The shame of Windows Update - ComputerWorld Opinion

Ron Czapala

http://www.computerworld.com/article/3067268/windows-pcs/the-shame-of-windows-update.html

Even with the slowness bugs fixed, Windows Update on Windows 7 still has its flaws

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Windows Update has been around a long time. Its mission on Windows 7 hasn't changed much from Vista and XP. Yet, despite this, it has a lot of problems, as we shall see.

Last time, I wrote about the latest Windows Update flaw to get a lot of attention, its running for hours, and suggested fixes from both Ed Bott and Woody Leonhard. It's a problem that others have written about too.

Shortly after writing the previous blog, I had an opportunity to test these fixes to Windows Update on a Windows 7 SP1 system that was years behind on patches.

Chris Savage

This doesn't surprise me any...but I still can't help but wonder if it not part of a ploy to get people to upgrade to Windows 10 just to get rid of the issues.

Phil Pilgrim (PhiPi)

I'm pretty happy with Win7. Update is completely disabled.

-Phil

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Phil Pilgrim (PhiPi) wrote: »

I'm pretty happy with Win7. Update is completely disabled.

-Phil

Ditto on my Media PC running Win7 Ulitmate. Flawless for 4 years running from the original install.