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Re: [Shop-talk] LOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOONG OVER DUE WINDOWS UPDATES

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Subject: Re: [Shop-talk] LOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOONG OVER DUE WINDOWS UPDATES
From: Peter Murray <peterwmurray@gmail.com>
Date: Tue, 9 Oct 2018 10:31:19 -0400
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I just imaged a workstation this morning with Windows 7 Enterprise - last
patches were applied in 2012. It took several hours (50Mbit internet) and
about 3 reboots before it was up-to-date.

-Peter

On Tue, Oct 9, 2018 at 9:52 AM <eric@megageek.com> wrote:

> Tim asks about updating after a while.
>
> I find that it is normally not an issue.  It may take MANY (read as ten or
> more)  "Update Windows" to get all the updates.
>
> Windows does a good job of make sure the app will 'run' on the machine.
> How fast, is the only question.
>
> With that said, with a computer that beat, I would make a restore point
> first, then run them all, making a restore point after each one.
>
> I bet they will all run and everything will be fine.
>
> YMMV
>
>
> Sent from my Commodore 64 on a 2400 Baud Modem.
> Tech Viper
> "Be as beneficent as the sun or the sea, but if your rights as a rational
> being are trenched on, die on the first inch of your territory." Ralph
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<div dir=3D"ltr">I just imaged a workstation this morning with Windows 7 En=
terprise - last patches were applied in 2012. It took several hours (50Mbit=
 internet) and about 3 reboots before it was up-to-date.=C2=A0<div><br></di=
v><div>-Peter</div></div><br><div class=3D"gmail_quote"><div dir=3D"ltr">On=
 Tue, Oct 9, 2018 at 9:52 AM &lt;<a href=3D"mailto:eric@megageek.com";>eric@=
megageek.com</a>&gt; wrote:<br></div><blockquote class=3D"gmail_quote" styl=
e=3D"margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><font s=
ize=3D"2" face=3D"sans-serif">Tim asks about updating after a while.</font>
<br>
<br><font size=3D"2" face=3D"sans-serif">I find that it is normally not an =
issue.
=C2=A0It may take MANY (read as ten or more) =C2=A0&quot;Update Windows&quo=
t;
to get all the updates.</font>
<br>
<br><font size=3D"2" face=3D"sans-serif">Windows does a good job of make su=
re
the app will &#39;run&#39; on the machine.=C2=A0 How fast, is the only ques=
tion.</font>
<br>
<br><font size=3D"2" face=3D"sans-serif">With that said, with a computer th=
at
beat, I would make a restore point first, then run them all, making a resto=
re
point after each one.</font>
<br>
<br><font size=3D"2" face=3D"sans-serif">I bet they will all run and everyt=
hing
will be fine.</font>
<br>
<br><font size=3D"2" face=3D"sans-serif">YMMV</font>
<br><font size=3D"2" face=3D"sans-serif"><br>
<br>
Sent from my Commodore 64 on a 2400 Baud Modem.<br>
Tech Viper<br>
&quot;Be as beneficent as the sun or the sea, but if your rights as a ratio=
nal
being are trenched on, die on the first inch of your territory.&quot; Ralph
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