Microsoft Updates Are Ruining My Online Experience
By celticeagle
@celticeagle (159008)
Boise, Idaho
August 8, 2017 6:35pm CST
Why Do Windows updates have to be such a traumatic situation? Last time I had an issue with my CD player. It disappeared. I had been using it ever since I got this laptop. Then one day I go to watch a movie on my laptop and it is gone. I chatted with Microsoft and the tech was able to upload a player to my laptop for me. I was so relieved.
Now, today, I go and click on the Chrome browser icon on my task bar and it comes up but is black. A notification tells me it has crashed. So I used Microsoft Edge for awhile. ME is SOOOO slow. I time out on Mylot constantly and most things take forever to come up. And, I don't have the spell checker on there like I do on Chrome. That is a no no for me cause I have a problem spelling some words now days.
Then I decided to power off and come back on and see if I could alleviate this problem Sure enough I had Microsoft updates and when they were done I was able to log on and go right to my Chrome browser as usual.
I am hating Microsoft updates. They are ruining my online experience.
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12 responses
@TiarasOceanView (70035)
• United States
8 Aug 17
Thats why I have a chromebook not a windows computer..there is never any of these problems. Sorry it is doing all these updates. The chromebook was $160 4 yrs ago. My old Windows 7 laptop was doing the same thing yours is with all the constant updates and is still doing them now. I don´t use it only for printing.
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@TiarasOceanView (70035)
• United States
8 Aug 17
@JolietJake I have to update it for my printer to keep working with it or else it doesn´t work.
@celticeagle (159008)
• Boise, Idaho
8 Aug 17
This is the only problem I have so far with this Dell laptop and have had it about four years now. I remember you talking about this Chromebook. Interesting.
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@TiarasOceanView (70035)
• United States
8 Aug 17
@celticeagle It is so convenient I tell you such a relief not to have to fool with updates. It does update but does it instantly when you restart it...done, you dont have to wait.
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@celticeagle (159008)
• Boise, Idaho
13 Aug 17
I get notified too. They update automatically.
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@celticeagle (159008)
• Boise, Idaho
13 Aug 17
@just4him .....I used to get that. Now it just shows me I have them when I go to power off. Takes a bit. THen takes a bit when I log back on. I don't mind it.
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@just4him (306137)
• Green Bay, Wisconsin
13 Aug 17
@celticeagle I'll get a box in the bottom right corner and it will tell me updates are ready and would update outside my usage time unless I marked it that I wanted the update right then. I like that better as it used to be I had a 15 minute timer that said it was going to update. I would be in the middle of something and need to hurry and get it finished, if I was almost done, or just log out so it could do the update and then log back on when it was complete. That was annoying. I like it so much better this way.
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@bunnybon7 (50973)
• Holiday, Florida
10 Aug 17
i know what you mean. the older we get all these changes are just too much. i have the same problems. with computer and phone
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@celticeagle (159008)
• Boise, Idaho
10 Aug 17
WHen it is our only outlet it is like a necessity and we can't live without it.
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@celticeagle (159008)
• Boise, Idaho
10 Aug 17
@bunnybon7 .....Yes, it is my outlet. I am just in my room and that and the tv is all I have.
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@bunnybon7 (50973)
• Holiday, Florida
10 Aug 17
@celticeagle so true. especially in our condition
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@BelleStarr (61047)
• United States
10 Aug 17
I have had to remove several updates that messed with my computer, I hate them too.
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@celticeagle (159008)
• Boise, Idaho
10 Aug 17
@BelleStarr .....Oh, that's good. I wouldn't know which I needed or which I could do without.
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@celticeagle (159008)
• Boise, Idaho
10 Aug 17
Not fun at all. No way of knowing what you are getting or what it is going to do. We are at Microsoft's mercy basically.
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@BelleStarr (61047)
• United States
10 Aug 17
@celticeagle No I changed my settings so I decided which updates I take and which I don't.
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@celticeagle (159008)
• Boise, Idaho
9 Aug 17
I let them do their thing. It's not very often thank goodness.
@celticeagle (159008)
• Boise, Idaho
9 Aug 17
@poehere ....I shall do that in the future.
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@poehere (15126)
• French Polynesia
9 Aug 17
@celticeagle If it gets you down shut them down.
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@JeeyanDee (2692)
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9 Aug 17
My windows 10 doesn't seem to have that many updates but I don't really use it that much because I usually use my phone for most of my activities.
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@celticeagle (159008)
• Boise, Idaho
9 Aug 17
Mine doesn't either but, when it does it seems to mess something up each time.
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@celticeagle (159008)
• Boise, Idaho
9 Aug 17
@JeeyanDee .....I'm going to shut them down if it happens again.
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@FourWalls (62118)
• United States
9 Aug 17
Yet another reason why I have a Mac.
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@celticeagle (159008)
• Boise, Idaho
9 Aug 17
I have heard Macs are so much easier but I wouldn't know where to start.
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@Freelanzer (10745)
• Canada
10 Aug 17
I don't have the updates issue as I choose not to have automatic updates. However, I do find chrome can be a problem at times.
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@celticeagle (159008)
• Boise, Idaho
10 Aug 17
It works better for me than ME did and I don't know about the other ones available.
@celticeagle (159008)
• Boise, Idaho
9 Aug 17
I had to use Microsoft Edge for awhile yesterday and it causes Mylot to timeout. No problem when I use Chrome.
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@dgobucks226 (34356)
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8 Aug 17
I agree. These Microsoft updates have a mind of their own and this computer software is taking over our lives!!!
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@chennorevillo (116)
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9 Aug 17
I feel the same way. Microsoft focuses too much on their personal interest at the expense of user experience.
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