Windows 10: Does windows 10 nov update work better with Grub2?

Does windows 10 Nov update work better with Grub2 installed? When the original release came out, it did the upgrade but when almost completed it rolled back. The workaround I did, was to restore windows 7 boot using bootrec /fixboot and bootrec /fixmbr from a windows 7 repair disk. Installed windows 10, let it update, then reboot. I reinstalled grub. Then it was working. My concern is future releases, since they get automatically downloaded.

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windows live mail wont send

I purchased laptop new with windows 10 insalled so whatever it has on it for mail. It worked fine Nov 1 but after an automatic update on Nov 2 no longer will send mail. It does receive it

 

windows 10. HP printer ceased to work(print) after latest windows update 14 Nov?

windows 10. HP printer ceased to work(print) after latest windows update 14 Nov 'though driver update had been installed 07 Nov. Info on HP shows the printer working and ready but no connection PC to printer.

 

By default most Linux distros install its Linux Boot Loader (GRUB) in the Master Boot Record (MBR) of the HD, Basically replacing the Boot loader for Windows, so GRUB handles boot loading for both Windows and Linux.
Pro: Grub has wider compatibility than Windows Boot loader, it can boot multiple different OS'es from the same HD
Con: Since GRUB is in the MBR and if anything happens to GRUB, every single OS on the HD becomes unbootable such as in the case of Windows Updates/Service Pack installation which can modify the MBR and override GRUB and now you're back to a single Windows boot even though Linux still exists but there's no way to boot it. On the other hand, if Linux get a kernel patch or update, it can modify/reconfigure GRUB and causes Windows to be unbootable.
The screen shot shows a normal dual boot configuration in #1. To separate the 2's and put GRUB in its own partition with Linux so that any update in either Windows or Linux won't break anything as shown in #2.

 

I have read people had problem booting Linux from the Windows Boot manager using easybcd. The issue maybe because of secure boot-even those distros that support secure boot.


Would this be the proper way to do it?
Restore windows 7 using bootrec /bootfix & bootrec /fixmbr
Upgrade to windows 10 & do needed update if any
Bootup to your Linux distro (I have a boot disk that can boot directly to my Linux system)
then grub-install /dev/sda6
Then reboot into windows and use bcd to boot to grub


The only issue is how to prevent grub updates from writing to /dev/sda and force then to write to /dev/sda6

 

You are running Windows with the Legacy BIOS (MBR) so secure boot is not available. Easy BCD will work with MBR disk type.

Yep, just install GRUB on /dev/sda6

This is important step, you'd need to re-install Linux then install GRUB on sda6 instead of sda (MBR) so that the 2's are independant from each other then use Easy BCD to add GRUB2 boot loader. Any future update from Linux will not update the MBR.