🇰 🌀 🇱 🇦 🇳 🇦 🇰 🇮 @pawb.social to No Stupid Questions@lemmy.worldEnglish · edit-215 hours agoIf Microsoft ended Windows 10 support, why is it still getting updates like every other day?message-squaremessage-square20fedilinkarrow-up192arrow-down13file-text
arrow-up189arrow-down1message-squareIf Microsoft ended Windows 10 support, why is it still getting updates like every other day?🇰 🌀 🇱 🇦 🇳 🇦 🇰 🇮 @pawb.social to No Stupid Questions@lemmy.worldEnglish · edit-215 hours agomessage-square20fedilinkfile-text
I was hoping it was just gonna stop annoying me every 12-36 hours but it feels like it’s updating even more recently.
minus-squarefuckwit_mcbumcrumble@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up13·edit-214 hours agoWhat are the updates? Is it Windows getting the update, or Windows defender/programs that use windows update for updates? As far as I’m aware even windows 7’s windows defender still gets updates. NVM looks like that one got EOLed too
minus-square🇰 🌀 🇱 🇦 🇳 🇦 🇰 🇮 @pawb.socialOPlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4arrow-down1·14 hours agoThe one that popped up prompting the question is a security update for the OS.
minus-squarefuckwit_mcbumcrumble@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up15·edit-214 hours agohttps://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/microsoft/microsoft-windows-10-kb5072653-oob-update-fixes-esu-install-errors/ Looks like there’s an issue installing the extended support updates should you subscribe to it. So it makes sense to just give everyone the update. Also sometimes when there’s security issues that MS thinks are absolutely critical they’ll release those updates to everyone. Windows 7 got a few.
What are the updates? Is it Windows getting the update, or Windows defender/programs that use windows update for updates?
As far as I’m aware even windows 7’s windows defender still gets updates.
NVM looks like that one got EOLed too
The one that popped up prompting the question is a security update for the OS.
https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/microsoft/microsoft-windows-10-kb5072653-oob-update-fixes-esu-install-errors/
Looks like there’s an issue installing the extended support updates should you subscribe to it. So it makes sense to just give everyone the update.
Also sometimes when there’s security issues that MS thinks are absolutely critical they’ll release those updates to everyone. Windows 7 got a few.