Microsoft removes manual deferrals from Windows Update 'to prevent confusion'

Re:Microsoft removes manual deferrals from Windows Update 't... by Spooky23 on Friday June 26, 2020 @08:22PM (#23658469)

Its part of the windows as a service transition. In a commercial setting it’s even worse — I have had to keep machines vulnerable because update bundles contain code that breaks stuff and you cannot break them out.

The other fun thing is that if you run into a complex problem, there’s no scenario where it will get fixed for you. For some products, there is literally a two week window before they freeze changes.

There is no escape — this is the new way. Apple is even worse and more unpredictable.

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Re:Microsoft removes manual deferrals from Windows Update 't... by userbinator on Friday June 26, 2020 @11:27PM (#23659300)

I have had to keep machines vulnerable because update bundles contain code that breaks stuff and you cannot break them out.

Vulnerable to what, exactly? That is also the other part of the problem with these "security updates" --- if you look at the details (when they are provided, which seems to be diminishing too) the vast majority of them are local privilege escalations that assume the attacker can run arbitrary code on the machine; IMHO if an attacker can do that, you already have a much bigger problem to worry about!

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