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    Re-creation of someone else's post because the original was removed and I found it funny when I first saw it

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    [–] [email protected] 8 points 1 year ago (2 children)

    It's actually pretty easy to permanently disable updates in Windows.

    • Go to Services.msc
    • Find Windows Update Services
    • Changed it to Disabled

    Done.

    [–] [email protected] 12 points 1 year ago (3 children)
    [–] [email protected] 9 points 1 year ago (1 children)

    Linux literally won't update unless I told it to so this is basically the same

    [–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago

    Unfortunately, some distros have the auto-update option in the software center enabled by default. So if you don't explicitly disable that, Linux distros will update on the predefined schedules without additional confirmation. But you can still choose when to reboot, in case it is required to apply all changes.

    [–] [email protected] 5 points 1 year ago (1 children)

    Only if you never update at all. You can still update manually on your schedule, and control when the reboot happens.

    [–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

    I don't think most people will remember to check for updates unless the computer reminds them

    [–] [email protected] 0 points 1 year ago

    it is usually not a great idea to not get updates on Windows however deferring them until later is usually not a bad idea and depending on your risk scenario updates may or may not I'll be all that necessary. however from a cyber security standpoint not updating Windows is moronic.

    [–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

    This only works for a while on Windows 10 as the service will eventually become enabled. Depending on release we saw some PC's last a month while others could last a year with the service disabled.

    For anybody wondering why, these stations had deep freeze which reverted any changes upon reboot.

    [–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

    that makes sense for a deep freeze scenario