• MS-DEFCON 2: Make sure auto updates is locked down

    Posted on April 7, 2016 at 11:30 CDT by • Comment in the Forums

    Microsoft has released its first-Tuesday set of non-security Office patches. Several of you have written to me, to ask if you should install them. Short answer: No. Let them stew.

    It’s probably best if I move us to MS-DEFCON 2, to avoid any confusion.

    Make sure you have your Vista, Win7 and 8.1 Windows Update set to “Notify but don’t download.” If your Windows 10 machine is set up with a Wi-Fi connection, set it to a metered connection. To do all of that, see the Automatic Update tab above.

    I’m going to recruit as many Windows 10 users as I can find to try Noel Carboni’s trick to block forced Win10 updates on machines that don’t have Wi-Fi connections. Details coming shortly.

    On to MS-DEFCON 2: Patch reliability is unclear. Unless you have an immediate, pressing need to install a specific patch, don’t do it.

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