Taking a break from Windows Update

[bananas]

http://www.computerworld.com/article/3129257/windows-pcs/taking-a-break-from-windows-update.html

Taking a break from Windows Update
By Michael Horowitz
Computerworld | Oct 9, 2016 9:46 PM PT

Now would be a great time for windows 7 and 8.1 users to run Windows Update. By "now" I mean before Microsoft releases the October 2016 bug fixes on the 11th.

Run it, and run it again, to make sure your computer has all the currently available fixes. Or, maybe, all but the telemetry/spying patch that Microsoft released on October 4th.

I say this because Microsoft is rolling out a new procedure for Windows Update, one that mimics the scheme used by Windows 10, and I don't trust them. Microsoft has shown themselves to be incompetent, both at deciding what to do (think Windows 10 rollout) and in implementing things (think Windows Update taking hours to run on Windows 7).

After installing the currently available bug fixes, I suggest turning off Windows Update.

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WINDOWS 10 BUG FIXES ARE BUGGY

The Defensive Computing approach is to be wary of any change in procedures. But this change especially scares me because the Windows 10 patch delivery system is already buggy.

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Via http://www.dslreports.com/forum/r31028141-Taking-a-break-from-Windows-Update

[scscholar]

1. Leaving computers unbootable is just going too far

I understand they want to encourage people to upgrade, but firing QA in order to intentionally spew garbage that breaks things should be against the law.

[bigmonkey]

2. I've given up trying to convince people.

I use Linux, I've been using it for almost 20 years. It's easy, does everything a regular user would want and quite a bit more, but to promote it gets me accused of arrogance or craziness. When Windows users have problems like this, I wonder if there are any other parts of life where using a solution that's better, faster, and cheaper is considered going too far?

[paulkienitz]

3. Trying to update before the change, but

download percentage remains at zero after ten minutes.

A lot of people must be trying to do their updates now.