Re: How do people live with MS Windows ????

On 24/05/2024 21:32, Jim Jackson wrote:

On 2024-05-23, mm0fmf <none@invalid.com> wrote:

On 21/05/2024 16:33, Jim Jackson wrote:

some of them pretty au
fait the OS

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No they're not au fait at all. If they were au fait they would know this
and many other things people moan about and how to deal with it.
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 Ah! so you aren't going to be at all helpfull. I did ask for help and
you clipped that bit. I think I have your measure.
 

You're right, I missed that bit.
You can pause updates for 7 days on the Update page. Or you can go to advanced options and pause it until a certain date.  I'm not sure (because I don't use this option) that there are some updates of such importance that the pause until option can be overridden.
This Windows machine is set to check for updates but prompt to install them. That means it wants me to manually start the update. This is not the default. There are assorted ways of doing this, I used the group policy editor to change the option.
Now most of my presentations etc. done at work are done on a works laptop where my employer's IT group are in charge of the updates. All the updates that involve possible reboots or restarting key apps pop up a warning saying updates need to be installed etc. and I have to OK that or I can delay it for 1hr or 4hrs before being prompted again. This is not typical of domestic environments. Non-work presentations are now normally done on a Linux laptop. I use both Linux and Windows (and run the same browser/email/tools on both OS). Sometimes I have used a Win laptop for non-work presentations normally because I need to demo a Windows only program and normally follow the following plan.
1. Go to Update and check for outstanding updates.
2. Install them.
3. Reboot as required.
4. Check for updates again. Repeat till none.
5. Pause updates for 7 days.
That's normally enough and is done a few hours before the presentation. Present then enable updates after it's done. I tend to disable networking so there are no email received or instant message received messages. It also stops some apps which I have set to check for updates but prompt to install from popping up.
It really isn't hard. You are going to present using WonderWindows (tm) so you do what's needed to stop Windows fannying about for the length of the presentation.
What's that old saying a teacher of mine used to say 45 years ago..."Fail to prepare? Then prepare to fail!"