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There are two truisms in the computer world:
On 17/03/2018 21:12, Carlos E.R. wrote:
[] I don't know when there are updates to do. The computer is normally running Linux, windows is not booted unless really needed, once a month or less. As I can not enable or disable the updates, I boot in Windows only when I have time to spare. Instead, most of the times I use a virtual Windows machine. For comparison, a full Windows Upgrade (which I do once or twice a week as new "Insider" versions come out) typically take less than three hours on a nine-year-old dual core laptop with just 2 GB memory.Â* That's with a 117 GB SSD with 70 GB free. 3 hours? My experience is that Linux updates much faster in the same hardware. I don't understand why Windows is so slow at updating itself. With fast internet it can take hours to download, with virtually nil network activity but high cpu load. What is the problem? Just download the file in seconds, replace the libraries, done. Maybe they think that I can be doing other things on the computer while it updates, but that's not the case. I want to boot, update, power off, fast, and take the road. At a time of my choosing, not their choosing. Just talking, doesn't matter :-) There are plenty of ways to delay or reschedule Windows updates - search Google. The Windows updates are sent out on the second Tuesday of the month, so perhaps running Windows on the day after every month might be a good idea. 3 hours is for a full Windows upgrade - a major upgrade, like Win-8 to Win-10 - the monthly updates take minutes. The updates can be downloaded in the background, just leave the PC running. -- Cheers, David Web: http://www.satsignal.eu |
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