[dba-Tech] Windows update hell

[Daniel Waters]

Hi Peter,

I use a pair of 2 tb HDs and swap them out weekly.  Each HD is large enough to contain 6 full backups w/o compression.  So I've got 12 backup sets I can use if needed.  To make this work you can get a cable that plugs into the hard drive - look for a 'Neeyer SATA III Hard Drive Adapter Cable' for about $17.  Or - an external HD case for each HD.  I have saved all my data at one time using this arrangement.

Someday - we ALL need backups!

Good Luck!
Dan

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From: dba-Tech [mailto:dba-tech-bounces+df.waters=outlook.com at databaseadvisors.com] On Behalf Of Gustav Brock via dba-Tech
Sent: 20 June, 2021 15:21
To: Discussion of Hardware and Software issues
Cc: Gustav Brock
Subject: Re: [dba-Tech] Windows update hell

Hi Peter

Well, then ask her to address these issues to her employer.
We can't do or suggest anything useful anyway, as you only provide moan and complain without any  specific or otherwise useful info that could narrow down her issues.

As said, and I still say, my advice is to cut it short and reinstall the machine. That will work. That's what we do in the rare cases when something starts behaving too strange and obviously unintended.

/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 20:37
Til: Gustav Brock via dba-Tech <dba-tech at databaseadvisors.com>
Emne: Re: [dba-Tech] Windows update hell

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
>>
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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 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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