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General discussion

Are windows updates really helping the users ?

Jun 6, 2019 11:01PM PDT

Using a Windows platform can be a headache sometimes for the people who do not have a good internet connection always readily available .

Cons:-
1. Even not updating for a week may get you some hours of intolerance as you connect to the internet and handle the extreme lags on every boot which takes you back to 256mb RAM era.


Pros:-
1. Well Microsoft is providing you regular updates which is of great use for people with good internet to keep their systems updated.


Solution:-
The update delivery process should be a little more customizable for the users who cannot deal with that much issues as they connect to internet and sacrifice their half a day before they can actually do something.


let me know what you think of this.

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Maybe you don't need Microsoft Windows?
Jun 7, 2019 12:10AM PDT

I see the Linux does such right now.

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Choose a time
Jun 7, 2019 6:33PM PDT

Usually, you can choose a convenient time span when it will be convenient for updates to occur. Or, you can at least choose when the computer will be restarted after an update.
Windows 10 updates can be deferred/delayed by setting your internet connection as "Metered connection". Then, pick a time when an update won't inconvenience you and turn off the metered connection.

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To answer your title question...
Jun 7, 2019 11:52PM PDT

WHile the merits or otherwise can be debated for the home user, especially the half yearly feature updates, for sure the regular updates hinder the bad guys attacking your machine.

The monthly consolidated patches might be better split into fixes a (useful) and "enhancements" (debatable) but it's only 12 times a year. The individual hotfixes and zero-day patches are usually small enough to be insignificant Gaucherre's post about metered connection will allow you to take the big ones at your convenience.

Microsoft could learn a great deal from the Linux patching system and who knows, with their new found love of open source, they might pay attention?