only when you??™re already using a
Microsoft driver (see ???How to Add Hardware,??? earlier in this
chapter), and to be safe, only if the device isn??™t working. Fortunately,
drivers installed through Windows Update can be
???rolled back,??? but who wants to roll back drivers when you
don??™t have to?
If, for some reason, you need to uninstall an update, you can do so sometimes.
In Control Panel, open Programs and Features, and then click the
View installed updates link on the left. Highlight any update in the list and
click Uninstall to get rid of it.
If you??™re using Microsoft Office or another high-profile Microsoft product,
you can update those products along with Windows. To do this, open Windows
Update, click the Change settings link, and turn on the Use Microsoft
Update option.
Quick, On-the-Fly Backups
In its simplest form, a backup is simply a copy of your data. Now, a full system
backup, as described in the next topic, is obviously valuable, but often too
involved of a procedure to practice frequently enough to be entirely effective.
While you might perform a full backup once a week or once a month, you can
do a quick backup of your most important files several times a day. No special
software or hardware is required, and, best of all, it takes only a few seconds.
The following two solutions are remarkably simple, but the idea is sound,
and if you make a habit of making these quick, on-the-fly backups, it will
save you hours of work.
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