I don't understand the question.
If your Apple or Android phone or tablet offers a new OS update, do you refuse it? If your smart TV offers an update, do you refuse it? If your security app offers an update, do you refuse it?
I get putting off the update for a week or so to see if any issues arise. But of course I am going to install it! Keeping our systems current is one of, if not "the" best way to keep it, our data and our personal information secure. Keeping our computers current is "the" fundamental part of "practicing safe computing".
Yes, there has been the occasional update that caused problems. But it is important to note there are 1.6
Billion Windows systems out there, and each one became a unique machine within a couple minutes after its very first boot. This happened as the unique networking configuration was setup, as users configured their own unique "personalizations", setup their own security, installed and configured their own apps, printers, drives and partitions, USB devices, motherboards, RAM, graphics cards, etc. etc. etc. Then there are those users who dink with the default settings, then blame Microsoft when those changes hose their systems.
So OF COURSE there will be some problems. But every time there is, the numbers are blown WAY WAY out of proportion, with a single report gong viral and being repeated 100s and 1000s of times making the problem "
appear" much worse than it really is.
The problem is, if there are just 0.1% of the users who genuinely have a problem with an update (and that is a high estimate, BTW), that is still, 1.6 million upset users. And 1.6 million upset people can make a lot of noise - especially when all the wannabe IT journalists, bloggers, and Windows haters jump on board and repeat those angry complaints.
It would seem all those wannabe journalists, bloggers and Windows haters expect Microsoft to test every update on every possible (1.6 billion) configuration before releasing it - as poor, inadequate in-house testing is almost always blamed.
I have 5 systems here and several more I am responsible for. I have never, not once, ever, since migrating from W7 to W10/11 had any Windows Update "brick" one of those computers. Not once! Worse case is the occasional (yes, scary!) lock up that was cleared by a simple reboot
. There have been a couple failed updates that were automatically rolled back by Windows that were resolved in a week or two by MS sending out another update. But never, not once, ever did I have to manually roll-back an update, or worse, reinstall the OS due to a botched update.
Frankly, with 1.6 billion
unique Windows computers out there, I am amazed, and must give credit and kudos to Microsoft, that there are not more actual problems. I guess some expect perfection 100% of the time, every time. I wonder if those critics can walk on water?
So yes, of course, I will install the update. While I don't expect any problems, with major updates, I may keep my fingers and toes crossed - but I will update. Should something go drastically wrong, I have my current backups. Don't you?
