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Get them quite a lot and I have an older version of Windows.

The problem happened to me earlier this year when one of their updates deleted my Norton anti-virus, supposedly uploaded the Windows anti-virus and I actually ended up with no firewall at all.

Had to get my computer man out, he said oh thats alright will only take about 15 minutes to sort out. He was here and hour and a half. Even he was surprised at what the update from windows had done.

:-D

I had 17 and had to leave when I went to bed! :-0

Why run Windows when linux will do the same things without the aggravation ?

Windows 8.x is getting the sack anyway.

RtR are you saying that Linux is faultless?

And if Linux does the same things as 8.x what is the point of switching to Linux then.

Well linux does the same good things eg run Firefox, Chrome and it will play multimedia, games and so on. It can even run Windows applications using WINE and such or it can run WIndows OS as a client. To be fair Windows can also run linux OS as a client too.

Unlike Windows linux is free.

Unlike Windows linux is largely free of all manner of serious security flaws in the basic operating system. It certainly does not have flaws going back 15 years.

Most people run a version of linux / BSD Unix even though they be unaware of it. 99.9% of routers run Linux. Apple IOS is built on top of Unix. Android is built on top of linux. SATNAVs are built on top of linux. Recent model cars have control and entertainment systems built on top of linux.

OTOH many car park systems, the co-op retail shops, airport and rail information systems, ATMs tend to use Windows. They are often photographed in varying states of not working or being hacked.

Windows is built on top of FUD ( fear, uncertainty and doubt ).
Several governments e.g. Germany have banned it from public sector, defense and safety related contracts. It is not used by Rosetta.

My tablet updated to new operating software last night.... Wonderful it is, I can now record myself playing games if I wish :-D

Had one small download then a bit later on 50Mb of updates

Something happened on my Kindle Fire, some things are different and I likes it :-S :-D :-D :-D

We had 17 on laptop & 14 on the computer last night.

Didn't take long to download & update though...... :-D

So far, this month, I have had nothing.
No doubt, when I turn off to go to bed......

I have 61 updates waiting to go on , is that a record . :-S

Unless there is an emergency release, they send them out in a batch, around the middle of the month.

Rather than allow them to upload automatically - which is usually at the most inconvenient time, change the setting in "Windows Update " to "Check for updates but let me choose whether to download and install them"

This also gives you the opportunity to see what they are for before you decide on the best time to load them.

I see there is another set of updates now. My PC is currently on 4 of 11.

A lot of the updates are connected with support for Windows Cortina the latest incarnation of Mr Clippy. Those who have Siri on their mobiles might be happy ... I wonder if MS will log whatever is shouted at poor Cortina ?

and what is "Cortina" never heard of it unless its the Ford one.......


or Siri?

heh heh I used to drive a Lotus Cortina so one of those lapses try here

http://www.windowsphone.com/en-gb/how-to/wp8/cortana/start-using-cortana

but on balance the Ford Lotus Cortina was more fun.

Siri is here

https://www.apple.com/uk/ios/siri/

All inspired by I, Robot which was on the box recently.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rL6RRIOZyCM

Everything everywhere ?

I got a message last night, when I turned the monster off, just said updates waiting.

Nothing looked different this morning.

I have just got another 23,i have never had so many in 2 months.

When I came to close down last night computer say... installing Updated do not switch computer off. So I left it to install and shut down automatically on its own.

Switched on this morning and found it had installed 9.