Windows Updates

[MidnightCowboy]

Originally Posted by Burn-IT

Have you ever heard of Typhoid Mary??
Linux may not be vulnerable itself to those attacks, but the vectors are carried and spread by unprotected Linux systems.
Or are Linux users SO selfish that they don't care about the rest of the world. The same selfishness applies to all those people who refuse to get inoculations and keep human diseases alive when they can be obliterated once and for all.

But you said ..."its refusal to acknowledge its vulnerabilities and take serious steps to protect the user."... not other Windows users.

[Burn-IT]

I had assumed that you were sociable enough to consider any computer user (WHAT EVER OS) as a user,but I was obviously grossly mistaken about that and your suitability for being a member of society.

[MidnightCowboy]

Originally Posted by Burn-IT

your suitability for being a member of society.

But I have a Facebook account, surely that's gotta count for something?

[Burn-IT]

It probably qualifies for admittance to an asylum!!

Facebook is one of those things that I have managed to avoid, even under duress from potential employers.
I cannot understand the people who want to tell the World what they are doing all the time.

[danielson]

It seems that even if we're not on Facebook, they still find plenty of "data" on us via third parties.

Btw, what if INTEL itself had a flaw... a backdoor...?
Could the almighty Windows or any other OS protect us then?

[EldonW]

Originally Posted by danielson

Btw, what if INTEL itself had a flaw... a backdoor...?
Could the almighty Windows or any other OS protect us then?

You've heard of Meltdown & Spectre?

Here are a few more...
https://thehackernews.com/2018/11/me...abilities.html
https://www.zdnet.com/article/tlblee...t-to-be-fixed/
https://www.techradar.com/news/spoil...usly-different

Somehow I feel sorry for Microsoft being expected to fix Intel's mess.

[deya]

How to get the Windows 10 May 2019 Update;

https://blogs.windows.com/windowsexp...y-2019-update/

" .... we are beginning to make the Windows 10 May Update available. We will be taking a measured and throttled approach, allowing us to study device health data as we increase availability via Windows Update"

[deya]

Current status as of June 6, 2019: Windows 10, version 1903 is available for any user who manually selects “Check for updates” via Windows Update;

https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/win...indows-10-1903

... or, if you don't want it then don't click 'check for updates'

Although if there any known issues with your PC it won't show up anyway.

I've been using 1903 for some weeks now, used the Win10 Update Assistant. It took quite a while to update but it runs ok. There were one or two glitches at first but after a cumulative update things have settled down so now, if you do install it, the initial bugs should have been ironed out.

[deya]

November 12, 2019 - Version: 1903-OS Build 18362.476 and 1909-OS Build 18363.476;

https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/...date-kb4524570

Windows 10, version 1909 delivery options;

https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/...s/ba-p/1002660

Just updated my desktop, no problems. The fastest download and install to date, re-start required.

There were early reports of KB890830 (WMSRT) causing problems with multiple installs but the issue had been addressed and fixed before I did the upgrade, so no problems at all.

[MidnightCowboy]

Seems like at least one issue has surfaced.

https://www.express.co.uk/life-style...r-bug-reported