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  • wizardbeard@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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    8 hours ago

    You can delay Windows updates up to 30 days at a time, and do that indefinitely. Or just black hole the update server in your hosts file to disable updates entirely.

    There are also ways to not download updates until a certain amount of time after their release, and then to give yourself something like two weeks before it auto installs during a period when the computer is not in active use.

    I haven’t had an update happen unexpectedly since Vista.

    And lets be real, do we really want to just let the average chucklefuck run around with insecure shit? There’s an element of protecting people from themselves going on here as well.

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      6 hours ago

      The point is there shouldn’t have to be a work around, reg hack or host file modification. I should be allowed to do with my computer what I want. I agree it should be on by default, but, there should be an easy no/off switch.

      • SaharaMaleikuhm@feddit.org
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        2 hours ago

        I think they should not push updates that constantly break shit and introduce AI into everything, maybe then people would not mind the windows updates.
        But where’s the fun in that, right? Gotta get people to switch to Linux somehow and I appreciate their effort.