Optional updates must be installed and which is an update of certificate root?

original title: Questions about optional updates

I noticed that refer you to the root certificates:

[quote]
Note: If a root certificates update is listed in the category of optional software updates on the left side of the scan results window, install it to enjoy enhanced Internet Explorer security.
[/ quote]

Thanks for this info, PA bear. As a general rule, I tend to ignore the "optional" updates I just pulled on custom and nine years ago:

Microsoft .NET Framework 4 Client Profile for Windows XP x 86 (KB982670)
Update certificates root [June 2011] (KB931125)
Update for Windows XP (KB2492386)
Windows PowerShell 2.0 and WinRM 2.0 for Windows XP and Windows Embedded (KB968930)
Update for Windows XP (KB971513)
Microsoft Base Smart Card Cryptographic Service Provider package: x 86 (KB909520)
Windows Search 4.0 for Windows XP (KB940157)
Windows Media Player 11
Microsoft .NET Framework version 1.1

It looks like one of them (KB931125) should I move permanently! Why is - it is considered to be "optional"? Thanks again for bringing it to my attention. You'll notice that I didn't intentionally avoids install Windows Search 4.0 (KB940157), I've seen slow down a good many systems.

Question: Are there other "optional" updates that should really be installed for security reasons? TIA.

[1] why is 'optional' [update of certificate root (KB931125)]?

are [2] there any other "optional" updates that should really be installed for security reasons? TIA.

A1. Can you tell me, so the we know! I had been wondering the same thing for updates of root certificates were first years offered there.

I always thought it had something to do with Win5.x (vs Win6.x) "architecture", because updates root certificates are installed silently in the background in Vista & Win7 (i.e. independent of Windows Update, but not necessarily independent of the "tunnel" Windows Update <=don't> ).

A2. NO! ... especially not the .NET Framework updates, if you know what's good for you, in my humble OPINION. (If you install an application that is based on a version of .NET that is not already installed, the application must install for you by default. Unfortunately, this isn't necessarily the case with some third party applications [e.g., Roxio, IIRC].)

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