Less than 30 minutes until patch Tuesday for Feb 2024

If you want to wait until saps like me install it and risk causing problems on their systems before you install the updates, remember to go to Settings > Windows Update > Pause updates

Or............backup OS first..............

Wonder what MS has in store for us this Patch Tuesday?????

hsehestedt said:

If you want to wait until saps like me install it and risk causing problems on their systems....

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....and saps like me. I have some 5 Win11 PC's, two of them unsupported devices. Then there's about the same number again that are still on Win10. I'll be updating them all, I may be some time....

Don't usually get them until Wednesday midmorning anyway. I suppose because of the Time Zone differences.

There are 4 Win11PCs and 3 Win10PCs in my house. 1 of each version are set to auto update. Fingers crossed.

LOL. We are a sad lot

Some .NET updates already available -

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hsehestedt said:

If you want to wait until saps like me install it and risk causing problems on their systems

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There is no risk if you...

pietcorus2 said:

Or............backup OS first..............

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Apparently I'm a bit behind haha still busy updating Dev Build to 24H2 before I start on RTM 23H2 update

5 machines updated so far. All good thus far

hsehestedt said:

...remember to go to Settings > Windows Update > Pause updates...

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I don't need that, as I always have the network set as metered connection.
See:

When in that case updates are there, I only need to click 'Download' in the update window at the moment that suits me.
Mostly I do that a few days after the update has been published but if there are (many) reports about problems I postpone the updates for some time.

pietcorus2 said:

Or............backup OS first..............

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Done and checked! Thanks for the reminder, although I didn't need it.

Hi,
Or just disable the update service before connecting to the internet.
Pretty much a required ritual for win-10 and now 11 lol

Otherwise updates run no matter if there are updates available or not
Reminds me of a little mouse spinning on a wheel but at least the mouse keeps in shape doing it
MS updates do it just to waste bandwidth and no it does not keep your machine in shape lol quite the opposite usually hehe

I find myself flipping on my methods. Sometimes I won't allow the updates to install right away because I'm paranoid that something will break. But then, after a few months of good updates I get complacent and go the opposite way, installing within minutes of release. I guess my thinking is that I have good backups so I get a bit reckless

I have set WU to 'delay 1 week' and have thus sufficient warning time from the computer user community on the net, but I have never needed it, WU never broke anything on my machines. There was the rare non-install that gets installed the next WU without fail. I guess I am very lucky

Haydon said:

WU never broke anything on my machines

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I've had it happen once or twice simply because I dabble in a few too many areas so I'm bound to get hit by something somewhere along the line . I was lucky that those issues I hit were easy to workaround.