Re: Let's mention Microsoft's Policy of hoarding patches unless you pay up.
it requires you to download and run a specific update which you've skipped in the past.
The only ones I've skipped in the past have been the spyware/malware/breakware ones.
These days I don't have 7 on that much, and can't really justify having 2 machines running just coz one has to sit for a couple of days updating 7. Easier fix : networking is turned off in 7 (and DHCP now turned off as well, my machines are static and can have manual addresses, anyone else can learn to set up their machine without DHCP or else it obviously isn't that important they connect to my network).
Have tried various fixes, some worked some didn't. The issue is a recurring one even on a VM that has previously been allowed all updates etc it wants.
vs apt-get update && apt-get upgrade when I can trust to do it all inside of 5 minutes.. Or use the update icon and a couple of mouse clicks &done.
Biting the hand that feeds IT
