It's quite amazing how many things Microsoft appears to be breaking with update 1809.
First people discovered that the update was deleting files on their computers and the update was pulled.
Then other users noticed that the function for detecting duplicate files was in some instances broken, and would just overwrite files without prompting the user.
And apparently the update currently (I don't think Microsoft has re-released it yet but I could be wrong) has a quite big performance impact according to this article.
I remember when I voiced concerns for removing control of updates from users, and some users on this forum told me, over and over, that Microsoft were not going to release broken updates because they were tested thoroughly before being rolled out and the telemetry data they collected...
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I'm still running 1803. I've had no issues with other updates before but, there's no way I'm updating for a while.
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MS have been releasing broken updates since using the internet to update became a thing.
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@DrMacintosh Don't act as if Apple's MacOS is any cleaner:
- https://www.digitaltrends.com/computing/macos-mojave-vulnerability-security-bypass/
- https://www.zdnet.com/article/apple-zero-day-vulnerability-permits-attacker-compromise-with-the-click-of-a-mouse/
I'd rather keep El Capitan or Manjaro than deal with that
In one case, I forfeit my updates and simply don't install anything new. In the latter case, I know that the source code is most likely under heavy scrutiny.
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Not sure what your point is. I never said that Microsoft was perfect before the release of Windows 10.
Windows 10 has some unique issues which have not been problems with previous versions of Windows though.
1) Users are more locked down when it comes to updates. People can no longer pick and choose which updates to install, and not having automatic updates enabled is extremely heavily discourages and made difficult (requiring regedits, local GPOs, third party software or other dirty hacks).
2) Windows is now on a rolling release which forces Microsoft into very short development cycles for quite major changes to the OS. What used to be several years of development and testing is now cut down to 6 months.
3) Microsoft now much more heavily relies on volunteers to test the software for them, and less QA and testing of their own.
Judging by the amounts of issues other people and I have encountered it seems to me like these 3 things combined makes Windows 10 far less stable as a platform than previous versions.
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There was no point other than I don't think the current model of software production and support works. It seems we have moved from a time when all software companies were able to produce a finished product, to one where they rely on the ability of the internet to push out changes as an excuse to do half a job. Mind you, some of the reasons they need to push out so many changes is due to the nature of being always connected to the internet, but my point still stands I think.
In one case, I forfeit my updates and simply don't install anything new. In the latter case, I know that the source code is most likely under heavy scrutiny.