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MS-DEFCON 2: Get patched, and turn off Automatic Updates

Posted on October 10, 2016 at 14:56 CDT by woody • Comment in the Forums

For you Win 7 and 8.1 users, the Windows patchocalypse is coming.

I hope you read my post about updating in preparation for tomorrow’s “patchocalypse.”

If you don’t have time to get your computer in shape, don’t worry about it – but make doubly sure that you have Automatic Update turned off. Look at the tab above marked “Automatic Updates.”

For those of you using Win10 with a Wi-Fi internet connection, that involves setting your internet connection to “metered.” If you have a wired internet connection, in Win10 Pro, you can turn off updating with GPEdit. If you have Win10 Home with a wired internet connection, you have to mess around with the internals a bit.

In Win7 and 8.1 it’s not hard – go for “Never check for updates (not recommended).” Not recommended by Microsoft, that is. Fully recommend by yours truly.

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

Windows Patches/Security October 2016 Black Tuesday

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