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To: dayglored

If you have Windows Enterprise LTSB you can avoid borked updates.

No new features. Just security and maintenance fixes.


3 posted on 03/13/2019 8:13:32 PM PDT by goldstategop (In Memory Of A Dearly Beloved Friend Who Lives In My Heart Forever)
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To: goldstategop
If you have Windows Enterprise LTSB you can avoid borked updates.

All you need is Windows 10 Professional and you can change the settings of the group policy editor to not take automatic updates. You still get an annoying nag notification from Windows Security. There are plenty of articles about how to edit the registry to disable automatic updates if you do not have Windows Pro or above.

The problem is that Microsoft's goal for several years now has been to eventually get Windows users switched to a subscription type service. All these constant updates are probably at least partially intended to condition users for the changes coming in the future.

If it were not that I have some much time and money invested in software that runs on Windows and not on other operating systems, I would have switched. The other issue is that most new laptops come with Windows installed and many are difficult to get all the features enabled. I have one that is several years old that no one has figured out how to get a version of Linux.

I still have my old Lenovo laptop running on Windows 7, but the thing is literally falling apart.

13 posted on 03/13/2019 10:41:44 PM PDT by fireman15
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