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> Windows will keep some patches in reserve Some patches depend on previous ones, and until those are installed, and rebooted, the newer patches will not be of
by dist-epoch 2y ago
> Windows will keep some patches in reserve
Some patches depend on previous ones, and until those are installed, and rebooted, the newer patches will not be offered.
This is most evident trying to get a laptop not opened for 6 months up to date, multiple check for updates and reboots over multiple hours are required.
- 0cf8612b2e1e 2y agoNo doubt, but it would have been helpful if the system gave any indication it had a patch to install. Or would let me force install as much as possible at this moment. Instead, I took the system offline, did several reboots with healthy breathing time between them, and just had to hope the system would not puke the moment I walked out the door.
- vetinari 2y agoThis got improved with Windows 10/11, though. Now, there are cumulative patches every month, so there are always just few patches to catch up (cumulative update for windows, cumulative for dotnet, defender, defender data, msedge, anything else? Of these, only the first two want to reboot).