Argh! Windows 10 Updates...
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@Dashrender said in Argh! Windows 10 Updates...:
I'm not sure what Apple does in terms of support for an OS after they release the next one
Generally, what Microsoft is trying to do now. Update to the newest version if your hardware supports it, or you're plum out of luck. Very occasionally you might get a back ported security fix if the issue is big enough.
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I patched mine with the Ubuntu 16.10 patch and it seems to work beautifully now.
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So, are you saying that if I am on 1607 now, that will get updated until 1703. If I don't update to 1703, I wont get any updates at all like patches or security releases?
I'd happily decline the large released (1511 -> 1607 -> 1703) if I can still apply the smaller patches like security...
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@scottalanmiller said in Argh! Windows 10 Updates...:
I patched mine with the Ubuntu 16.10 patch and it seems to work beautifully now.
You're like the Android people who keep talking about having a removable battery.
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@Jimmy9008 said in Argh! Windows 10 Updates...:
So, are you saying that if I am on 1607 now, that will get updated until 1703. If I don't update to 1703, I wont get any updates at all like patches or security releases?
I'd happily decline the large released (1511 -> 1607 -> 1703) if I can still apply the smaller patches like security...
As a home user, you can't decline anything. I'm not sure WSUS let's you refuse updates for very long if at all on the normal version of Windows 10 Pro.
If you use the VL version that is LTSB (Long Term Servicing Branch) you can push off updates for 6-9 months, but even those eventually require you to update. For example, if you're still running RTM from July 2015, you can still get security updates, but I don't know for how much longer.
I don't know if you must have SA for every workstation to run LTSB.
I'm running standard Windows 10 Pro VL media. I am using a WSUS server and so far my machines have not been forced to 1607, But I'm rolling it out manually because the reboot time is 1+ hours. I don't have remote power on/update abilities and my users are challenging to get them to try to get this setup to run the update overnight.
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Oh home users can't decline?
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@scottalanmiller said in Argh! Windows 10 Updates...:
Oh home users can't decline?
Nope. That has been known since day one.
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Pro users cant either most of the time.
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Windows 10 has me so angry I'm tempted to go convert all my home gaming gear 100% to linux. Just nervous I won't be able to have much fun with games.
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@MattSpeller said in Argh! Windows 10 Updates...:
Windows 10 has me so angry I'm tempted to go convert all my home gaming gear 100% to linux. Just nervous I won't be able to have much fun with games.
Scott plays his games on Linux...
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@Dashrender said in Argh! Windows 10 Updates...:
@MattSpeller said in Argh! Windows 10 Updates...:
Windows 10 has me so angry I'm tempted to go convert all my home gaming gear 100% to linux. Just nervous I won't be able to have much fun with games.
Scott plays his games on Linux...
Aye, but not all games (far from it) are on linux as I'm discovering...
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@MattSpeller said in Argh! Windows 10 Updates...:
@Dashrender said in Argh! Windows 10 Updates...:
@MattSpeller said in Argh! Windows 10 Updates...:
Windows 10 has me so angry I'm tempted to go convert all my home gaming gear 100% to linux. Just nervous I won't be able to have much fun with games.
Scott plays his games on Linux...
Aye, but not all games (far from it) are on linux as I'm discovering...
No, just a few thousand. Nowhere near what is on Windows.
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There are also those games you can install on Linux through Synaptic or apt. Gems like 0AD (actually the first package listed in Synaptic) Tux Racers, Hexen/Doom/Heretic, etc.
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@scottalanmiller "Patched" with Ubuntu?
saw what you did there! 
I'm keeping my eye on you! lol -
@BRRABill said in Argh! Windows 10 Updates...:
@scottalanmiller said in Argh! Windows 10 Updates...:
I patched mine with the Ubuntu 16.10 patch and it seems to work beautifully now.
You're like the Android people who keep talking about having a removable battery.
@BRRABill Even more annoying, I have a Lumia 950 XL Windows 10 Mobile phone and it has a removable battery too. :thumbsup_tone2:
Just saying ...
