Topband: Windows 10 Update heads up

[Brad Rehm]

Sorry.  To Lloyd, not Floyd!
Brad

On Fri, Aug 14, 2020 at 4:35 PM Brad Rehm <bradrehm at gmail.com> wrote:

> Helpful comments, Rick, and thanks to Floyd too.  My XYL's computer never
> has to run Flex software, but all of mine do.  So I'll keep the canary for
> the time being.  My friend's computer doesn't run Flex software, and his
> was definitely affected by the update.  It's interesting that we now have
> to use third party software to bring back the W7 desktop.  Ah well...
>
> Brad  KV5V
>
> On Fri, Aug 14, 2020 at 4:22 PM Richard (Rick) Karlquist <
> richard at karlquist.com> wrote:
>
>>
>>
>> On 8/14/2020 1:26 PM, Brad Rehm wrote:
>> > Phil,
>> >
>> > I've turned off updates for the maximum allowed 35 days on Pat's and my
>> > computers but not on my new laptop.  I use it occasionally to access my
>> > Flex, so it will be my "canary in the coal mine" for future updates.
>> For
>> > now, if it survives the next couple weeks, I'll allow the other updates
>> to
>>
>> Regarding Flex:  that is a special case.  I have numerous W10 computers
>> on auto update.  The updates have never broken the OS or any ordinary
>> applications.  They have only ever broken Flex, who admits they don't
>> know how to completely fix the audio and CAT drivers, and they say that
>> have gotten no help from MS or the 3rd party that supplies the drivers.
>> The Flex is not a good canary because it can be knocked out by updates
>> that do nothing to other computers that are not running Flex.
>>
>> Rick N6RK
>>
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