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I haven't applied updates in over a year on windows 7. Before I do I take an image of my disk so I can go revert all changes. I check each one to see what it i

I haven't applied updates in over a year on windows 7. Before I do I take an image of my disk so I can go revert all changes. I check each one to see what it is going to change. This takes a lot of time so I don't want to do it every week. I wait until I am between critical tasks or projects. I rely on my computer to make money which I use to pay for food and accommodation! I rely on my computer to run simulations which can take weeks. I can't have it randomly rebooting in the middle of them and setting me back! My customers rely on me and my computer and the esoteric software installed on it to make their plants run. I can't have major system components changing underneath it risking the functionality of the computer! I can be responsible for myself and my computer and not click stupid links and open stupid attachments or even be connected to hostile networks with all kinds of TCP/UDP ports open. In the event that it happened I would rather my computer was part of a botnet temporarily then regularly risking my ability to feed and house my family. I don't run antivirus software other than windows defender either. it is the cure worse than the disease.

cptskippy 8y ago
> I rely on my computer to run simulations which can take weeks. I can't have it randomly rebooting in the middle of them and setting me back! My customers rely on me and my computer and the esoteric software installed on it to make their plants run. It sounds like there is something very wrong with your development process if you and your clients are reliant on a single computer. > I can be responsible for myself and my computer and not click stupid links and open stupid attachments or even be connected to hostile networks with all kinds of TCP/UDP ports open. In the event that it happened I would rather my computer was part of a botnet temporarily then regularly risking my ability to feed and house my family. Wow... just... I don't even know where to start with this. You're reliant on a single point of failure for your entire livelihood. What happens if you have a hardware failure?
- snowwindwaves 8y ago
  i have a spare (identical) computer, i have backups on site and offsite of my disk images and virtual machines. in the smaller power plants I work in it is all single points of failure. one transformer, one hydraulic cylinder controlling the turbine flow, one hydraulic cylinder controlling the inlet valve, one PLC, one computer running the HMI software, one protection relay for the power line, one protection relay for the generator. if any one of the things fails everything stops.

cptskippy 8y ago

> I rely on my computer to run simulations which can take weeks. I can't have it randomly rebooting in the middle of them and setting me back! My customers rely on me and my computer and the esoteric software installed on it to make their plants run. It sounds like there is something very wrong with your development process if you and your clients are reliant on a single computer. > I can be responsible for myself and my computer and not click stupid links and open stupid attachments or even be connected to hostile networks with all kinds of TCP/UDP ports open. In the event that it happened I would rather my computer was part of a botnet temporarily then regularly risking my ability to feed and house my family. Wow... just... I don't even know where to start with this. You're reliant on a single point of failure for your entire livelihood. What happens if you have a hardware failure?

snowwindwaves 8y ago
i have a spare (identical) computer, i have backups on site and offsite of my disk images and virtual machines. in the smaller power plants I work in it is all single points of failure. one transformer, one hydraulic cylinder controlling the turbine flow, one hydraulic cylinder controlling the inlet valve, one PLC, one computer running the HMI software, one protection relay for the power line, one protection relay for the generator. if any one of the things fails everything stops.