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| From | Paul <nospam@needed.invalid> |
|---|---|
| Newsgroups | comp.os.linux.advocacy, alt.comp.os.windows-11 |
| Subject | Re: Windows Is A Great OS ... If Your Time Is Worth Nothing |
| Date | 2025-04-06 21:29 -0400 |
| Organization | A noiseless patient Spider |
| Message-ID | <vsv9pf$2e6im$1@dont-email.me> (permalink) |
| References | <vpasam$3is8a$1@dont-email.me> <vsutc2$21mp2$1@dont-email.me> |
Cross-posted to 2 groups.
On Sun, 4/6/2025 5:57 PM, Lawrence D'Oliveiro wrote: > Even the Dimdows Update mechanism -- you know, the one that > automatically puts stuff on your machine that you don’t want -- is > another major source of things that can go wrong. This article > <https://www.computerworld.com/article/1613310/how-to-troubleshoot-and-reset-windows-update.html> > suggests some things to try if the updater gives trouble (how would > you tell?). And boy, don’t those suggestions get progressively > nuttier. > > The final one (or at least, the final thing to try before giving up > and taking your machine to someone who knows what they’re doing), a > “complete reset”, involves downloading and running some random batch > file off the Internet, which does all kinds of things to your system > that you don’t really want to know about, just trust the folks who > wrote the script, OK? > Well, the next time you have a problem, drop by, and we'll tell you what to do. Paul
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Re: Windows Is A Great OS ... If Your Time Is Worth Nothing Lawrence D'Oliveiro <ldo@nz.invalid> - 2025-04-06 21:57 +0000 Re: Windows Is A Great OS ... If Your Time Is Worth Nothing Paul <nospam@needed.invalid> - 2025-04-06 21:29 -0400
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