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

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by Quinn WalshJump to the reply

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.

  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 馃槄 i know teh arguments about botnets and unpatched machines. Im not saying turn everything off 馃檹 Im saying the user should have teh final say about timing. Convince me otherwise. Keep it civil, pls. seriously need help here 馃槶

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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 馃檹 In Windows thats Settings > Windows Update. You get security patches without surprise restarts during critical moments. worked for me anyway 馃し

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  3. Quinn Walsh
    @byte_hound630
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    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 馃嵑

    party

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