Although I'm not computer savvy, I'm trying to clean-up the computer by deleting some unwanted programs. While doing this, I noticed we have over 30 Security Update for Window XP. For instance, 8 Security Updates on 10/16/2009 alone. Are all of the updates necessary? Do the many updates make the computer run more slowly? Many thanks!2 people got this answerI do too

Yes, security updates are a good thing and you should install them..Generally, there is no performance lossunless there is a problem with one of them..Mike Hall MVP - Windows Desktop Experience http://msmvps.com/blogs/mikehall/

Before installing Oct updates look at the number of XP pcs that refuse to boot msft has failed to answer so far