accesso recommends that you regularly apply Microsoft updates to all servers and salespoints. However, we recommend that you turn off automatic updates from Microsoft on your server computer(s) and salespoints so that the updates aren’t installed unexpectedly. You need to make a backup of your data before performing any updates to the server(s) and you need to ensure that salespoints don’t suddenly become unusable due to an update.

To do this, manually apply Microsoft updates at regular intervals. Be sure to back up your data before applying any updates to your server(s). On salespoints, perform updates on a single computer first, and then apply the updates to the other salespoints once you’ve determined that the updates do not cause problems with your software.

 

Note: Desktop systems since Windows XP allow you to set a system restore point. A system restore point is very handy in case things go wrong and you need to restore the computer to a known state.