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Windows Update is a torture chamber for seldom-used PCs
(www.theregister.com)
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I maintain a small Windows dual boot for taking certification exams (that don't run on Linux). It's torture to update it once every 6 months. 3-4 hours requiring multiple reboots.
You can use Chris titus util to delay the feature updates and keep security updates. That's what I did for my dual-boot
That's what I've done (Use MassGravel for Enterprise version of 11 because fuck it why not for best results?) and haven't had any issues with Windows 11 since. Had to hop back on my Windows SSD for a game that just came out and had one update after a whole year of running strictly Linux!
Why lie?
Bullshit does that take multiple hours, windows updates are typically pretty fast.
Umm, no