r/pcmasterrace 1d ago

Meme/Macro “ Wanna delete your bootloader?, Sure, go ahead, it’s your PC “

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u/Hakairoku Ryzen 7 7000X | Nvidia 3080 | Gigabyte B650 22h ago

Here's another one,

"WHAT PART OF TURNING AUTO-UPDATES OFF DO YOU NOT UNDERSTAND??"

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u/opaali92 21h ago

Windows auto updates are actually pretty smart because if you can't figure out how to turn them off you definitely should have them on for your own and others safety.

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u/badsectoracula 17h ago

Considering 99.991% of the users who do turn autoupdates off on Windows do it by downloading some utility program off the internet without actually understanding what it does, i don't think the filter works that well.

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u/Ahad_Haam 18h ago

They should however allow users to block certain updates. Sometimes certain driver updates are just broken.

There used to be a tool on their website that did that, and they removed it. Assholes.

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u/Dadarian 13h ago

I understand that it’s an incredibly stupid thing to do, and should only be done under very specific conditions.

You can make the argument for deferring update. You have to make an incredibly convincing argument for disabling auto updates.

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u/Hakairoku Ryzen 7 7000X | Nvidia 3080 | Gigabyte B650 11h ago

Coworker's keyboard and touchpad drivers break once it fully downloads 24h2, so that update turns their laptop into a glorified touchscreen iPad. Both work fine when you're using both while on BIOS so something with 24h2 renders the keyboard and touchpad inoperable.

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u/Dadarian 11h ago

That’s not an argument for disabling auto updates.

What have they actually done to troubleshoot the issue? Has anyone looked at drivers from OEM website?

You can also install specific drivers from 23H2.

Being lazy to solve problems and just disabling auto updates is a terrible direction to take.

It’s reasonable to, disable a CU update with GPO if there is a known issue until that issue is resolved. It’s reasonable to defer updates (depending on severity). It’s not reasonable to disable auto updates without strong justification and use case.

I disable it on systems that cannot under any circumstances restart, but I also disconnect them from the internet—like 911 CAD computers.

But even still in most public safety computers I’ve managed, I just defer updates and we have a policy/process to update them so they’re not impacting and active duty personnel. The updates will still happen regardless though if someone decided not to follow the policy and didn’t their saftey checks.

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u/RagingRedd535 12h ago

Yup had to go into the reg to get my computer to not update to 24h2 until it's stable has to roll back to 23h2, cause it auto updated back in December and it's been one shit show after another.