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<blockquote data-quote="cwa107" data-source="post: 351769" data-attributes="member: 24098">Same here.I have absolutely no empirical evidence of this phenomenon, but having worked in IT for about 10 years, I've noticed a few trends here and there.&nbsp; One of them is that whenever a new update or patch is rolled out to my user community, inevitably, certain people will have problems.&nbsp; Why is this?&nbsp; Is it because the patch was flawed?&nbsp; If so, then why do the vast majority not have problems?&nbsp; I surmise that because there was a change, any problem certain individuals might experience is now immediately attributable to that update, at least in their minds.&nbsp; Even if it's a completely unrelated problem, now, if there's a problem, it must be because of that patch.&nbsp; I think much of this is just an inherent fear of change that is innate in some people.&nbsp; Does that mean that this update is completely without flaw?&nbsp; Probably not, but I think that at least to some degree it's a problem of perception and not fact.&nbsp; Even if there was a pre-existing condition, people will now attribute any error message or problem to the fact that their machine was updated.&nbsp; I know it's completely unrelated coming from the Wndows world, but every single time Microsoft rolls out a new service pack - even going back to the Windows NT days, you'd hear the Windows-centric forums talk about how horrible the new update is.&nbsp; Then, after a few months gestation, suddenly the roar subsides to a whisper and although no specific fixes were released, suddenly that service pack is OK and generally accepted. My advice would be to back up your system, install the update and see how it goes.&nbsp; Worst case scenario, you can always roll right back.&nbsp; But I can tell you that I've had absolutely no issues thus far and I installed it on day one.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="cwa107, post: 351769, member: 24098"] Same here. I have absolutely no empirical evidence of this phenomenon, but having worked in IT for about 10 years, I've noticed a few trends here and there. One of them is that whenever a new update or patch is rolled out to my user community, inevitably, certain people will have problems. Why is this? Is it because the patch was flawed? If so, then why do the vast majority not have problems? I surmise that because there was a change, any problem certain individuals might experience is now immediately attributable to that update, at least in their minds. Even if it's a completely unrelated problem, now, if there's a problem, it must be because of that patch. I think much of this is just an inherent fear of change that is innate in some people. Does that mean that this update is completely without flaw? Probably not, but I think that at least to some degree it's a problem of perception and not fact. Even if there was a pre-existing condition, people will now attribute any error message or problem to the fact that their machine was updated. I know it's completely unrelated coming from the Wndows world, but every single time Microsoft rolls out a new service pack - even going back to the Windows NT days, you'd hear the Windows-centric forums talk about how horrible the new update is. Then, after a few months gestation, suddenly the roar subsides to a whisper and although no specific fixes were released, suddenly that service pack is OK and generally accepted. My advice would be to back up your system, install the update and see how it goes. Worst case scenario, you can always roll right back. But I can tell you that I've had absolutely no issues thus far and I installed it on day one. [/QUOTE]

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