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Re:I help seniors with technology issues. A regular came in ... by martin_a on Monday October 24, 2022 @09:48AM (#33316560)
> which can neither be deferred or cancelled

You can defer it.

Update and reboot? Update and shutdown? Reboot/Shutdown without updating now? All three are possible, so it's fine.

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Re:I help seniors with technology issues. A regular came in ... by jen20 on Monday October 24, 2022 @10:29AM (#33317117)
I have absolutely seen updates which may not be deferred or refused - and indeed the original post this in this thread details one.
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Re:I help seniors with technology issues. A regular came in ... by martin_a on Monday October 24, 2022 @11:43AM (#33318193)
Yeah, but I'm not refering to the original post but to complaints that Windows updates will take hours of your productive time each month for nothing. That's simply not true.
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Re:I help seniors with technology issues. A regular came in ... by jen20 on Monday October 24, 2022 @12:37PM (#33318958)
It doesn't matter whether it is hours or one minute, it's unacceptable. A sibling comment here describes how a Windows update started in the middle of a presentation someone was giving, which indicates quite clearly that Windows Updates take productive time away - not just of the user of the computer, but those who were listening also.

Again, computers are our servants, not our managers.

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