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Do you use windows automatic update?

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i'm curious. i don't because for some reason or other windows always manages to mess it up.

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i just let it download and i select what to update

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there were a few times where it crashed my OS and had to go to safemode to fix it

now its ALWAYS  off i only update when service packages appear

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there were a few times where it crashed my OS and had to go to safemode to fix it

now its ALWAYS  off i only update when service packages appear

My windows 8.1 update got it stuck on a boot loop. couldn't even boot into safe mode. Had to reset everyhing. 

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Windows XP era I couldn't allow it to auto update.

But Windows 7 and 8.1 are on auto update.

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I always do automatic updates... even on linux, why it should be bad?

Sometimes it doesn't get installed properly 

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Semi-auto update, auto updates the important security updates then I take a look at what else is available like the optional updates.

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Never happened to me

well the amount of times it happened to me made me do it manually. i guess i just have bad luck

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The only reason I installed windows is because of gaming: in the first week of using it windows restarted itself twice during gaming because of updates, so no no I don't allow automatic updates

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I have it so it tells me about updates, but it doesn't Download or install them. Just make sure to leave automatic updates on if your using Windows 8 windows defender, it rely on windows update for its virus signature updates

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I have it so it tells me about updates, but it doesn't Download or install them.

same on w7

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I prefer to choose what to install. I don't want it installing any bing crap :P

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Yes, never had a single problem with it all the way from XP to 7 and 8.1 now.

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I have it set to Notify Only, but I install them all as soon as it pops up every month, I don't have Microsoft Updates enabled that's what gives you the Bing bloat, I always end up installing them all and by doing them manually I can just take 10 mins out to install them when it's convenient compared to shut down taking longer later on.

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If it's a legal copy of windows I let it update when it wants to.

If it isn't, I don't enable windows update.

Although I generally stick to legal copies of windows now.

 

 

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i dont cause it always ends up restarting my computer at the worst times.  and i dont want any update services running in the background. once a month ill go manually update things if i feel i need to.

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Windows updates always cause stability and performance issues. They also eat drive space for little to no reason. If you're connected directly to the internet then I would suggest doing them. However if you connect through an access point Windows updates are just pointless.

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After I had a bad KB that affected video playback I never have it on auto, I do it manually now when I choose.

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