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

Date 2026-01-02 15:30 -0500
Subject Re: Windows Is A Great OS -- If Your Time Is Worth Nothing
Newsgroups comp.os.linux.advocacy, comp.os.ms-windows.advocacy
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From CrudeSausage <crude@sausa.ge>
Message-ID <69582aeb$11$25$882e4bbb@reader.netnews.com> (permalink)

Cross-posted to 2 groups.

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On 2026-01-02 15:13, rbowman wrote:
> On Fri, 2 Jan 2026 07:56:49 -0500, CrudeSausage wrote:
> 
>> On 2026-01-02 01:47, rbowman wrote:
>>> On Thu, 1 Jan 2026 18:11:33 -0500, CrudeSausage wrote:
>>>
>>>> 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.
>>>
>>> When I had a machine on the Insiders program it got to that point. The
>>> cumbersome way was a well trodden path for me but it didn't help.
>>
>> I always (eventually) managed to get it to work, but the way to fix it
>> is definitely not intuitive. Even experienced, power users would find
>> the instruction difficult to follow, so I can imagine what kind of a
>> nightmare this would have become for casual users.
> 
> You know you have a problem when you invoke the update troubleshooter and
> it crashes.

I liked learning that in Windows 11, if your system won't boot as a 
result of an update, the repair tools you're given don't function at all.

-- 
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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