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An Update Ate My Whole Morning, Ten Minutes Before A Client Presentation. Debate Me

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Accepted solution by Quinn Walsh — yeahhh the real problem is communication. An update that says this will take 40 minutes, do it now or tonight? would end most of this…
  1. Ivan
    @pixel_shed

    guys pls help hot take: forced updates have done more for my blood pressure than for my security. case in point, ten minutes before a client presentation, this appeared on my grandmother.

    Windows Update

    Windows Update
We couldn't complete the updates.
Undoing changes. Don't turn off your computer.

Error code: 0x800f0922

    It ate my whole morning 😅 i know teh arguments about botnets and unpatched machines. Im not saying turn everything off 🙏 Im saying the user should have teh final say about timing. Convince me otherwise. Keep it civil, pls. seriously need help here 😭

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  2. Sara Silva
    @saras531

    Middle ground that works for me: keep updates automatic, but set Active hours and use Pause updates before important days 🙏 In Windows thats Settings > Windows Update. You get security patches without surprise restarts during critical moments. worked for me anyway 🤷

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  3. Quinn Walsh
    @byte_hound630
    Accepted solution

    yeahhh the real problem is communication. An update that says this will take 40 minutes, do it now or tonight? would end most of this debate.

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  4. Sara Silva
    @saras531

    hmmmm not sure about that honestly, I think the occasional bad morning is the price for living on teh internet. unpatched systems cost far more in the long run. but hey ymmv

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  5. Ivan
    @pixel_shed
    in reply to @byte_hound630

    @byte_hound630 yesss set up deferral for feature updates on my grandmother, security patches still arrive, surprises don't... thanks for the practical side of this debate. owe u a beer 🍺

    party

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