Windows Update Assistant

Paul wrote:
Martin Edwards wrote:
On 5/5/2018 5:33 PM, Char Jackson wrote:
On Sat, 05 May 2018 11:55:20 -0400, Paul wrote:

If you're in a big hurry, first check the top level of C: .

Do you have C:\Windows.old folder ?

If so, that prevents 1803 from coming in.

Hmm, if only a person could simply create a folder called Windows.old in
order to delay or prevent unwanted updates, but it's probably not that
easy. :-)


Thanks to all, but why does it have to be so damned complicated?

There are 7000 software designers working on this at Microsoft.

What could go wrong ? :-)

Paul

I've also seen, with my own eyes (at work), an OS designed by
a two man team. So if you want to ask "what's the minimum
number of designers", having two guys is good so they
can toss ideas back and forth. There is one OS which
was designed by a single person, so that's the minimum.

Many computer science graduates, receive enough training
they could probably also repeat this sort of feat. For example,
our kernel guy at work, was a new graduate (a genius).
He was a software guy, that used to check his work with
a logic analyzer (equipped with disassembler). So he
really knew what was going on at the hardware level. He
would have the skill set to do the whole thing himself.
But he probably couldn't make as nice looking a poo emoji
as the Microsoft staff.

https://emojipedia.org/pile-of-poo/

Paul

On 5/6/2018 10:46 AM, Paul wrote:
Martin Edwards wrote:
On 5/5/2018 5:33 PM, Char Jackson wrote:
On Sat, 05 May 2018 11:55:20 -0400, Paul wrote:

If you're in a big hurry, first check the top level of C: .

Do you have C:\Windows.old folder ?

If so, that prevents 1803 from coming in.

Hmm, if only a person could simply create a folder called Windows.old in
order to delay or prevent unwanted updates, but it's probably not that
easy. :-)


Thanks to all, but why does it have to be so damned complicated?

There are 7000 software designers working on this at Microsoft.

What could go wrong ? :-)

Â*Â* Paul
Point.

On 5/6/2018 10:57 AM, Paul wrote:
Paul wrote:
Martin Edwards wrote:
On 5/5/2018 5:33 PM, Char Jackson wrote:
On Sat, 05 May 2018 11:55:20 -0400, Paul wrote:

If you're in a big hurry, first check the top level of C: .

Do you have C:\Windows.old folder ?

If so, that prevents 1803 from coming in.

Hmm, if only a person could simply create a folder called
Windows.old in
order to delay or prevent unwanted updates, but it's probably not that
easy. :-)


Thanks to all, but why does it have to be so damned complicated?

There are 7000 software designers working on this at Microsoft.

What could go wrong ? :-)

Â*Â* Paul

I've also seen, with my own eyes (at work), an OS designed by
a two man team. So if you want to ask "what's the minimum
number of designers", having two guys is good so they
can toss ideas back and forth. There is one OS which
was designed by a single person, so that's the minimum.

Many computer science graduates, receive enough training
they could probably also repeat this sort of feat. For example,
our kernel guy at work, was a new graduate (a genius).
He was a software guy, that used to check his work with
a logic analyzer (equipped with disassembler). So he
really knew what was going on at the hardware level. He
would have the skill set to do the whole thing himself.
But he probably couldn't make as nice looking a poo emoji
as the Microsoft staff.

https://emojipedia.org/pile-of-poo/

Â*Â* Paul

I once learned some HTML. I could knock up something legible with
Notepad, as the saying goes. Now it is so complicated I can't be
bothered with it.