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> "- system update when I want it,..." Windows ramming its updates down my throat whenever they feel like it is totally unacceptable among other things.
by TheGrassyKnoll 6y ago
> "- system update when I want it,..."
Windows ramming its updates down my throat whenever they feel like it is totally unacceptable among other things.
- Exmoor 6y agoMandated, automatic updates have their downsides, especially for some of the HN crowd, but for 99% of the population I really appreciate that patching is automatic for the other 95%+ of users. Getting the vast majority of computers in world quickly up to current security patches protects users and creates something akin to "herd immunity" where exploits become fairly useless to bad actors.
- weswpg 6y agoThat's not the problem, it's that the update can't be done in the background. On iPad or iPhone, when I get an update, it installs overnight and my device is immediately available to use after restarting. On every Windows device I've ever had since Windows 8, I have to sit there and wait for some reason. (I've already selected the 'use my sign-in information to speed up...' option) Every single time that Windows updates, there is no way to get it to perform the entire process when I'm not using the device. As soon as I restart or log in, there is more lengthy 'configuration' or 'working on updates' to be done. It's unacceptable.