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Were they really any better prior to Windows 10 though? I remember trying to read the Windows 7 updates, but they were always seemed very... light on material.

by ersii 10y ago

mey 10y ago
There at least existed KB articles with patch details ahead of a patch being dropped. I've routinely tried to dig up a newly deployed Windows bundle at home on a machine not running the Insider Program and hit 404s pulling up the KB number.
- ethbro 10y ago
  In a surprising development today, Microsoft was accused of moving too fast and bre^H^H^H failing to document things. HN commenters expressed nostalgia for the MS patch days of yore.
  - userbinator 10y ago
    "At least we had MSFT" was the sentiment before Win10. For many, they were one of the few remaining companies that weren't "moving too fast". It was a great time, when people could actually use more of their time on computers for doing other things besides chasing the update/upgrade treadmill.
  - Dylan16807 10y ago
    It still takes them a long time to make patches; there's plenty of time to write notes. Releasing on a different schedule does not make it harder to document. You're implying it's a tradeoff, and it's not. They just dropped the ball.
- stryk 10y ago
  I've been getting a recommended driver update for the Broadcom Bluetooth driver used by a little ASUS USB Bluetooth dongle I use (very common BT chipset), yet I cannot find any information about any driver updates on ASUS' nor Broadcom's websites. And the "More information" link in the Windows Update dialog just points to a page that only says "Driver Information: Coming Soon <br> Thank you for using Windows Update. The More Information feature is not available yet. We apologize blah blah yadda yadda" (last sentence paraphrased). Why the hell would I install a driver for which I can find no information about? That's nuts. This isn't the first time I've ran into this situation with Windows Update and driver "update" recommendations, either.
  - voltagex_ 10y ago
    For the Bluetooth driver specifically, you may be able to to pull it down via the Windows Update Catalog and inspect it that way. It may just be an OEM version of Bluesoleil or similar.
  - Semaphor 10y ago
    I recently got an update for my Microsoft LifeCam Studio. There is zilch to find online about the update. No KB article, the LifeCam Studio website still hasn't heard anything about a windows version after 7, nothing. Yay.

Were they really any better prior to Windows 10 though? I remember trying to read the Windows 7 updates, but they were always seemed very... light on material.

by ersii 10y ago

Were they really any better prior to Windows 10 though? I remember trying to read the Windows 7 updates, but they were always seemed very... light on material.

mey 10y ago

There at least existed KB articles with patch details ahead of a patch being dropped. I've routinely tried to dig up a newly deployed Windows bundle at home on a machine not running the Insider Program and hit 404s pulling up the KB number.

ethbro 10y ago
In a surprising development today, Microsoft was accused of moving too fast and bre^H^H^H failing to document things. HN commenters expressed nostalgia for the MS patch days of yore.
- userbinator 10y ago
  "At least we had MSFT" was the sentiment before Win10. For many, they were one of the few remaining companies that weren't "moving too fast". It was a great time, when people could actually use more of their time on computers for doing other things besides chasing the update/upgrade treadmill.
- Dylan16807 10y ago
  It still takes them a long time to make patches; there's plenty of time to write notes. Releasing on a different schedule does not make it harder to document. You're implying it's a tradeoff, and it's not. They just dropped the ball.
stryk 10y ago
I've been getting a recommended driver update for the Broadcom Bluetooth driver used by a little ASUS USB Bluetooth dongle I use (very common BT chipset), yet I cannot find any information about any driver updates on ASUS' nor Broadcom's websites. And the "More information" link in the Windows Update dialog just points to a page that only says "Driver Information: Coming Soon <br> Thank you for using Windows Update. The More Information feature is not available yet. We apologize blah blah yadda yadda" (last sentence paraphrased). Why the hell would I install a driver for which I can find no information about? That's nuts. This isn't the first time I've ran into this situation with Windows Update and driver "update" recommendations, either.
- voltagex_ 10y ago
  For the Bluetooth driver specifically, you may be able to to pull it down via the Windows Update Catalog and inspect it that way. It may just be an OEM version of Bluesoleil or similar.
- Semaphor 10y ago
  I recently got an update for my Microsoft LifeCam Studio. There is zilch to find online about the update. No KB article, the LifeCam Studio website still hasn't heard anything about a windows version after 7, nothing. Yay.