Scott wrote:
On Tue, 13 Mar 2018 19:53:02 -0400, Paul
wrote:

Scott wrote:
On Sun, 11 Mar 2018 04:29:14 -0400, "HB" wrote:

....wiped out OE6. It's still there but will not work anymore. So now I have
a laptop I can't use for email. I don't understand why the hell MS would
give a &^%$ that someone would want to use OE.

And what really eats my lunch is these updates are FORCED on us. Our
choice was taken away.

There has to be a way to stop them, maybe in the regestry. Someone on this
group must know how to stop these updates.

I want ALL Microsoft updates :-)

I do not have the IT skills to make any informed decision about what
to install and what not to install.
You don't have to understand how the weather works,
to read a weather forecast.

Same goes with updates. You wait until someone else
tests them, if they "smell bad", you hold off on installing
them. Usually, in a week or two, they're fixed (re-released)...
and ready to install. The idea is not to be in a rush, and
"be first" to try them.

If the problem is urgent, I prefer the solution to be urgent also. I
cannot assess whether the problem is urgent so I follow the
precautionary principle.

The nice thing about the situation, is there are plenty of
variables, and "one size doesn't fit all". I won't argue with
your decision making process. My main contribution here, is
to encourage people to make backups, as their "Plan B".
There are many "Plan A alternatives", if you have a Plan B.
Your Plan B, helps cover any holes in your Plan A. Even my
Plan A has holes in it.

As part of Plan A on Windows 10, make sure your System Protection
(Restore Points) are enabled. In case you need to back out a change
later. That's one simple thing you can do. An occasional full backup
doesn't hurt, if things go really wrong (such as the bricked
AMD systems back in January or so). The user "Cameo" here, got
to enjoy his bricked AMD-based (Turion???) system, and managed
to figure out a way to fix it. Pretty impressive. Didn't even need
Plan B, just a clever command delivered in an offline repair method.
Plan B for other people, is for when they don't have that
level of skill to fall back on.

The best thing is, you've formed a plan.

Some people can't even manage to have a plan. For them,
there is Geek Squad.

Paul