There are actually 34 patches being deployed to users of Windows XP, Vista, and 7 today. That is a record amount of patches for Microsoft to push, and some of the patches are considered “critical.” None of the patches being offered for Windows 7 are considered critical, which may mean that the Windows 7 operating system is coming out of the box in better shape than previous versions.
And I don’t mind getting patches if they are important. But it would be really great if these patches could be taken care of without having to tie up a machine for several hours. Especially since it’s my only working machine this morning while both of my desktops await warranty repairs from Dell.
I am using a Dell Inspiron 1525 when I have the trouble with updates. Very annoying, it does tie up my machine and slows everything down while it’s not doing anything. I do not turn off my machine at night because it is doing things, that’s why I set it to let me update when I agree to it, but of course, Microsoft keeps changing these settings for me, so I often wake up to find my machine has rebooted, the work the machine was doing overnight is completely fubared, and it costs me a lot of time to get things back to right. Microsoft needs to stop “thinking” for me. I can do that on my own, thanks!
I didn’t have this issue at all. What kind of hardware are you using??
Sorry – I wasn’t stuck. My OS downloads stuff whilst I carry on working and I very rarely need to reboot.
While we’re at it, what happened to thee darn progress bars???? At least (if its truly going to take 2 or 3 hours to complete) let us know something IS ACTUALLY GOING ON!! Then maybe we wouldn’t have to worry about things like, “Wow, is my machine frozen? Should I restart? Should I let it go?” All hail to the progress bars!!!!