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Re:Windows 10: New study shows Home edition users are baffle... by Osiris on Wednesday February 27, 2019 @02:59PM (#19266424)
> it got stuck in a cycle of trying to install an update, failing, uninstalling and trying again later

To me, this is one of the biggest issues with Windows Update: it's unreliability. When an update doesn't install, there's no reliable way to get it to work without shutting down services and deleting the updates folder; all technical tasks that most users don't know how to do.

I'm on insider updates and this happens occasionally on builds, but most of the time the updates apply just fine.

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Re:Windows 10: New study shows Home edition users are baffle... by DavideNL on Wednesday February 27, 2019 @03:49PM (#19266799)
> the biggest issues with Windows Update: it's unreliability

I have the same experience, and i always took this for granted... but after i bought a Macbook i learned there are actually operating systems where updating is flawless.

Windows updates are such a huge mess.

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