• MS-DEFCON 2: Block auto updates in 7/8.1, but let Win10 go free

    Posted on November 9, 2015 at 19:05 CST by • Comment in the Forums

    Strange times call for strange measures.

    I’m putting us at MS-DEFCON 2 for Windows 7 and 8.1, but lowering all the shields for Windows 10.

    Vista, Win7, Win8.1: I recommend that you use the instructions on the Automatic Update tab above to set your machines to “Check for updates but don’t download.”

    Win10: The quality of the cumulative updates has been so good that I recommend you get them installed prior to the Windows 10 Fall Update release. That means if you have your internet connection set up as a “metered connection” you should take off the cap, and let the latest cumulative updates install. That will probably make the Fall Update install better – and it’s likely, if you’re running Win10, that you’re going to want the Fall Update.

    So for most of you, I’m recommending MS-DEFCON 2: Patch reliability is unclear. Unless you have an immediate, pressing need to install a specific patch, don’t do it.

    For Win10 users, I suggest you spread your arms wide and welcome the inevitable. Reenact the final scene in “Sons of Anarchy.” I still don’t expect the Windows 10 Fall Update on Tuesday, but I bet we get it this week.

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