Windows Updates (and More Updates)

@YrNemo (20255)
November 15, 2019 9:04pm CST
Something is going on with this month MS Windows updates. I just spent some time a few days ago installing all important updates as recommended by windows, only to be alerted again today, of another batch of important updates (this time, I am still reluctant to do anything yet). The update which I had installed, has caused me plenty of problems so far. Among that, was some popups advertising for adult activities, with the alert that more should be available from this site, mylot. Has anyone encountered this same problem so far?
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Anna
@LadyDuck (472476)
• Switzerland
16 Nov 19
I am still using Windows 7 and I only perform security updates, so I have no problems.
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Darcy Nemo
@YrNemo (20255)
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18 Nov 19
You are very smart there. I read on the internet, of some IT guys who laughed, pleased that his Windows 7 is still good to this date (Microsoft did mention that they would remove any support to Windows 7 by some dates, which might have passed ages ago, am I right?).
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Anna
@LadyDuck (472476)
• Switzerland
18 Nov 19
@YrNemo No, Windows 7 support is not yet removed, it will end on January 14, 2020. I do not know why people think it has already expired. WHEN it will not be supported anymore, I will only use Linux, farewell Microsoft.
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Darcy Nemo
@YrNemo (20255)
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18 Nov 19
@LadyDuck I should learn how to use Linux. I have a book here but never have the gut to begin.
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DianneN
@DianneN (247183)
• United States
29 Nov 19
I use Windows 10 on my home computer, but haven’t had to update anything, YET!
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DianneN
@DianneN (247183)
• United States
29 Nov 19
@YrNemo Our newish computer is an hp that came with Windows 10. It seems to take care of itself. I’m clueless when it comes to technology.
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o_o
@oIoIoIo (63)
• Indonesia
30 Nov 19
Can we disable the auto update? You said you haven't done it yet, I heard some said Windows 10 forces users to update when the internet connection is detected.
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Darcy Nemo
@YrNemo (20255)
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29 Nov 19
Lucky you. I am thinking, perhaps the latest windows 10 (that comes with the new laptops) is of a better version? (compared to the one they asked us to change/update and which is full of problems???).
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bonnie
@bunnybon7 (50973)
• Holiday, Florida
18 Nov 19
some how I have gotten those pop ups too. so yes I have been having much the same aggravating problem.
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bonnie
@bunnybon7 (50973)
• Holiday, Florida
29 Nov 19
@YrNemo most annoying is that some you want to alert you like swagbucks doesn't alert you in time but ones you don't want popping up just come in groves.
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Darcy Nemo
@YrNemo (20255)
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29 Nov 19
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Darcy Nemo
@YrNemo (20255)
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29 Nov 19
In the advance setting of my browser, I found out that for some reason, the pop-up from mylot was allowed especially. I have turned that one off now in all of my digital gadgets. (I turned that one off first in my laptop, then I found out the problem suddenly occuring in my tablet. So I turned that one off too separately. Let see if that works this time.)
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Jabo
@jaboUK (64354)
• United Kingdom
18 Nov 19
Sometimes I go ages without any updates then they start to come in thick and fast.
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Jabo
@jaboUK (64354)
• United Kingdom
18 Nov 19
@YrNemo I don't think so - it's just ordinary Windows 10. It's only about 6 months old, but I've not heard of Windows pro.
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Darcy Nemo
@YrNemo (20255)
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18 Nov 19
@jaboUK I read about it just a few days ago and wondering too. My old windows 10 caused me such grief last year, that I in the end, killed it. I have been very happy since. (The latest weird thing from the update, I have fixed it I think.)
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Darcy Nemo
@YrNemo (20255)
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18 Nov 19
Is your computer/laptop with Windows 10 pro? I heard the windows 10 pro is better, with less updates.
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solxee
@sol_cee (38219)
• Philippines
16 Nov 19
I can relate with the inappropriate popups. Driving me crazy!~
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solxee
@sol_cee (38219)
• Philippines
16 Nov 19
@YrNemo hey hey.. I try to be active here whenever I can.. Is it getting colder there?
