Windows 10: Updating Win10 - how much actually worthwhile, overall?

Discus and support Updating Win10 - how much actually worthwhile, overall? in Windows 10 Performance & Maintenance to solve the problem; I know my question may sound... subversive and maybe even insolent, but I mean it from a strictly technical point of view and I have no warlike intent... Discussion in 'Windows 10 Performance & Maintenance' started by Harmand, Dec 28, 2018.

  1. HARMAND
    Harmand Win User

    Updating Win10 - how much actually worthwhile, overall?


    I know my question may sound... subversive and maybe even insolent, but I mean it from a strictly technical point of view and I have no warlike intent at all. *Smile

    When carefully reading through all the "changes" and "new features" of the various Win10 "updates" (1709, 1803, 1809...) I always found many and many things which actually are of no use to a simple... desktop user like I am, that is a person who just needs a bare and robust operating system capable of doing well his core job: delivering the best possible performance from a quite "normal" desktop PC to be used just with old-fashion mouse and keyboard (no touchscreens, pens or whatever).

    The feeling I get from those readings is always the same: no significant gains in the operating system's "core business" and a lot of added useless (to me) things which risk to produce, overall, just a heavier (and maybe even slower) system.

    I'm not a big fan of "automatic" ( = decided by someone else) updates, but I know that many people find them quite exciting. I also know there are many reasons related to security (which, by the way, is heavily affected by the user's habits and knowledge) , but nevertheless I'm wondering. *Smile

    :)
     
    Harmand, Dec 28, 2018
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  2. USER33331
    user33331 Win User

    Win10: windows update stuck at never ending loop ?

    When in win10:
    • Update&security -> Windows update -> Finding update... .... .... ....
    Planning to download the latest Win10.ISO (vers.1803) and manually update:
    - Then wait that my ordered new SSD arrives and clone the old HDD to it.
     
    user33331, Dec 28, 2018
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  3. DEATHTOGNOMES
    DeathtoGnomes Win User
    Win10 updates

    Other than privacy issues, overall win10 is better that 8.1 metro crap
     
    DeathtoGnomes, Dec 28, 2018
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  4. IKARUGA
    Ikaruga Win User

    Updating Win10 - how much actually worthwhile, overall?

    GeForce Hotfix driver 353.38 (Update: Win10 versions added)

    https://forums.geforce.com/default/...vers/announcing-geforce-hotfix-driver-353-38/

    Update: Windows 10 (international) versions below:
    Win10 - 64 bit desktop
    Win10 - 32 bit desktop
    Win10 - 64 bit notebook
    Win10 - 32 bit notebook
     
    Ikaruga, Dec 28, 2018
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