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    D-DanD-Dan
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      @d-dan
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      Taking 5 minutes or so to create a restore point. When, God forbid, we could just downgrade the troublesome update until someone fixes, in maybe a day or two. If only there was an OS that like that………

      EDIT: Not to mention all this “configuring Windows update” lark. What the hell is it doing?

      Arch Linux, on a Ryzen 7 1800X, 32 GB, 5 (yes -5) HDs inc 5 SSDs, 4 RPi 3Bs + 1 RPi 4B - one as an NFS server with two more drives, PiHole (shut yours), Plex server, cloud server, and other random Pi stuff. Nice CoolerMaster case, 2 x NV GTX 1070 8GB, and a whopping 32" AOC 1440P monitor.

      #24510
      D-DanD-Dan
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        @d-dan
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        OK. I’ve calmed down. My VM is up to date. I’ll boot it again in a month to update it, and annoy me again.

        Arch Linux, on a Ryzen 7 1800X, 32 GB, 5 (yes -5) HDs inc 5 SSDs, 4 RPi 3Bs + 1 RPi 4B - one as an NFS server with two more drives, PiHole (shut yours), Plex server, cloud server, and other random Pi stuff. Nice CoolerMaster case, 2 x NV GTX 1070 8GB, and a whopping 32" AOC 1440P monitor.

        #24526
        RichardRichard
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          @sawboman
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          The recent up or should it be down grades have gone smoothly enough for me . . . except for the most recent issue. I get some bills that I want to print off but for some reason the print function in the browser is turned off. My answer is to save the PDF and print that using a PDF reader to get a hard copy. Yesterday clicking on the PDF launch some crap, which I later realised was MS Hedge, Ledge, Edge or whatever. While it may offer a fashionable minimalist  screen it is also totally useless. Worse, changing the file associations back to something that makes sense is now a slow painful process. I celebrated by removing Kledge, edge, whatever from the quick launch bar on the foot of my screen and changing as many of the MS options to something useful; has anyone ever even used Groove for just about anything, let alone everything?

          I found there was a possible print function in MS frayed edge, if you click the stupid dotty thing in a corner, I use a 23inch screen for a reason, it is not a pip squeak mobile so its easy to view. So allow me to have useful, meaningful menus not this ‘modernist’ styled-to-be-fit-for-the-loo-crap. As for using the mess as a browser, that must be for the birds incubating eggs – with time to waste finding anything, no apparent bookmarks, etc. made it frustratingly useless.

          Rant over for the day I hope!

          #24529
          Alan WoodAlan Wood
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            @alanrwood
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            EDIT: Not to mention all this “configuring Windows update” lark. What the hell is it doing?

            On Shutdown the first process is to unpack the downloaded update file and transfer it to a temporary location and the Windows update folder. It also only downloads and updates any updates not previously done. It needs to shutdown because some of the files it needs to update are being used by Windows . This normally takes you to the 30% message whereupon it reboots. At this point and before Windows is loaded the actual update takes place and any files are replaced or added or deleted.

            At the 100% message the computer again reboots to, this time, load the newly updated Windows program.

             

            A simple explanation but hope it helps.

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