If you disabled windows 10's update service

[Raduque]

And you get owned by wannacry, don't cry... You only brought it on yourself by being opposed to forced updates!

Suckers.

 

[tynopik]

sigh, ok fine

I'll cry if i wanna

 

[WelshBloke]

Disabled windows installed Mint. No worries here.

 

[Raduque]

Disabled windows installed Mint. No worries here.

Mint is pretty crippled compared to windows for my usage. No Adobe products, no gaming... lern2pc and you'll be fine on Windows.

Or at least let the updates run.

Maybe on the next update, Microsoft should disable access to the Windows Update service and take away all the abilities to postpone updates.

 

[WelshBloke]

Maybe on the next update, Microsoft should disable access to the Windows Update service and take away all the abilities to postpone updates.

Not bothered. Not something I need to worry about any more!

 

[John Connor]

I haven't used updates in any computer I owned since 2004. Since I know how to run a computer and not get malware and shit I don't need those asinine so-called "fixes." I also run a netbook with XP connected to an external monitor an keyboard in the kitchen I call the kitchen kiosk. Has it been hacked? No.

Forcing you to do something on your own payed for OS is BULLSHIT!

 

[ImpulsE69]

Good joke OP, good joke.

 

[AdamK47]

I haven't used updates in any computer I owned since 2004. Since I know how to run a computer and not get malware and shit I don't need those asinine so-called "fixes." I also run a netbook with XP connected to an external monitor an keyboard in the kitchen I call the kitchen kiosk. Has it been hacked? No.

Forcing you to do something on your own payed for OS is BULLSHIT!

Oh yeah, right there is a winning path. Keep up the good work.

 

[madoka]

I hope there is an international effort to catch the asshats that created WannaCry and turn them into a lesson on hacking.

 

[Kaido]

I haven't used updates in any computer I owned since 2004. Since I know how to run a computer and not get malware and shit I don't need those asinine so-called "fixes." I also run a netbook with XP connected to an external monitor an keyboard in the kitchen I call the kitchen kiosk. Has it been hacked? No.

Believe it or not, Microsoft actually released a patch for XP SP3 for this:

http://www.catalog.update.microsoft.com/Search.aspx?q=4012598

 

[Brainonska511]

I haven't used updates in any computer I owned since 2004. Since I know how to run a computer and not get malware and shit I don't need those asinine so-called "fixes." I also run a netbook with XP connected to an external monitor an keyboard in the kitchen I call the kitchen kiosk. Has it been hacked? No.

Forcing you to do something on your own payed for OS is BULLSHIT!

LOL at you. You can get malware easily from infected sites - things totally beyond your control. It's stupid to be running an unpatched system, but it doesn't surprise me that you're doing it.

 

[ImpulsE69]

I hope there is an international effort to catch the asshats that created WannaCry and turn them into a lesson on hacking.

This was one of the NSA hacks wasn't it? I'm torn on this, because it needed to happen so that a few people might actually learn a lesson (MS included), but at the same time, it's not like anything will change.

 

[Paladin3]

Forcing you to do something on your own payed for OS is BULLSHIT!

I worked at Staples when they tried selling pricey packages of tech support guaranteed to fix any non-hardware issue on PCs. Predictably, all the idiots broke their computers pretty regularly. Most of the time it was due to force canceling updates and/or turning off the anti-virus, combined with risky online activity.

I had more than one customer demand I turn off updates, which I refused to do. My go to analogy was that you can't refuse to change the oil and do basic maintenance on a car and not have problems. Customer responses were everything from "it's my computer" to "Microsoft and the government are spying on me! Black helicopters! They're stealing my information!" You can't educate some folks.

John, I'm quite happy you know enough to run your computers without updates, but blanket statements like above are bullshit and irresponsible.

 

[lxskllr]

It's a rare day my office computer(xubuntu) doesn't have updates available. My home computer(debian stable) gets them less frequently, but more often than windows. It's nice being able to trust updates offered to me aren't designed to fuck me over in some method or another.

 

[John Connor]

Believe it or not, Microsoft actually released a patch for XP SP3 for this:

http://www.catalog.update.microsoft.com/Search.aspx?q=4012598

I use SP3. That link isn't loading BTW. Maybe it's my VPN.

