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- Location
- Sunnyvale, CA USA
I volunteer at a place where we repair people's computers for free.
Often we have to restore things and run Windows Update - with many
updates occurring because these may be old systems (like Win XP).
The question comes up that what should we do during this time? It may
take hours for the Windows Update to download and finish.
I claim that Windows Update is designed to work around you - you can do
whatever you want during the update process. Files in use are marked for
change after a restart - so anything you do is prevented from having a
problem.
Others feel that you should do nothing and wait for the full update to
continue and then do work.
I've search for answers but found nothing conclusive. What do people
think?
While Windows Update runs in these situations, I often would download
things like CCleaner and LibreOffice and make customizations on the
system. Some folk say that is not wise - I claim that's the way it
should work.
It's what I do on my own system and I have not encountered problems. Of
course, when problems do occur it is blamed on this attitude and not on
the system at fault.
Often we have to restore things and run Windows Update - with many
updates occurring because these may be old systems (like Win XP).
The question comes up that what should we do during this time? It may
take hours for the Windows Update to download and finish.
I claim that Windows Update is designed to work around you - you can do
whatever you want during the update process. Files in use are marked for
change after a restart - so anything you do is prevented from having a
problem.
Others feel that you should do nothing and wait for the full update to
continue and then do work.
I've search for answers but found nothing conclusive. What do people
think?
While Windows Update runs in these situations, I often would download
things like CCleaner and LibreOffice and make customizations on the
system. Some folk say that is not wise - I claim that's the way it
should work.
It's what I do on my own system and I have not encountered problems. Of
course, when problems do occur it is blamed on this attitude and not on
the system at fault.
My Computer
System One
-
- OS
- Windows 8.1 Pro with Media Center (64-bit)
- Computer type
- PC/Desktop
- System Manufacturer/Model
- Custom-build
- CPU
- Intel Core i7-2600K @ 4.3 GHz
- Motherboard
- ASUS P8P67 PRO Rev 3.0
- Memory
- 16 GB G.SKILL Ripjaws X DDR3 SDRAM DDR3 1600 (4 banks 4GB DIMM DDR3 8-8-8-24 5-32-12-7 1T 1.5V)
- Graphics Card(s)
- NVIDIA GeForce GT 440
- Sound Card
- Firewire Focusrite Saffire Pro 14
- Monitor(s) Displays
- LG W2353V
- Screen Resolution
- 1920x1080
- Hard Drives
- 2 of Seagate Barracuda XT ST32000641AS (2TB ea.);
1 of Seagate Barracuda Green ST2000DL003 (2TB);
1 of Hitachi Deskstar HDS722020ALA330 (2TB);
2 of Seagate Desktop ST4000DM000-1F2168 (4TB)
- PSU
- Corsair AX850 Gold
- Case
- Cooler Master HAF 932 Advanced
- Cooling
- ThermalTake Silent 1156
- Keyboard
- Logitech K520
- Mouse
- Logitech M310
- Internet Speed
- 7Mbps
- Browser
- Chrome
- Antivirus
- Kaspersky
- Other Info
- Event Studio Precision 6 powered audio monitors;
Boston Acoustics CS Sub 10 Powered Subwoofer;
NI Kore controller;
NI Maschine controller;
M-Audio Axiom 61 keyboard controller; expression pedal; sustain pedal;
... and tons of audio software ...
I also keep two USB 3 thumb drives (A: and B:) attached with boot recovery and security stuff that I can boot into from BIOS in case of emergency