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Re: Windows Is A Great OS -- If Your Time Is Worth Nothing

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On 2026-01-01 15:09, Lawrence D’Oliveiro wrote:
> Amusing to read this article
> <https://www.computerworld.com/article/1616570/how-to-manually-update-microsoft-defender.html>
> on “How to manually update Windows Defender”. Why would you need to?
> Aren’t updates to Windows Defender managed automatically, as part of
> the regular Windows Update mechanism?
> 
> Ah, but it turns out Windows Update is famous for being prone to its
> own problems. So if Windows Update stops updating (as happens all too
> often), you need a manual fallback process to ensure that Windows
> Defender is kept up-to-date so your PC is not defenceless during the
> time it takes for Windows Update to get updated to a working version
> again.
> 
> This is what makes Microsoft Windows so easy and pleasurable to use,
> isn’t it? This is why people genuinely enjoy Microsoft’s product, so
> much so that they voluntarily keep handing over their money to
> encourage Microsoft to continue offering more of the same.

You're not wrong about machines no longer updating. Every honest person 
who's used Windows 10 or 11 for a long period of time will confirm that 
every so often, you'll come across updates that either failed or refused 
to install. From that point on, unless you know the cumbersome way to 
fix it, it will refuse to install any subsequent updates.

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CrudeSausage
John 14:6
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Windows Is A Great OS -- If Your Time Is Worth Nothing Lawrence D’Oliveiro <ldo@nz.invalid> - 2026-01-01 20:09 +0000
  Re: Windows Is A Great OS -- If Your Time Is Worth Nothing CrudeSausage <crude@sausa.ge> - 2026-01-01 18:11 -0500
    Re: Windows Is A Great OS -- If Your Time Is Worth Nothing rbowman <bowman@montana.com> - 2026-01-02 06:47 +0000
      Re: Windows Is A Great OS -- If Your Time Is Worth Nothing CrudeSausage <crude@sausa.ge> - 2026-01-02 07:56 -0500
        Re: Windows Is A Great OS -- If Your Time Is Worth Nothing rbowman <bowman@montana.com> - 2026-01-02 20:13 +0000
          Re: Windows Is A Great OS -- If Your Time Is Worth Nothing CrudeSausage <crude@sausa.ge> - 2026-01-02 15:30 -0500
            Re: Windows Is A Great OS -- If Your Time Is Worth Nothing candycanearter07 <candycanearter07@candycanearter07.nomail.afraid> - 2026-01-03 00:26 +0000
            Re: Windows Is A Great OS -- If Your Time Is Worth Nothing rbowman <bowman@montana.com> - 2026-01-03 02:05 +0000

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