Post #24873

2025-12-01 22:34 UTC

What is wrong with Windows?! I keep a small Win partition on my 2022 gamer laptop in case I need to take a cert exam or use a gov website, and I booted it for updating for the first time in 6 months. It took over 6 hours and 6 reboots to update! At one point, it was going bu-ding every minute from random notifications so I had to mute it. Meanwhile, my 2012 Thinkpad T420 needed a full Fedora version upgrade, and that finished in 15 minutes. No wonder MS is losing users #Windows #Windows11

Replies (10)

@thomasdorr@mastodon.social 2025-12-01 23:31

@smeg Thank you for reminding me to boot my VM for contract work, it hasn't been six months, but it might still be an adventure

Open ##1347801
@sebsauvage@framapiaf.org 2025-12-02 10:15

@smeg " Microsoft: Windows needs at least 8 hours online to update reliably " https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/microsoft/microsoft-windows-needs-at-least-8-hours-online-to-update-reliably/

Open ##1347802
@knud@mastodon.social 2025-12-02 10:25

@smeg Microsoft doesn't care about Windows anymore. They make more money with datacenters running on Linux than their OS suite.

Open ##1347804
@celeduc@mastodon.social 2025-12-02 10:33

@smeg For the one single Windows application left that I have to use (about once a year) I keep a booted QEMU image snapshot of Windows 7, and its network permissions are locked up so tightly it can only connect to one single port on one single address. Windows is the new CICS.

Open ##1347805
@dzwiedziu@mastodon.social 2025-12-02 10:35

@smeg > What is wrong with Windows?! It's shit. Thank you for comming to my tedXXX talk. In part two we will talk how “AI”makes it shit^2. @davidgerard

Open ##1347806
@RichBartlett@infosec.exchange 2025-12-02 10:42

@smeg if you think that's bad you should try using Microsoft Teams.

Open ##1347807
@jasonb@sigmoid.social 2025-12-02 11:33

@smeg I bonked my Surface Pro 7 because of secure boot. I bricked my machine. Thankfully I back everything up and maybe lost a few weeks of random notes I'll never review again. But I love the form factor so I bought a refurbished Surface Pro 7+ F43 is my first install once I disable secure boot.

Open ##1347808
@Cameopilot@toot.community 2025-12-02 12:59

@smeg If updating is your only problem with Windows, then you should probably consider yourself blessed.

Open ##1347811
@jrdepriest@infosec.exchange 2025-12-02 14:55

@smeg I thought Windows updates were supposed to be cumulative now. I know it's impossible for us to exclude a single KB related patch at work because they're all bundled up in one big bunch. Wait? Are we getting the worst of both worlds here?

Open ##1347812
@steve_zeke@freeradical.zone 2025-12-02 18:35

@smeg Exactly why I deleted my Win10 partition couple or more years ago. FWIW [.]gov sites work fine with my Linux laptop running Pop_OS

Open ##1347813