Ramblings of an old Doc

 

 

 

Yes…it seems the patch nazi has spoken.

“Windows 8.1 users who haven't yet installed the major update released by Microsoft in April, will stop receiving updates starting tomorrow. Microsoft had announced that the update which was earlier known as the "Spring" update would be a mandatory update for Windows 8.1 users and had a given a buffer period for users to update to it. After launching the major update in April, Microsoft set a deadline for users in a blog post, which asserted, "Failure to install this Update will prevent Windows Update from patching your system with any future updates starting with Updates released in May 2014 (get busy!)."neowin

MS then put off the deadline to 6/10. Check your calendar.

Interestingly, Windows 8 users are not required to be on the latest and greatest version of Windows, although the mainstream support for the OS might end in the near future. If you have automatic updates turned on, you have nothing to worry about. For those of you who install patches manually, make sure you have the spring update installed, otherwise, you machine could become vulnerable to known exploits. –ibid

Source:

http://www.neowin.net/news/windows-81-users-install-the-spring-update-or-you-will-no-longer-receive-patches


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on Jun 10, 2014

Hehe, I installed the aforementioned update and now I have a spring in my step.

Well not exactly, but my little notebook seems to run a little better than before.

on Jun 11, 2014

I still run 7. 

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