Subj : Time Needed for Updat To : Ky Moffet From : Barry Martin Date : Tue Feb 08 2022 07:12:00 Hi Ky! > According to a recent article by ZDNet a (current) Windows computer > needs to be powered on *and* connected to the Internet for a minimum for > two hours to do its updates properly. KM> Yeah, that's what I've noticed... when Win8 or 10 decides to do KM> an update, it just flat out stalls for a couple hours, while it KM> downloads and installs a whole new monkey. Good thing I didn't KM> actually NEED to use it. Just let it crank, tho it'll look hung KM> the whole time... and will also totally monopolize your internet KM> connection (since Win8, it no longer shares gracefully with other KM> devices). I haven't used Windows for several versions so no personal experience but seems it would make more sense to display the in-progress text as stuff is being done. That way the user could see something is happening rather than not seeing anything and thinking the computer has locked up. Or wondering if the progress bar actually incremented a pixel. KM> Just wait til it tries to install Win11 on the sly... weeks KM> later...... And everyone complains the Internet is so slow because of all the traffic from Redmond! KM> Tho this time when the update finished, I found myself the proud KM> new owner of Microsoft Office Online Edition. Where'd THAT come KM> from?? (Normally it has a monthly charge. This'un is completely KM> free, including the 5GB of storage. I was like... wtf. Well, at KM> least it's nicer than Office 2016, which is total suck.) Maybe ol' Billy Gates decided to give back a bit of the fortune he made off of us. KM> Of course, this is the same PC where Win10 magically KM> self-activated, apparently finding adequate Lenovo's embedded KM> Win7 license (which Win7 refused to have anything to do with). Maybe it had an error in the alphanumeric sequence which didn't work for Win7 but did for Win10: chip had a bad position stuck at 0. KM> http://www.wholenewmonkey.com KM> ;) Hmm: site under maintenance -- must be installing Windows! ¯ BarryMartin3@ ® ¯ @MyMetronet.NET ® .... Behind every great man is a woman rolling her eyes. --- MultiMail/Win32 v0.47 þ wcECHO 4.2 ÷ ILink: The Safe BBS þ Bettendorf, IA --- QScan/PCB v1.20a / 01-0462 * Origin: ILink: CFBBS | cfbbs.no-ip.com | 856-933-7096 (454:1/1) .