Re: Global Compu-Trouble

trimmed followups to comp.misc

In comp.misc BungleBob <bunglebob@thejungle.com> wrote:

On 2024-07-19 15:30:08 +0000, mm0fmf said:

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An issue caused by a combination of two or three IT stupidities:
 
 1.  Using and relying on silly "cloud" services for everything.

We are going back to pre 199x days.

 2.  Using and relying on Microsloth Windoze.
     (Linux and MacOS computers were not affected)

Same is true for the BSDs :)

 3.  Having your computer system / software set to automatically
     install updates.

Yes, I was surprised this was still a thing in Windows.
I would think people should be prompted say once per day,
after 5 declines, the update(s) are forced in.

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