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Old 07-23-2022, 05:10 AM   #16
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You really should fix your Windows as it is broken. If that means a fresh install, so be it.
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Old 07-23-2022, 05:43 AM   #17
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It may well be but it's a hell of a lot of work to do a fresh install then having to reinstall all the many programs I have and possibly many of their settings and passwords etc. As it's only Calibre 6 that doesn't work it's not worth that time committent.
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It is worthwhile to invest that time. By NOT having these updates your computer is open to all kinds of viruses, hackers, spyware, other problems that these updates correct.
I have been doing updates of Windows for the past 30 years, and I only had a problem once, already many years ago.
Start with a clean sheet, and you will enjoy it. And yes, proper security on a computer is ALWAYS quite a bit of work.
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Old 07-23-2022, 09:41 AM   #19
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The registry changes to turn off auto-updates for Windows 10 are not that invasive. Kovid's instructions for setting up a virtual Windows machine for building calibre detail them. Wouldn't take much to reverse. Plus, I'm pretty sure that manually updating Windows 10 should still be an option..
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Well I've had no updates for years and no problems with any nasties with a combination of Defender ( which does update) and Malwarebytes. A friend who has standard Windows gets all the updates and more often than not an update causes some issue or another needing another update to correct the problem the last one caused.

Manual updates are not available as an option.

Can you point me to where Kovid's registry changes you mention are listed so I can see if they are the same as the ones that have been applied to my registry?
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I think I've had exactly one issue with a Windows update, and that was years ago. *shrug*

It's actually not even a registry change now that I look at it:

https://github.com/kovidgoyal/bypy/b...or-use-in-a-vm

It's the first half of step 5.

But if manual updates are not an option, then someone went way out of their way to change things when disabling auto updates would have been enough. So I doubt reversing it will be so simple. That's too bad.

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Old 07-23-2022, 03:46 PM   #22
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It may well be but it's a hell of a lot of work to do a fresh install then having to reinstall all the many programs I have and possibly many of their settings and passwords etc. As it's only Calibre 6 that doesn't work it's not worth that time committent.
I recently (December) had to buy a new laptop. The hard drive in the old laptop was still perfectly working. I bought a hard drive USB cable that supported USB-A and USB-C. So I can easily plug it into the new laptop when I want to. I was able to pull off the settings that live in my profile. It did not take long to get what I wanted up and running. And I did not install the programs I wasn't using. I may someday if I decide I want to use any of them.

Yes it can be a pain to do this, but it's not as difficult as you think. But you do need to make a backup first so you can access any data you want to extract to the clean system.
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Old 07-23-2022, 03:50 PM   #23
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Well I've had no updates for years and no problems with any nasties with a combination of Defender ( which does update) and Malwarebytes. A friend who has standard Windows gets all the updates and more often than not an update causes some issue or another needing another update to correct the problem the last one caused.

Manual updates are not available as an option.

Can you point me to where Kovid's registry changes you mention are listed so I can see if they are the same as the ones that have been applied to my registry?
Try going to Services and seeing if the Windows Update service is off. If it is, turn it on. It could be that simple.
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what about an Inplace Upgrade?
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Try going to Services and seeing if the Windows Update service is off. If it is, turn it on. It could be that simple.
It's shown as Disabled. everything is greyed out other than Properties but if change Startup Type from Disabled to anything else I get Access Is Denied message

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How do I do that?
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I think I've had exactly one issue with a Windows update, and that was years ago. *shrug*

It's actually not even a registry change now that I look at it:

https://github.com/kovidgoyal/bypy/b...or-use-in-a-vm

It's the first half of step 5.

But if manual updates are not an option, then someone went way out of their way to change things when disabling auto updates would have been enough. So I doubt reversing it will be so simple. That's too bad.
Automatic Updates is already set to Enabled

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Old 07-23-2022, 05:25 PM   #28
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How do I do that?
IIRC you select it from the install disk/file. I have a flash drive with W10 installer, which you can download from MS (while supported) for free.
IIRC fsc /scannow has a repair mode (you have to do a special admin boot step just after POST.
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The advantage being, an In-place Upgrade leaves applications as-is.

I've done this on 4-5 systems to good effect; not mine, colleagues/friends, they were invariably well pleased.

I've always followed this tutorial ==>> Repair Install Windows 10 with an In-place Upgrade | Tutorials

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You really should fix your Windows as it is broken. If that means a fresh install, so be it.
Just buy another pc.

As a bonus you'll get Windows 11, which I installed in May when I rebuilt mine.

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