XPost: comp.os.linux.advocacy   
   From: crude@sausa.ge   
      
   On 2026-01-02 15:13, rbowman wrote:   
   > On Fri, 2 Jan 2026 07:56:49 -0500, CrudeSausage wrote:   
   >   
   >> On 2026-01-02 01:47, rbowman wrote:   
   >>> On Thu, 1 Jan 2026 18:11:33 -0500, CrudeSausage wrote:   
   >>>   
   >>>> You're not wrong about machines no longer updating. Every honest   
   >>>> person who's used Windows 10 or 11 for a long period of time will   
   >>>> confirm that every so often, you'll come across updates that either   
   >>>> failed or refused to install. From that point on, unless you know the   
   >>>> cumbersome way to fix it, it will refuse to install any subsequent   
   >>>> updates.   
   >>>   
   >>> When I had a machine on the Insiders program it got to that point. The   
   >>> cumbersome way was a well trodden path for me but it didn't help.   
   >>   
   >> I always (eventually) managed to get it to work, but the way to fix it   
   >> is definitely not intuitive. Even experienced, power users would find   
   >> the instruction difficult to follow, so I can imagine what kind of a   
   >> nightmare this would have become for casual users.   
   >   
   > You know you have a problem when you invoke the update troubleshooter and   
   > it crashes.   
      
   I liked learning that in Windows 11, if your system won't boot as a   
   result of an update, the repair tools you're given don't function at all.   
      
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   CrudeSausage   
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