Phil, I've turned off updates for the maximum allowed 35 days on Pat's and my computers but not on my new laptop. I use it occasionally to access my Flex, so it will be my "canary in the coal mine" for future updates. For now, if it survives the next couple weeks, I'll allow the other updates to download and install on the others. If it doesn't, I'll only have to work on one computer, not all of them.
It will be interesting to see if the laptop survives and the others don't. Your comments, Phil, suggest that you think this could happen If it does, the problem gets even more complicated. Does anyone out there have any thoughts about why this might happen and how we might "scientifically" separate the good updates from the bad? If it does happen on any of our computers, will this mean that we'll never be able to update Windows again without having to do a lot of otherwise unnecessary work? N.b., when a friend's computer was automatically updated a few days ago, he lost access to many of his favorite programs and his desktop changed from W7-style to W10, with tiles. BTW, I've confirmed that if I turn off Windows updates, this will not stop updates to the Windows security software. Those have to be turned off separately, but I haven't seen or heard of any problems with them. 73, Brad KV5V On Fri, Aug 14, 2020 at 2:53 PM Phil Duff <n...@suddenlink.net> wrote: > I've 2 Dell Windows 10 Home systems in shack. 1 connected to my K3 and > dedicated to ham radio tasks. The other for general purpose use. > > No driver, USB prefs, connection, or any other problems with either of > them and I keep both updated. I'm no W10 or MS fanboy but my W10 > systems have been trouble-free whereas my old recently retired iMac > required reboot at least daily for system freezes. > > While W10 Home updates can't be turned off the update frequency can be > managed by delaying updates up to 35 days. > > YMMV. > > Phil NA4M > > > > > > On 2020-08-14 2:13 PM, W7RH wrote: > > Regarding Windows 10 updates, who has not experienced the wrath of > > changed driver, relocated USB preferences and lost connections to > > devices. Unless you have the purchased professional product you can > > not turn of the updates all the way around. > -- > -. .- ....- -- > Phil Duff > na4m[at]suddenlink[dot]net > Wall Art Photography <http://philip-duff.pixels.com/> > Stock Video Clips <https://www.pond5.com/artist/pcdmedia#1/2063/> > _________________ > Searchable Archives: http://www.contesting.com/_topband - Topband > Reflector > _________________ Searchable Archives: http://www.contesting.com/_topband - Topband Reflector
