Is there a reason to not update to the latest Windows 10 via the MS auto-updates? I have Win10 Home and stopped the updates at v1803 build 17134.1304. Haven't had any security problems so far. Last few days, Windows has been pestering me with a periodic pop-up screen saying it needs to restart to complete some updates. It gives me the choice of waiting for 1hr or restart now. This prevents my laptop from hibernating/sleeping so the laptop reboots overnight. Restarting doesn't update Windows, so I continue to get the pop-up screen. Getting fed up of this and was thinking of just update to the latest version. Any reason to not do this? Thanks.
If you don't care about making it very easy for malware campaigns and script kiddies using premade tools to exploit hundreds of vulnerabilities patched since February 2020, don't update. If you think an antivirus is pointless and using your big-brain™ when clicking stuff is enough to outsmart and outrun malware in the days of row hammer, don't update. If you believe your luck will go on forever and a random penetration scan or a tainted file/url/device will not catch up to you, don't update.
how about download install only security updates and leave build and features as it was installed first or u mean security = new feature new build?
Take your issue with microsoft on the subject of monthly service packs and biannual re-releases. I personally find it anti-consumer, inefficient, and outright dangerous (due to unacceptable high failure rate to apply an LCU, while individual patches would go much better). That being said, 1803 is definitely more flawed than later ones. For starters, the memory allocation bugs that have plagued 1703 and 1709, have not been fully fixed in 1803. Not even in 1809 for some older intel processors. Memory bugs invariably leads to privilege escalation. For what is worth, 1903 is the first memory-robust version after 1607. Microsoft time and time again issues sloppy patches on a case-by-case, and rarely - if ever - fix systemic issues (too much work™). Even beginners can derive a working poc for a supposedly addressed issue just by shuffling a few things around or targeting another process/dll/com. Fixes are also rarely backported completely / correctly to older versions. And last but not least, Defender, ATP, SmartScreen, UAC (the official "not a security boundary") are even more of a joke in older versions of Windows 10.
Upgrading to the latest version of Windows 10 is fine. Just keep Windows in check with these excellent advices from @BAU: https://forums.mydigitallife.net/th...2-21h1-vb_release.80763/page-151#post-1600172