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Updates after reinstalling operating system
If problems arise with an operating system (perhaps because of multiple MS updates over the years) and you reinstall the system, is it not the case that you will be deluged with updates and end up back where you started?
The background to this is that I have a Dell Latitude 3540 running W7. I am very fussy about what I do with it (e.g. careful what I download, minimise start up programmes etc.) and largely it has been excellent although it is slow to start nowadays. Recently I have experienced it freezing - this is very intermittent and otherwise it seems to be working fine. When it does freeze I generally have Firefox, Open Office, Windows Live Mail and eM Client open. When it freezes I cannot open the task manager and I get to the point where killing it is the only answer.
I am not techie and I am not clear why this is happening but an associate has suggested reinstalling the operating system.
Thanks for any general thoughts.