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As a home user, I would prefer to be able to select which updates I want to download/install, and when. I don't want to blanket disable all updates, because of

by qffk 9y ago

As a home user, I would prefer to be able to select which updates I want to download/install, and when. I don't want to blanket disable all updates, because of course I do want security updates as soon as possible, but I want to be able to block specific updates for however long I want, potentially forever (in Windows 7, the "Hide Update" functionality does this nicely). I make it a habit on my Windows 7 system to read each and every update's KB entry and determine if I want it. I wish I could do this with Windows 10. In short, I don't think disabling the update service in Windows 10 is even remotely an ideal solution to this problem.

temac 9y ago
You can't do it anymore on Windows 7, because they switched to the consolidated patch model of 10. Now, the possibility you have are mainly a linear security only channel, and a linear security+stability(+eventually features) channel.
- qffk 9y ago
  Right, I forgot. Well, at least with Windows 7, you can choose to install only security rollups, whereas with 10, AFAIK, you have to take it all or nothing.
- retox 9y ago
  This is why I'm in the process of switching to Linux as my daily driver and for service hosts. Putting all sorts of shit in the urgent security patch category was the final step. If you can't trust a security patch you can't trust microsoft at all. I wish I could remember the exact things they pushed but I have a feeling they were windows 10 related.
  - retox 9y ago
    Can't edit but I found a new example when looking to see if I could be vulnerable to WannaCry. In the May 9th 'Security Rollup'; "Updated Internet Explorer 11’s New Tab Page with an integrated newsfeed." [0] I cannot disentagle this update from the other ACTUAL security updates. [0] https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/help/4019264/windows-7-update-kb4019264 https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/help/4019264/windows-7-u...

by qffk 9y ago

temac 9y ago

You can't do it anymore on Windows 7, because they switched to the consolidated patch model of 10. Now, the possibility you have are mainly a linear security only channel, and a linear security+stability(+eventually features) channel.

qffk 9y ago
Right, I forgot. Well, at least with Windows 7, you can choose to install only security rollups, whereas with 10, AFAIK, you have to take it all or nothing.
retox 9y ago
This is why I'm in the process of switching to Linux as my daily driver and for service hosts. Putting all sorts of shit in the urgent security patch category was the final step. If you can't trust a security patch you can't trust microsoft at all. I wish I could remember the exact things they pushed but I have a feeling they were windows 10 related.
- retox 9y ago
  Can't edit but I found a new example when looking to see if I could be vulnerable to WannaCry. In the May 9th 'Security Rollup'; "Updated Internet Explorer 11’s New Tab Page with an integrated newsfeed." [0] I cannot disentagle this update from the other ACTUAL security updates. [0] https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/help/4019264/windows-7-update-kb4019264 https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/help/4019264/windows-7-u...