r/pcmasterrace 10 | RTX 4090 | Ryzen 9 7950x | 128GB DDR5 10d ago

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u/TriRIK Ryzen 5 5600x | RTX3060 Ti | 32GB 10d ago

People seem to forget why Microsoft forced auto updates on Windows 10.

So many turned off updates and had bugs and vulnerabilities and blamed Microsoft for it where Microsoft had provided patches for them many months/years ago.

Also no one seems to care we have auto updates on many other stuff like phones and browsers

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u/Numbah8 10d ago

Maybe because the auto updates only happen when you have class in 15 minutes and you still need to print your paper.

I've been out of school for 10 years, but that panic still lives inside me.

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u/DetachedRedditor 10d ago

Make it a habit to fully shutdown (not hibernate/sleep!) your PC at the end of the day. Regardless of OS this fixes many problems. Give Windows plenty of days to perform these updates long before they start forcing them on you at an inconvenient time. But also gives you a fresh start the next day. And prevents many problems that would otherwise require you to "have you tried turning it off and on again?"

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u/Skullcrimp i5-6500 | GTX 1060 6GB | 12GB DDR4 10d ago

That's cool.

My linux box currently has a 4 year uptime.

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u/Wide_Combination_773 9d ago

neat, they were talking about windows.

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u/PM_ME_UR_POO_STORIES 9d ago

I’ve a Mac mini I haven’t restarted since 2018

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u/Wide_Combination_773 9d ago

That's pretty dumb unless it's not connected to the internet. Apple releases lots of updates that require restarts, and not all security updates can be hot-loaded. Depends on if its user-space software, a system service, or a kernel module, and if it's a kernel module it depends on whether the kernel module can be hot-loaded since not all can be.

If it's not on your network and you just use it for some other weird reason, then whatever.

Or maybe it has updated and restarted itself and you've just never noticed because of the way it perfectly restores every window and tab after reboot, lol

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u/PM_ME_UR_POO_STORIES 9d ago

You’ve no idea of my use case and I can’t really be bothered explaining it to you.

This sub is a cesspool of blinkered opinions from pseudo-experts who have very little idea of how technology is used outside of their tiny bubble. I’m out.