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“Something has gone seriously wrong,” dual-boot systems warn after Microsoft update (arstechnica.com)
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[-] AlligatorBlizzard@sh.itjust.works 5 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

Ugh, I gotta boot into Windows later tonight to get some classwork stuff done and it's gonna want to install crap since I haven't booted it in a couple weeks. I'm running Bazzite (it's Fedora based) on another drive and hopefully I don't have to deal with this, based on what I've seen I think my setup will be fine. (Anyone in Minnesota want to sell me an older MacBook for cheap so I don't have to deal with Windows for six more months?)

EDIT: I just bought a MacBook Pro from Free Geek Portland. Now what's the best way to keep Windows from updating for the next two weeks?

[-] brb@sh.itjust.works 3 points 1 month ago

Now what's the best way to keep Windows from updating for the next two weeks?

Disable automatic updates with group policy

[-] bargo@mastodon.tn 2 points 1 month ago

@brb @AlligatorBlizzard that also poses a great security risk since the majority of updated are security-related, even though they also break stuff

[-] brb@sh.itjust.works 2 points 1 month ago

For just 2 weeks it's probably fine but good disclaimer

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