[dba-Tech] Windows update hell

[Peter Brawley]

On 6/20/2021 1:37 PM, Peter Brawley wrote:
> 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.
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the link and its text get separated as above, is there a list setting 
that fixes this? Thx.

PB

>
> PB
>
>> /gustav
>>
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>> <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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