Harry,
Please, for the love of the stars! You tend to take so much out of context.
Please thoroughly read and consider what an article says before you go into
a panic and post it here.
I keep my computer or computers connected 24 by 7. They download updates
frequently and yes, some will degrade response time somewhat but it's not
critical.
You can also set your update options to download and update during times
when you are likely not going to be interacting with a computer such as
overnight and such.
No need to cast such doubt and unnecessary alarms amongst others.
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Harry,
This really is not a problem that you need to concern yourself with. I would
draw your attention to the following paragraph which is taken from the
article you are referencing.
Begin Quote
"The six 'total connected hours' (not eight) I cited in this post are based
on studies that include devices that are infrequently used, often only
online for a few minutes across multiple hours, have intermittent
connectivity, and are often running on battery power," Guyer wrote. "Some
parts of the update process can restart where they left off, like the
downloads. Others need to restart from the beginning if the device shuts
down. So these are both taken into account in the criteria."
End Quote
If your computer is connected regularly and frequently to the Internet,
which I would assume is very likely, and if you are using a broadband
connection it will surely take you far less than 5 hours to download
updates. There's no need to be concerned.
David Goldfield,
Blindness Assistive Technology Specialist
NVDA Certified Expert
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<[log in to unmask]> On Behalf Of Harry Brown
Sent: Friday, March 11, 2022 5:44 PM
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Subject: [VICUG-L] found some information about how long to let the computer
stay on for, but there's a problem
Hi all,
For the heck of it I did a google search for
how long does it take for Microsoft to download and install updates
In an article titled Research shows Windows updates can take six hours to
complete found at the following link
https://nam12.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.comput
erworld.com%2Farticle%2F3649193%2Fresearch-shows-windows-updates-can-take-si
x-hours-to-complete.html&data=04%7C01%7C%7Cfeb8fb4ece914bba79be08da03b0a
0e7%7C84df9e7fe9f640afb435aaaaaaaaaaaa%7C1%7C0%7C637826354390592748%7CUnknow
n%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6
Mn0%3D%7C3000&sdata=6xW1Ri2spNA4fnzKFWhkvPZznY%2B8isyuCJmOYwbQFxE%3D&
;reserved=0
It's recommended 6 hours, but the problem is, there is 5 hours, but no 6
hours, so, I'll have to set it to never, and let the computer update itself
in the night, and I'll have to come out and turn it off in the morning,
putting it back to sleep.
I guess I can do that, I'm not loving the idea though.
Harry
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