Re: Laptop replacement

On Fri, 28 Mar 2025 09:07:08 +0000, John Rumm wrote:

The sad reality is that the majority of hacks on systems exploit holes
that have already been fixed for some time, but for whatever reason the
patches have not been applied.
 
Professional IT admins in business *aught* to know better, but I expect
that many home users see the interruptions to their use of a system and
the potential complications from unexpected changes in UI, performance,
functionality, and workflow etc that come with patches and updates are a
PITA and things to be avoided and whinged about.

Also there is the fact that Microsoft is somewhat notorious for producing
patches that add their own problems to the mix. So you can’t blame the
users for being just a little bit wary.