Timewasting computers

Do you want to know what really bothers me? I want to look up something important on the internet. So I turn on my laptop and Windows informs me it needs to be updated. Then I wait for the updates to download and install, then reboot the machine.

After the reboot, my anti-virus software tells me it's definition files are out of date. So I stop to update that.

Then I finally get to open Firefox, and it informs me it's out of date. So I apply the update and restart Firefox.

Finally I end up staring blankly at the laptop screen because I've completely forgotten what I was trying to do in the first place.

 

thats if your computer actually starts, being stuck in a constant loop of messed up updates.

 

That's the best part of the user experience...Amnesia.

 

You are a woman and can get away with that defence, you either had a blonde moment, or in later life, you have a senior moment

 

Cortana needs a new name.. Amesiana: "yes old fart.. what can i help you remember you were just doing?"

 

Say no to the updates until you're done searching?

 

install something, disable its auto update. disable ALL auto updating, on EVERYTHING. i get less problems that way.

 

Until you get hacked through a vulnerability that was not fixed because you disabled updating.

 

It depends on the specific scenario and the type of security you have.

I'm on Windows 8.1 x64 Update 3 sans updates since it was released and never got infected.
Browsers running within Sandboxie.
AppGuard.
NVT ERP
Malwarebytes Anti-Exploit
Shadow Defender.

Only soft I update is just applications, that's it. And I do it manually not whenever apps want to...

 

you manually update at a day and time of your chosing

 

The day after you're hacked!