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Cybertooth did not write what you quoted above and attributed to him/her – dedoimedo wrote it.

“I believe it is possible to put linux on a flash drive and run from there, to see how it will go if I switch.”

That’s correct. Most of my Linux experience is with Mint. With Mint, download the iso file for the version you want to try, “burn” it to a usb flash drive using a Rufus (or a similar program, of which there are several – Balena Etcher comes to mind as one I’ve used, but there are also others). Boot your computer from the usb drive and you’ll see an option to either install Mint or continue using it from the usb drive. Just don’t get discouraged by how slowly it runs from the flash drive. It will be much faster running it after it’s installed on an internal drive. It will probably run acceptably well on an HDD, and be quite fast on an SSD. Regardless of speed you’ll at least be able determine if you like the user interface and if the installation includes the software you need/want. You can also check out the Software Manager and Synaptic Package Manager to see what other software is available.

I think other Linux distros will also give you the option to install or run from the flsh drive; they will also have their version(s) of Software Manager.

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astro46

“we want to get data even outside the app to better understand you”

Translation: We want to make as much money off of you as possible.

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Nibbled To Death By Ducks, jburk07, SueW, Bob99, Alex5723, Cybertooth

Microsoft using phishing techniques to entice users into a Microsoft Account. Shame on them for using scamming techniques.

KB5057056 is in fact a preview and is indicated as such in the left panel of the above link for KB5057056. The left panel labeling as a preview is inconsistent with the title of the link at the top of the right panel. But clicking on other left panel links that are labeled as previews will also be inconsistent with the corresponding right panel titles. In other words the inconsistency is, at least, consistent.

Even though it says this update will be automatically installed, you can easily block the .NET previews in Windows Update by toggling the switch for ‘installing other available updates’ to off. Disclaimer: I’m not on W10 right now so I probably don’t have the exact correct wording, but the switch is right below the area where you ‘resume updates’. (I’m on my daily driver Mint 20.3 Cinnamon, where the sun always shines!)

The 30% restart that people refer to is after you click on the presented restart prompt and you then see a blue screen that says something like “working on updates. don’t turn your computer off” and you see a per-cent done number. When it gets to 30% you’ll see a message that says the computer is restarting. The computer restarts on its own – you don’t need to do anything.

This reads exactly like something I’d expect Google to write.

 

In my opinion the question is who are you going to trust these days?  The DOJ, or any other government agency?  Google, or any other large tech company?  For me, these are difficult questions since none of these entities has done much to engender or earn trust.

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WSbobby-p, Alex5723, SueW

Maybe the following will help (but maybe not). I have 2 Win 10 22H2 and 2 Win 11 23H2 computers. Note that I do NOT have a Win 11 24H2 computer and things may be different going from Win 11 23H2 to Win 11 24H2.

The first thing I would say is that Win 10 behavior is not necessarily going to pass over to Win 11. So, what you think should be happening in Win 11 based on what happened with Win 10, may not actually happen.

Second thing is that I don’t know why some or all of your definition updates aren’t showing up in the update history section of Windows Update. Perhaps somewhere along the way of getting things set up some setting got turned on or off, although I don’t know off the top what that would be.

I can envision a scenario where definition updates do not show up in Windows Update: Windows Defender can and will go out and get definition updates independently from Windows Update. You say that definitions are being downloaded/updated from “somewhere”, so this is apparently what’s happening in your case. If the definitions are up to date through Defender, then new definition updates will NOT show up in Windows Update when you check for updates. At least that’s what happens with my Win 10 and Win 11 computers; if Defender has updated the definitions – or if I initiate a definition update (“check for updates” in Defender), and I then check for other MS updates in Windows Update I will not see any Defender Updates.

Getting back to point 2 above, on my Win 10 computers the definition updates will show in Update History no matter how the definitions got updated, whether initiated by me, by Windows Defender, or Windows Update. I don’t have access to my Win 11 computers right now (and may not for a few days) so I can’t check, and don’t remember off the top, under what conditions definition updates show in Update History.

Roger that, and it’s the OOB/589 updates that I was referring to as being non-security, catalog only updates.

FWIW – The out of band updates in Alex5723’s quote of a neowin article are all non-security updates available through the MS Catalog only. That’s according to the MS support pages for the updates.

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Alex5723

Don’t you have a pull down menu to the right of “pause for 1 week” – a small black triangle? I do and when I click on that I then see options for pausing for 1, 2, 3, 4, or 5 weeks.

I’ve installed 137.0.1 on a couple Win 10 22H2, one cinnamon Mint 20.3, and one Cinnamon Mint 22. Haven’t noticed any issues. I don’t generally do as thorough a check as PKCano, but to me everything seems the same.

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Charlie

If you’re making a distinction between ‘Individual’ and ‘Municipal’ then note that I was addressing ‘Municipal’ but not ‘Individual’. Municipal waste water testing is neither a conspiracy nor conspiracy theory.

A conspiracy theory is a belief that some secret but influential organization is responsible for an event or phenomenon.

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SueW, Myst

It’s actually not a conspiracy theory. Municipal water systems do test their treated and untreated waste water for drugs and pharmaceuticals. With an increasing amount of such substances being disposed of by flushing down commodes and sink drains, there are potential public health hazards associated with ingestion of the substances. Illicit drugs may be detected and monitored but it is not necessarily with the goal of arresting people.

Google something like ‘drug detectors in municipal water systems’ and you’ll find plenty of links to reputable sources – refereed scientific journals and government sites.

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Charlie, SueW, Myst

What else would you expect Bill to say? His fortune is in Microsoft which is actively pursuing AI. Whether or not he succeeds in spending the vast majority of his fortune supporting projects that he believes are for the betterment of humankind, he has a vested interest in the financial success of Microsoft.