I bought a new laptop - a dynabook tecra. It came pre-installed with Windows 10. Completing the Windows 10 setup was easy but for the next few days, every time I reboot it installs more updates.
This time, it has been displaying 'Preparing to configure Windows' for over 20 minutes with no indication of progress or when it might finish.
The Windows Club has a page on this. They recommend waiting for 2 hours before giving up and trying anything other than waiting.
TWO HOURS! For an update. Not even a full install.
I can complete an update of Linux in about 2 minutes, typically.
What is Microsoft thinking, to make such an obtuse update process? It's not like they are beginners, without experience. They have been doing this for years.
It is because of nonsense like this that I prefer Linux. I never have such problems with Linux.
I would just abort the Windows update but, being conservative, I want to backup the Windows partitions before I wipe them and install Linux and I don't want the backups corrupted by an incomplete update. I am having to reboot a few times to confirm I have all the Linux issues sorted (modules and firmware for all the essential hardware). It is extremely annoying having to deal with Windows again.
Eventually it had completed its update and now I am unable to access the BIOS setup or boot menu. It boots straight to Windows every time, restart or shutdown and boot. Fucking Windows update - it was working normally until the fucking update.
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