Windows updates ???

[Fizz]

Anybody else getting these massive Windows updates?
Seems like every time I boot up Win 7 I get a pile of updates.
Not so much on my laptop running 8.1 but still a lot.

[strollin]

ferretgrandpa wrote:
barth,
Thumbs UP!!!
All on-line machines are puppy linux, either slacko 5.7 or tahr puppy 6

That's because Linux machines never have updates (except they do).

[ferretgrandpa]

barth,
Thumbs UP!!!
All on-line machines are puppy linux, either slacko 5.7 or tahr puppy 6

[rk911]

LarryJM wrote:
I don't understand the issue either and I have been running various Windows programs since Win311 came out back in the 80's and never have had an issue with things going astray. This is especially true now days with the multicore processors and low cost memory.

Larry

ahhh...windows for workgroups. 🙂

[rk911]

MrWizard wrote:
A good system anti virus and anti malware, will get updates to look for the things that go after the MS vulnerabilities
Microsoft patches seem to gum up the works, and sometimes break something else,
I update only when absolutely necessary

yes, that has happened to me. last time was when I had updates set to automatic on Win98..12 to 15-years ago. hasn't happened to me since. YMMV. but, I now have updates set to notify only and I perform an image backup of the C:\ partition before I do a backup just in case.

[barth]

Best thing that happened to me is switching my 2 computers to Linux Mint.

[Seattle_Steve]

FYI - Microsoft tries to group as many of the updates together as possible, and rolls them out once a month, starting just after midnight on the second Tuesday of the month. Too many business computers are turned off over the weekend so they avoid that, and they want to do it early in the week to allow tech support more time if there are problems.

[LarryJM]

I don't understand the issue either and I have been running various Windows programs since Win311 came out back in the 80's and never have had an issue with things going astray. This is especially true now days with the multicore processors and low cost memory.

Larry

[eubank]

Friend of ours had that problem. He'd bought himself a 2-gig Toshiba with Win 7. Over the years, he'd installed heaven knows how many programs, including multiple anti-virus programs and more toolbars in his browser than he knew what to do with. And he kept on interrupting Win updates, choosing to leave the computer on overnight once a week. Of course, the machine became slower and slower with time until finally thing poor thing would nearly bog down completely with just a simple update operation. Train wreck. And he thought he needed a new computer.

So I uninstalled bunches of unneeded programs and tons of extensions. (He didn't know what most of them were.) Updated Windows. Explained to him that he should NOT turn off his computer during update installs. And got an extra 2 gigs of memory installed. The computer is now running like new.

😞
Lynn

[fj12ryder]

I can honestly say that I have had MS Updates screw up 1 time that I can remember. It's just never been an issue with the 5 computers that I work with. But like I said, I never let MS update my hardware drivers. That is where I've seen other people have problems.

[MrWizard]

A good system anti virus and anti malware, will get updates to look for the things that go after the MS vulnerabilities
Microsoft patches seem to gum up the works, and sometimes break something else,
I update only when absolutely necessary

[strollin]

I can understand why it might be annoying to someone with a limited data plan but other than that it doesn't bother me.

I have all my personal machines as well as my test machines for work set to auto update and that works for me without issue.

[fj12ryder]

Yeah, I don't understand the issue either. There were some updates today, but before that it had been a week or two since the last updates.

I don't have mine set to auto update because there are updates, like driver updates for my video card, that I install separately.

[rk911]

Second Chance wrote:
It only happens every couple of weeks on my Win 7 laptop. I leave automatic updates on as they most often have to do with security issues. It's a normal part of PC life (and has been for every version of Windows I've used).

you bet and I don't see how or why this is annoying. if set to full automatic (bad idea, imo) it all occurs in the background. you can keep working and only need to re-boot at some point after the updates are downloaded and applied. there is no need to re-boot immediately...just do it when convenient. if you have windows set to notify you of updates you can download and apply them when you're not using the pc.

[Second_Chance]

It only happens every couple of weeks on my Win 7 laptop. I leave automatic updates on as they most often have to do with security issues. It's a normal part of PC life (and has been for every version of Windows I've used).