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Darcy Nemo
@YrNemo (20255)
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18 Nov 19
@sol_cee It is always cold here. When one gets older, it seems to be cold from the inner self outwards. We all become a kind of Elsa .
Darcy Nemo
@YrNemo (20255)
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16 Nov 19
Hey, long time no see... (No, it has been my fault this time, I have hardly got the time to get in here. Partly because whenever I tried to do mylot on my phone, within seconds, the site drained all of my phone battery... So I had no choice but to quit if I was out - which was a lot in the past.)
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Judy Evans
@JudyEv (346007)
• Rockingham, Australia
16 Nov 19
I don't know why they have to have so many updates. They always seem to create problems.
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Judy Evans
@JudyEv (346007)
• Rockingham, Australia
16 Nov 19
@YrNemo Microsoft and the rest are now making it so that some updates make older computer models crash thus forcing you to buy a newer model.
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Darcy Nemo
@YrNemo (20255)
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18 Nov 19
@JudyEv thought only apple doing that to their victims . What you said there, made sense. A guy complained bitterly of the recent updates (just this November) which completely killed his 2-3YO laptop. He had no choice but to go buy a new one.
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Darcy Nemo
@YrNemo (20255)
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16 Nov 19
Every now and then I would spend some time reading how IT experts cursing Windows updates, quite funny really.
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May2k8
@May2k8 (18461)
• Indonesia
5 Jan 20
I still use Windows XP, and I have Windows 10 pro on my desktop computer but I set it to not connect to the internet.
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Darcy Nemo
@YrNemo (20255)
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6 Jan 20
That is a good way to get around the updates.
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Four Walls
@FourWalls (71337)
• United States
16 Nov 19
That's one of the reasons I bought a Mac....to get rid of Windows.
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Four Walls
@FourWalls (71337)
• United States
16 Nov 19
@YrNemo -- no, in a word. Plus, all of the productivity suites are free with the Mac. What are they on Windows? $300? Or that $99 a year “lease” they’d gone to when I got my Mac?
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Darcy Nemo
@YrNemo (20255)
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16 Nov 19
I was about to buy a MacBook a number of times, but always stopped in the end from worrying that it would ask me to update constantly like it does with my Iphone....
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Darcy Nemo
@YrNemo (20255)
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18 Nov 19
@FourWalls OK then, my next laptop will have to be a MacBook!!!
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George B Vieto
@Deepizzaguy (106501)
• Lake Charles, Louisiana
16 Nov 19
No I have been lucky that the Windows 10 had been updated two days ago.
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Darcy Nemo
@YrNemo (20255)
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16 Nov 19
May I ask if Windows 10 Updates have been better these days? (There was a time when it updated non-stop automatically on one of my laptops, and in the end, I just couldn't bear it any more..)
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George B Vieto
@Deepizzaguy (106501)
• Lake Charles, Louisiana
16 Nov 19
@YrNemo The Windows 10 update are better the last time I had to update the computer two days ago. Sometimes it does take a while for the updates to work properly.
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Faye
@FayeHazel (40243)
• United States
19 Nov 19
Oh my. I haven't had any issues like that
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Faye
@FayeHazel (40243)
• United States
20 Nov 19
@YrNemo That is fairly strange
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Darcy Nemo
@YrNemo (20255)
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20 Nov 19
I was curious about the adult material that popup, which said it was from this website. I just can't understand how that happened.
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Kokil agarwal
@amitkokiladitya (171927)
• Agra, India
16 Nov 19
Yes...these days the updates appear to be never ending
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Kokil agarwal
@amitkokiladitya (171927)
• Agra, India
16 Nov 19
@YrNemo yes...I hate when the obstruct my work
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Darcy Nemo
@YrNemo (20255)
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16 Nov 19
so I am not the only one who gets mad with MS Windows Updates.
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