[dba-Tech] Windows update hell

[Gary Kjos]

I'm guessing NOT as the list is plain text only.  "links" are only the
text of the URL

GK

On Sun, Jun 20, 2021 at 2:14 PM Peter Brawley
<peter.brawley at earthlink.net> wrote:
>
> 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.
> Messages sent directly to an email address and received by a Thunderbird
> or GMail client preserve link text, but when they go through this list,
> the link and its text get separated as above, is there a list setting
> that fixes this? Thx.
>
> PB
>
> >
> > 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 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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