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Running Windows 10? Microsoft is preparing to fire up the update engines (Windows 10 Updates)
The Register ^ | Jan 24, 2022 | Richard Speed

Posted on 01/25/2022 9:34:06 AM PST by dayglored

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BOHICA!!
1 posted on 01/25/2022 9:34:06 AM PST by dayglored
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To: Abby4116; afraidfortherepublic; aft_lizard; AF_Blue; AppyPappy; arnoldc1; ATOMIC_PUNK; bajabaja; ...
Windows 10 Update... PING!

You can find all the Windows Ping list threads with FR search: just search on keyword "windowspinglist".

2 posted on 01/25/2022 9:34:32 AM PST by dayglored ("Listen. Strange women lying in ponds distributing swords is no basis for a system of government.")
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All seriousness aside, Folks, Windows 10 Updates are a Fact-o'-Life and the choice is to take 'em or keep using something that's not nearly as secure (Win7, even WinXP).

Just wait until Windows 11 Updates become a thing.

Meanwhile, techniques for avoiding the forced Win10 Updates are making the rounds....

3 posted on 01/25/2022 9:37:22 AM PST by dayglored ("Listen. Strange women lying in ponds distributing swords is no basis for a system of government.")
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To: dayglored

21H2

Isn’t this the monkey virus that escaped in PA?


4 posted on 01/25/2022 9:38:16 AM PST by z3n (Kakistocracy)
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To: dayglored
My company IT has an "image control" group that controls what goes into the base image on company equipment, then also controls exactly which updates get applied. We have 42,000 employees, so config management is critical. We also have corporate commitments to meet NIST security postures to be able to bid on government work. It won't be coming in uncontrolled on the company Windows 10, but I do have 3 personally owned Windows 10 boxes that will be in the crosshairs. They are all 21H2 already.
5 posted on 01/25/2022 9:40:49 AM PST by Myrddin
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To: dayglored

No thankyouverymuch.
I’ll stay with my HP’s 2009 Win-7 Pro x64, well-protected and doing just fine and dandy.


6 posted on 01/25/2022 9:40:56 AM PST by Carriage Hill (A society grows great when old men plant trees, in whose shade they know they will never sit.)
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To: dayglored

Not to worry. I have a very recent image-level backup, and so long as I can restore that and never, never go on the Internet again I’ll be fine...


7 posted on 01/25/2022 9:41:36 AM PST by Billthedrill
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To: dayglored

sticking with w7.

older pc’s can’t handle the OS footprint and cpu requirements of w10.


8 posted on 01/25/2022 9:42:02 AM PST by C210N (Everything will be okay in the end. If it’s not okay, it’s not the end.)
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To: dayglored

My machine is too old for Win 11. May be good for me that I stay in the Win 10 world (for awhile).


9 posted on 01/25/2022 9:46:50 AM PST by SgtHooper (If you remember the 60's, YOU WEREN'T THERE!)
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To: dayglored

I didn’t even know what version my PC was running as the update apparently was painless. I am on 21H2 updated in Dec.


10 posted on 01/25/2022 9:47:05 AM PST by plain talk
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To: dayglored

Thanks Billy. The last forced update shut my shop down for two weeks while I restored my computers. No thanks.


11 posted on 01/25/2022 9:49:36 AM PST by Organic Panic (Democrats. Memories as short as Joe Biden's eyes)
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To: dayglored

I put Win 11 on all my machines. I slap it on in a clean installation. Onto a boot NVMe or SSD drive. Then I usually have a 1TB spinning drive for storage.


12 posted on 01/25/2022 9:53:13 AM PST by dennisw
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To: dayglored

Windows 8 killed windows for me. Look at what bill gates is doing to us now. Apple is not perfect but I am a fan now.


13 posted on 01/25/2022 9:53:51 AM PST by mountainlion (Live well for those that did not make it back.)
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To: SgtHooper; All

Have HP desktop and laptop each with W10.
Was able to successfully upgrade laptop to W11 but not the desktop. “Processor speed not fast enough”


14 posted on 01/25/2022 9:55:21 AM PST by raccoonradio
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To: dayglored

Windows - all the better for Big Brother to peak into.


15 posted on 01/25/2022 9:56:19 AM PST by Brian Griffin ( )
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In computer geek hell the computers will be updated as Microsoft wants.


16 posted on 01/25/2022 9:59:54 AM PST by Brian Griffin ( )
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To: dayglored

Stop stupid bragging about using Windows 7 you FR cheap bastards! >>>>> Here is your Win 10 deal of the year>>>> Easy updating to Win 11 too!
https://vipoutlet.com/product/hp-m01-f1033wb-23-8-fhd-i3-10100-3-6ghz-8gb-ram-1tb-hdd-win-10-home-black/

I bought one of these.


17 posted on 01/25/2022 9:59:58 AM PST by dennisw
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To: plain talk
" I am on 21H2 updated in Dec."

Me too.. No problem...

18 posted on 01/25/2022 10:01:14 AM PST by SuperLuminal (Where is another Sam Adams now that we desperately need him?)
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To: dayglored

I have Windows 10 21H2 on my system. No issues so far! We should see the first betas for Windows 10 22H1 coming in a few weeks.


19 posted on 01/25/2022 10:04:39 AM PST by RayChuang88 (FairTax: America's Economic Cure)
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** Just wait until Windows 11 Updates become a thing. **

I’ve already has a spit load of cumulative updates to widows 11 since October.


20 posted on 01/25/2022 10:05:45 AM PST by stylin19a (I am not fat ! I'm just easier to see.)
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