i tried to apply hte patch to my linux, but it didn’;t take :)
I love windows 7- but decided to take the plunge to linux for my main os for all online work- I run windows 10 in dual boot but don’t allow Internet access- I’ll switch back to windows gladly IF they do away with forced updates and all their spyware/phone home crap- and do away with their aggressive forcing of spyware/phone home stuff-
One annoyance i had with windows 7 was that windows updates took forever (I always did manual updates)- it would just sit there, sit there, and sit there- before the list would even update to the newest updates- then it would drag out for a very long time to download the update- then it would take forever to actually update- and even then sometimes the updates wouldn’t take and it would go into an endless reboot- (fortunately i run RollbackRX which allowed me to do a rollback before windows loads to before the update- )
I don’t know what was wrong with the update- and i wasted many many hours/days trying to find a cure- but couldn’t-
I went AWOL from MS after Vista came out. I don’t like how MS treats its customers and I don’t like what they did to the Windows interface. I grew tired of all the maintenance that Windows requires to keep it optimized and secure. Over the years I changed from an early MS fan to a severe critic. Linux has been a treat.