Re: This Is Why They Say Windows Is A Great OS -- If Your Time Is Worth Nothing

Lawrence D'Oliveiro <ldo@nz.invalid> wrote:

On 3 Jan 2025 10:18:16 GMT, Frank Slootweg wrote:
 

Lawrence D'Oliveiro <ldo@nz.invalid> wrote:

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On 2 Jan 2025 18:21:11 GMT, Frank Slootweg wrote:
 

Lawrence D'Oliveiro <ldo@nz.invalid> wrote:

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On Wed, 1 Jan 2025 23:59:53 -0500, Paul wrote:
 

People here have also achieved that (no updates) by breaking stuff
:-)

 
Microsoft itself has now come up with an update that does this,
too--kills the ability to receive further updates. As I mentioned in
the posting that started this thread.

 
Sigh! It's *not* "an update [which] kills the ability to receive
further updates". It's a corner case ...

 
Which only started happening after a particular update.

 
... the risk of getting the problem existed only for a very short time
and only in very uncommon scenarios.

['Convenient' silent snips duly noted.]

Only enough to affect say, a million people, perhaps ... ?

  I would say much, much fewer, thousands, if that many.

  But you, nor I, nor anyone else, are to know, especially not the
uninformed author of your 'alarming' reference.

Hardly worth worrying about, really ...

  Exactly. Glad you finally see the light!