 

[John Connor]

LOL at you. You can get malware easily from infected sites - things totally beyond your control. It's stupid to be running an unpatched system, but it doesn't surprise me that you're doing it.

I have a lot of security in place and I don't browse the Internet like a snowflake. To be frank, a stupid update isn't stopping malware, you have to take a proactive approch, and updates cause more problems then they are worth. Just look at all the threads here. Not only that, but I see people use updates and yet bitch on computer forums that they have been infected by a virus. Some "update." Fuck M$!


https://forums.anandtech.com/thread...cpu-core-forever-with-windows-update.2491444/

https://forums.anandtech.com/thread...automatically-reboots-and-then-stuck.2491473/

https://forums.anandtech.com/threads/windows-10-update-dam.2489532/

https://forums.anandtech.com/threads/win-7-update-headaches-and-confusion.2489403/

https://forums.anandtech.com/threads/odd-windows-update.2489266/

https://forums.anandtech.com/threads/win7s-windows-update-may-be-made-of-squirrels.2489213/

https://forums.anandtech.com/thread...ry-update-has-me-pulling-my-hair-out.2489857/

https://forums.anandtech.com/threads/issue-with-windows-10-update.2492601/

https://forums.anandtech.com/threads/win10-may-have-a-new-networking-issue.2494274/#post-38625961

https://www.computerforum.com/threads/i-need-help-because-this-is-pisting-me-off.240871/

 

[John Connor]

John, I'm quite happy you know enough to run your computers without updates, but blanket statements like above are bullshit and irresponsible.

Okay, so instead of me saying a blanket statement on all updates are BS, then one should just install the "security" updates. But then you have to see what those do and the possible fuckitry it may cause to your computer. Of course, if you run asinine 10 your SOL unless you block M$'s ASNs with a firewall like Pfsense. Which is exactly what I will do when the time comes I'll run 10. Until then I'm a happy Win 7 user and the update service is off. I did however build a new comp and Gigabyte had two downloads that were updates from Redmond. So I said the hell with it and installed both. So there are only three "updates on my machine: the two from Gigabyte and SP1. All the other shit can piss off. I have never had any trouble before without updates. I am proof you can run a computer error free without updates. Like I said, been doing this since 2004 when I had 98se.

Updates, updates, updates. Everything and everything wants an update. Even my two Comcrap HD boxes. The fuckers update every day. Talk about excessive.

 

[John Connor]

It's a rare day my office computer(xubuntu) doesn't have updates available. My home computer(debian stable) gets them less frequently, but more often than windows. It's nice being able to trust updates offered to me aren't designed to fuck me over in some method or another.

I can see this with CentOS and other server OS's. In fact, if I ran a VPS I would update my box regularly. That's because it's a server, not a home-based PC.

 

[Gryz]

Follow the Leader !!

Or else suffer the consequences.
The American way.

 

[Fritzo]

And you get owned by wannacry, don't cry... You only brought it on yourself by being opposed to forced updates!

Suckers.

Ah...the battlecry of the arrogant IT guy:

"I WANT TO CHOOSE WHEN UPDATES GET INSTALLED AND WHICH ONES I INSTALL!!!"
*Forgets to install updates for months at a time*

 

[drum]

Ah...the battlecry of the arrogant IT guy:

"I WANT TO CHOOSE WHEN UPDATES GET INSTALLED AND WHICH ONES I INSTALL!!!"
*Forgets to install updates for months at a time*

It actually ends up being damned if you do, damned if you don't.
- Roll the updates out and hope it doesn't break any of your obscure applications
- Give a window when the updates can install so as not to bother a user
- they inevitably don't make their computer available during the window and miss the updates
-Force the install reboot, piss off the user when the get 20 minutes to close apps or it goes down for them.
-Delay the patches and leave yourself open during that period.

No matter what I do I lose

 

[FelixDeCat]

I still use Windows 7.

 

[Kaido]

I use SP3. That link isn't loading BTW. Maybe it's my VPN.

Try the direct download:

http://download.windowsupdate.com/d..._eceb7d5023bbb23c0dc633e46b9c2f14fa6ee9dd.exe

 

[ch33zw1z]

"Fuck updates, why doesn't this website load on my xp machine?" -lol

 

[Raduque]

I still use Windows 7.

OK, but Windows all the way back to XP are vulnerable, so...