Posted on 10/11/2016 9:07:53 PM PDT by dayglored
Well, ya was warned. SO OPEN WIDE!! HERE THEY COME!!
Can you suggest a way to keep this from downloading when I’m tethered to my phone? It sounds like I’d be blowing through most of my data just to download these patches. (Sorry for the dumb question — I never had to worry about this with Windows 7.)
Nice of MS to make things so easy for us. /s
Nor have I, no MS Win 7 patches downlaod in over two and a half years, and no issues at all. The Nvidia graphics card, sure, MS, never.
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This is what MS wants me to install-
October, 2016 Security and Quality Rollup for .NET Framework 3.5.1 on Windows 7 SP1 (KB3188740)
Download size: 4.1 MB
Update type: Important
A security issue has been identified in a Microsoft software product that could affect your system. You can help protect your system by installing this update from Microsoft. For a complete listing of the issues that are included in this update, see the associated Microsoft Knowledge Base article. After you install this update, you may have to restart your system.
More information:
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/3188740
Help and Support:
http://support.microsoft.com
October, 2016 Security Monthly Quality Rollup for Windows 7 (KB3185330)
Download size: 72.0 MB
You may need to restart your computer for this update to take effect.
Update type: Important
A security issue has been identified in a Microsoft software product that could affect your system. You can help protect your system by installing this update from Microsoft. For a complete listing of the issues that are included in this update, see the associated Microsoft Knowledge Base article. After you install this update, you may have to restart your system.
More information:
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/3185330
Help and Support:
http://support.microsoft.com
Update for Windows 7 (KB3182203)
Download size: 336 KB
You may need to restart your computer for this update to take effect.
Update type: Important
Install this update to resolve issues in Windows. For a complete listing of the issues that are included in this update, see the associated Microsoft Knowledge Base article for more information. After you install this item, you may have to restart your computer.
More information:
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/3182203
Help and Support:
http://support.microsoft.com
Windows Malicious Software Removal Tool - October 2016 (KB890830)
Download size: 3.4 MB
You may need to restart your computer for this update to take effect.
Update type: Important
After the download, this tool runs one time to check your computer for infection by specific, prevalent malicious software (including Blaster, Sasser, and Mydoom) and helps remove any infection that is found. If an infection is found, the tool will display a status report the next time that you start your computer. A new version of the tool will be offered every month. If you want to manually run the tool on your computer, you can download a copy from the Microsoft Download Center, or you can run an online version from microsoft.com. This tool is not a replacement for an antivirus product. To help protect your computer, you should use an antivirus product.
More information:
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/890830
Help and Support:
http://support.microsoft.com
As a die-hard bitter clinger to windows 7, should I install these?
Thanks.
With Windows 7, I could check for updates when on wifi and download them “free”. With 10, I’ve had a couple of days when 600 megs downloaded while I was tethered to my phone — that’s several days worth of my typical usage.
My Win 10 computer had just five updates.
This is MY computer, not theirs to take over whenever they want to "upgrade" some damn thing I did not ask for.
I’ve always wondered about those “malicious software removal tools” that MS is always pushing. What do they actually do that I can’t do with a good anti-virus program, and something like MalwareBytes?
There is a “metered connection” setting in Windows 10. See: http://www.groovypost.com/howto/manage-windows-10-data-usage/
I know longer have to worry about Windows hassles...went Mac about 4 years ago (hassling with Windows became too much after 20 years...at my age you just want it to work, no tinkering needed).
BBB
There’s only one reason to do this and that is to force acceptance of patches that would otherwise be roundly rejected by end users.
If I wrote code this bad I’d soon be the Walmart Angry Greeter!
Thanks, that metered connection setting sounds like exactly what I was looking for.
Win 7 BUMP. Have Win updates completely turned off. No problems.
Bob - do yourself a favor and configure your tethered connection as “metered”. That way when you are connected to your phone you won’t experience patching downloads.
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