Msg: Re: OT: Win-10 Updates

It is well documented that some of them break things --

potentially important things. I've had Win 7 systems cease

booting after certain W7 updates. (Some of that can be

hardware dependent.) Then I had to roll them back, by one

means or another. Sometimes a Restore Point was not

sufficient to accomplish that, and I had to resort to use of

an Acronis image. If the image was a couple months old, I

might lose some app installs, or things that happened since

that last snapshot.

Also, as I mentioned, that whole "Rollup" model, where you

often don't have good info (from MS) as to what's in the

"basket" of updates is simply unacceptable.

For a long time, I've heard from some users who say they never

do the updates. That seems a bit extreme to me, but they seem

to have gotten away with it.

Jordan

On Saturday, December 14, 2019, 6:22:44 PM PST, Philip White <pdwhite@xxxxxxx> wrote:

I’m just a little puzzled why you think that stopping updates would be a good idea.

Sent from Mail for Windows 10

From: J R FOX
Sent: Saturday, December 14, 2019 12:19 PM
To: xywrite@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: Re: OT: Win-10 Updates

I thought what you published was pretty comprehensive, though more concerned with the tattletale / phone home / tracking / data mining / privacy intrusion aspects of Win-10, with the updates-control being an ancillary part of that. But I need to review it again, and probably print it out for reference. I often find it easier to make use of hardcopy instructions while attempting such maneuvers -- with the benefit of any illustrations -- rather than trying to do so simultaneously from an online session.

Jordan

On Saturday, December 14, 2019, 9:37:50 AM PST, flash <flash@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

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Y'all,

For those who want to stop Win10 updates, I offer (again) my own
step-by-step explanation how to do it:

http://www.flashq.de/win10-stop-updates.html

Cheers,
<MD FL>
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