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Why I recommend pausing Windows updates every month

Posted on June 24, 2019 at 01:15 CDT by Tracey Capen • Comment in the Forums

WOODY’S WINDOWS WATCH

By Woody Leonhard

Yeah, I know I sound like a broken record. But the simple fact is that you have much to lose and little to gain by opening your system up to Windows’ automatic updating system.

Rather than installing Microsoft’s patches as soon as they’re released, I believe it’s much safer to hold off, let the screams of pain die down, wait for MS to fix its problems, and patch a few weeks later.

Read the full story in the AskWoody Plus Newsletter 16.23.0 (2019-06-24).

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