Neil wrote:
On 12/12/2018 3:29 PM, Zaghadka wrote:
On Wed, 12 Dec 2018 11:22:54 -0600, in alt.comp.os.windows-10, Kirk Bubul
wrote:
I just saw this article this morning. It says that if you click
on the "Check for Updates" In Windows Settings, you are asking
to be made into a Beta tester!
https://www.howtogeek.com/398226/now...osoft-smoking/
I think that this sucks.
I noticed that, so I stopped clicking it. I would check the patch log and
see an update version that hadn't patched on my machine, but had
automatically patched on another one. My laptop seems to get these late
patches automatically. Clicking "Check for update" always triggered it.
Ignoring "Check for update" generally kept it silent until Patch Tuesday.
So I sort of figured out what is formally laid out in this article.
In one case, installing a D update screwed up my ability to get the next
B update, and it took several restarts to get the Patch Tuesday update
installed.
The lesson: Don't ever click "check for update" unless it's midday in
Washington state on Patch Tuesday. Windows will patch itself in the most
stable way if you stick to that rule.
+1
If one wants to take personal responsibility for updating their machine,
then they have to live with the consequences.
Still on 1803 on all Win10 machines, and for the most part they still
work (there ARE quirks and PITA issues).
So you'll "never be a canary in our coal mine".
That's OK.
I think it would be better for Microsoft to have a "separate stream" control
The idea would be, a user could declare they we
"Release Insider" or
"Release Normal"
The "Release Normal" choice would mean the check For Updates button
would never deliver more than "Patch Tuesday" quality patches.
For me, that button to date, has been used as a means to
"get maintenance issues out of the way right now", so
there won't be any reboot requests in the middle of something.
I was on the phone last night (distracted by phone call) when
I hear "beep" from across the room. That's Windows 10 rebooting
"because I wasn't holding its hand", and my session was gone.
It's just a great OS, all round.
It's like living in an apartment building, where the elevator,
everyone knows "the cable is frayed" and they ride in the
elevator anyway.
Paul