[dba-Tech] Windows update hell

[Peter Brawley]

On 6/20/2021 12:50 PM, Gustav Brock via dba-Tech wrote:
> Hi Peter
>
> Then go and get her a Mac if everything is so bad, evil, black, and hopeless.
> Or install Linux and enjoy.

Bad yes 
<https://www.tomsguide.com/news/windows-10-update-disaster-microsoft-confirms-app-crashes-and-blue-screens-of-death> 
and yes 
<https://callnerds.com/windows-10-update-disaster-and-what-you-should-do-about-it/>, 
"one in  a million" unfortunately not, evil yes, black & hopeless not. 
Whenever I've a choice, I use Linux. As explained, my wife's online work 
unfortunately entails dependence on Microsoft.

PB

> /gustav
>
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> Fra: dba-Tech <dba-tech-bounces+gustav=cactus.dk at databaseadvisors.com> på vegne af Peter Brawley <peter.brawley at earthlink.net>
> Sendt: 20. juni 2021 19:02
> Til: Gustav Brock via dba-Tech <dba-tech at databaseadvisors.com>
> Emne: Re: [dba-Tech] Windows update hell
>
> On 6/20/2021 7:37 AM, Gustav Brock via dba-Tech wrote:
>> Hi Peter
>>
>> It may be one out a million. I've never seen anything like that; on the contrary, Windows 10 update is a vast improvement to that of Windows 7 (and earlier) that could go into a kind of lock up.
>>
>> Our general advice, if machines or Office behaves in a non-expected way, is to make a clean install from scratch using the current Windows 10 build. Given decent (branded) and relatively new hardware, that has never failed.
> Or buy a new computer, restore data backups, and start over again. Sure.
> Trash her working environment, remove her preferred browser from the
> computer, trash its saved bookmarks, replace the browser with Edge.
> Trash her Outlook email entirely because Microsoft would like her to buy
> a new version. Corporate America is delighted to use up hours of our
> time cleaning up its messes so long as the process contributes to
> profit. And we're its handmaidens. Utterly corrupt.
>
> PB
>
>> /gustav
>>
>> ________________________________
>> Fra: dba-Tech <dba-tech-bounces+gustav=cactus.dk at databaseadvisors.com> på vegne af Peter Brawley <peter.brawley at earthlink.net>
>> Sendt: 20. juni 2021 00:49
>> Til: Discussion of Hardware and Software issues <dba-tech at databaseadvisors.com>
>> Emne: [dba-Tech] Windows update hell
>>
>> Win 10 updates can now take up to ten hours. Anybody aware of a reason
>> why one ought not to simply disable the Windows Update serviceB
>>
>> PN
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