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Going for the security only update is the route I'm going to take...later (I want to wait awhile before downloading and installing it in case something goes pear shaped).
I found the security only update by highlighting the "Quality" (what a lie!) Rollup and clicking on the More information link. On the webpage that pops up, I scrolled down to More information and a link for the Security Only "Quality" update, then clicked on that link. On the next page that comes up, just scroll down to the appropriate update, then download and install it.
Unless things change over the future months, this is my plan for any new installs & VM's:
1) Turn off Windows update during setup and keep Internet disconnected.
2) After setup and I've done my tweaks, run the Dr. Windows Update Pack (excluding the updates I have on my current ignore list). This will get me up to date both Security wise and with fixes up until September 2016.
3) Scratch my head and wonder what the hell I'm going to do next.
I could keep all the security only update rollups from now until EOL. But that's going to be a lot of work installing the remaining individual security only rollups for both 7 and 8.1. Especially when I'm going to have to keep all the patches for 8.1 until 2023....
Anybody got any headache pills?
Last edited by Brds7t7; 12 Oct 2016 at 12:16.
Once again, I find myself contemplating saying the hell with updating, just install good AV and take your chances. Easy for me, as I now live on Planet Linux. Unfortunately, my wife hasn't yet made the crossing, and I am responsible for keeping her computer both safe and Windows 10-resistant until she does. So, I will have to continue reading these painful threads. trying to sift out the kernels of wisdom among the confusion. Keep those kernels coming, you have no idea how much they are appreciated.
No not exactly..
For example, the all in one package download titled "Security Monthly Rollup" Prior to October's layout if one individual update fails, it acknowledges you with an error code. This is out of curiosity, but if one did fail, will that cause the others to abort as well? Or will it simply carry on, only to leave the one at fault behind?
One individual update won't fail as their won't be any individuals. It'll be the whole security rollup that will fail. The rollups have all the files in one update, not several separate ones that can be separated. If the whole rollup fails then that's something MS would have to address. I'm sure they'll get enough reports back about it.