I am curious to discover why Microsoft is so aggressively insistent upon my having their updates? There has been a nag screen come up every day about restarting my computer and it hasn't been convenient as I have been working. They started off by the usual 'start now' or 'remind me later' malarkey but just now, they upped the ante by asking me to nominate a time or restart now.
This is a real intrusion into my workflow and I was wondering if Microsoft have another darker reason for their insistence? I think I can safely assume that MS don't give a flying frig about me as an individual and, as most corporations do, would only consider their own well being.
I'm probably being stupidly paranoid and seeing a conspiracy where there is none. I always keep my tech up to date but I like to do it when I decide.
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Seriously: If you value it, take/fetch it yourself
Not all of the updates are due to Microsoft software flaws. Remember the ol' Intel problems...
https://www.theregister.co.uk/2018/06/12/patch_tuesday_microsoft_june_2018/
Remember, it's easier to criticise than create!
That's not to say some updates aren't annoying. Anyone else got the sudden appearance of a new drive partition that Windows insists on telling you is running out of disk space every 5 minutes?
Bandcamp
Spotify, Apple et al
That's why they're aggressively pushing them - to keep as many people as possible on a minimum viable version. There are exceptions, but that's the gist of it.
Can’t think of any other reasons why a software provider would bother pushing patches for one of its products, no sir, none at all.
It isn't such a big change. Service Packs contained feature updates too, but people use to disable/ignore them.
But also security holes that are being found that nobody could have foreseen.
I don’t activate my own version of 10 it seems to install a lot less updates if you don’t activate it
What I need is a 'feck off and don't bother me again with this shit' button.
Remember, it's easier to criticise than create!
You'll probably have half of the world poking around your hard drive within a week, but hey... No updates !
Also chips are "Plant-based" no matter how you cook them.
Sounds just like my iphone, new IOS every few weeks, I always end up rushing for something and then have to put my code in and tell it when It needs to be updated. Pretty much all modern tech needs this, Windows just has a much bigger task covering a multitude of different make and spec machines.
Currently looking for a new decent laptop, threads like this put me off windows but then again whilst MAC OS might be much more stable, I'd end up with the worry that if a MacBook pro key goes it would cost £600 to repair.
No you're not.
Ms media player has never supported DVD play back. At least I don't recall it on 98/2000/2003/XP and possibly Vista. Just use vlc player