XPost: comp.os.linux.advocacy   
   From: bowman@montana.com   
      
   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.   
      
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