![]() ![]() If you turned off Windows Update, turn it back on. Here are the steps every Win10 user should take to make the most of their deferred updates. If you judiciously block Win10 updates and wait a week or two to see if there are any problems that might affect you, if/when a big bug hits you’ll be in good shape. Of course there are many other problems with Win10 updating those are just the most common. Updates that take place at the most inopportune times.Drivers and/or settings and/or programs that get tossed into the vapor.Cumulative updates that don’t install-typically they either hang indefinitely and/or install part way then automatically roll back to the previous version. ![]() Nowadays, the kinds of problems I see most frequently revolve around: But we haven’t seen any massive meltdowns caused by Windows patches, which was an all-too-common occurrence just a few years ago. Eugene Kaspersky claims, with more than a little justification, that Win10 patches toss antivirus products into the fire. Much to Microsoft’s credit, I haven’t seen any catastrophic patches for Windows 10, although many-particularly forced driver changes and the aftermath to release of version 1607-have triggered plenty of alarm. Net patches, new drivers, Silverlight, Flash patches, fixes for the Windows Update servicing stack, odd one-off bug fixes with little documentation, the latest Malicious Software Removal Tool, Windows Defender antivirus updates, Surface device firmware updates, and even Office patches for those who have Office installed. By “patches” I’m not just talking about cumulative updates-although they’re a major concern.
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