TCS - Best thing since Sliced Bread

Best thing since Sliced Bread

by Richard K. deJongh
Tulsa Computer Society
From the November 2002 issue of the I/O Port Newsletter

I get these e-mails from ZDNet and they usually highlight some software. I look and read about them and don't give much though about many of them. But I found one that really is worth the price, NOTHING! Go to www.bigfix.com And download the Big Fix Client.

What this will do is keep tabs on your computer and advise of problems that could be real problems if not "Fixed". It found a few things on both my desktop and laptop. It even comes back to tell you that Norton has the latest AV update available. It's always checking MS for the latest patches etc.

You can install it to run on start-up or with an icon on the desktop.

Have fun and share the wealth!

Big Fix's operation is best described by a tutorial which it makes available when you install it:


In the above graphic there is a reference to a flashing icon, but in the above example it is not flashing. Here is the flashing icon:

When I ran it the first time it found four patches that I needed to apply:

Clicking on the first one I was presented with this screen, and when I clicked on the "Click here to download and install this patch" it went to the Microsoft site and downloaded the patch automatically.



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Tulsa Computer Society 11/02/2002
Don Singleton, President