Windows Updates Archives - Rick's Daily Tips

Q&A: Is it safe to disable updates a Windows PC?

Posted on December 7, 2021

Question from Michael: I recently bought a new desktop computer with Windows 10 on it to replace the Windows 7 machine I’ve been using for the past six years.

I rarely had any problems installing Windows Updates on the old computer but it seems like the updates for Windows 10 are filled with bugs or something.

Almost every time I install an update something goes wrong. The last time it happened my nephew had to completely reinstall Windows for me.

I’d like to completely disable the installation of updates on the new PC. Is it safe to do that? [Read more…]

Q&A: Why won’t my monitor work at the correct resolution?

Posted on September 16, 2021

Question from Carol: My computer (Dell desktop with Windows 10) installed an update a few days ago and after it rebooted the screen was all out of whack.

Everything looks so ugly now. The text is really big and the icons are scattered all over the place.

My monitor is a 23″ Dell S2316M. It’s always worked at its maximum resolution of 1920 x 1080 before but the update changed it to 1024 x 768.

The problem is there doesn’t seem to be any way to change it back.

How can I fix this? [Read more…]

Opinion: Microsoft can’t seem to stop trashing their own reputation.

Posted on August 21, 2021

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A while back I wrote a post explaining why I believe Microsoft’s Windows Update procedure needs a lot of work.

At the time I was hopeful they’d have their act together by now, but I’m afraid that simply isn’t the case.

Virtually every update they’ve released this year has been buggy and caused problems for a significant percentage of Windows users.

In short, the problem seems to be getting worse instead of better.

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Opinion: Windows 10’s update process needs a lot of work.

Posted on May 23, 2021

Regular readers of this blog know that I really like Windows 10.

In my opinion, it’s the best version of Windows that Microsoft has ever produced (all things considered).

But that being said, there are a few major annoyances with Windows 10 that sometimes make me question my overall affection for it.

One of those annoyances is Microsoft’s clunky ‘Windows Update’ procedure for Windows 10. [Read more…]

How to avoid installing buggy Windows updates

Posted on May 19, 2021

As you probably know, Microsoft has released several rather buggy Windows Updates of late.

In fact, thousands of Windows 10 PCs were rendered either unstable or unable to boot up into Windows by the most recent updates.

I still recommend installing critical security updates as soon as possible in order to quickly patch “zero-day” security holes before hackers have a chance to exploit them to break into your system.

However, I no longer recommend installing non-critical updates until Microsoft has had time to squash any bugs that might be in the updates’ code.

Luckily, Windows 10 now offers you the option of pausing updates for up to 35 days. That should be more than enough time for any bugs in the update to be discovered and fixed.

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