Lost 72 hours worth of research data to forced update

Re:Lost 72 hours worth of research data to forced update by jml7c5 on Saturday April 10, 2021 @10:32PM (#26767068)

I just want an update flowchart. Show me all the timers, all the conditions, all the paths, with a little marker that says "you are here".

I still haven't figured out which (if any) group policy settings will prevent automatic reboots. Hours of my life wasted.

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Re:Lost 72 hours worth of research data to forced update by passivate on Saturday April 10, 2021 @11:45PM (#26767332)

You need to tell IT to use WSUS. I've managed to convince IT to stick one my test stations into a 'never update' bucket. Months and months of uptime! :)

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Re:Lost 72 hours worth of research data to forced update by w0de0 on Sunday April 11, 2021 @03:58AM (#26768429)

And the most vulnerable device around...

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Re:Lost 72 hours worth of research data to forced update by passivate on Sunday April 11, 2021 @12:00PM (#26771259)

Its not, but thanks for your concern.

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Re:Lost 72 hours worth of research data to forced update by detaro on Saturday April 10, 2021 @11:22PM (#26767247)

at least in my experience, setting it through group policy so that it will not download patches without user interaction works. without downloaded patches it also won't install any automatically.

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