Hi, this is Wayne again with a topic “What Happens If You NEVER Update Windows?”.
With how windows is constantly getting all up in your face with reminders to update and nagging you to restart your pc, have you ever wondered what, if you just didn’t, bother updating windows ever unless you’re running a version of windows older than windows? 7, the day-to-day may not seem too different if you mostly use your computer for basic tasks like social media, video streaming or writing techwiki scripts, but under the hood you’re going to be putting yourself at a real disadvantage. If you just stop updating, for starters, your computer may actually lose functionality as time goes on. Windows versions that are outdated may not support new standards or get new drivers for newer hardware, like, for example, at the time we shot this video, neither nvidia nor amd, provide drivers for their current gpu lineup for any windows version older than seven, and with that os Already at end of life, there’s no guarantees that developers will bother continuing to support it as the years go on, but suppose you’re already on windows, 10 and you’re wondering about simply refusing to install those current updates. The settings app keeps bugging you about. Well, in case you aren’t aware, microsoft is not planning to launch another version of windows that we know of so basically, windows 11 is happening right and we’re all victims, and instead we’ll continually update windows 10 with two major updates per year and smaller updates in between. As needed, this means that windows 10 should change dramatically over the coming years and in some ways it already has.
The operating system is already over five years old and the current update is already substantially different from the launch edition. With more customization options, a linux subsystem redesigned emoji and dark mode in file explorer among many other changes. In fact, the next major revision coming out in late 2021 is going to feature a sweeping visual redesign, which should make windows 10 almost feel like an entirely new operating system and keep in mind that, while we’ve mostly talked about new features so far, future software and Drivers may not support older non-updated versions of windows 10, but let’s pivot and talk about the other big reason to keep your system updated.
Security. Newer windows versions have given users more encryption and security options such as allowing users to log in with a pin. Instead of a password, but even more importantly, is that security holes are constantly being patched with updates. You see a piece of software as huge and complex as windows.
10 is bound to have security vulnerabilities, it’s simply impossible for the developers at microsoft to know every single possible security hole ahead of time or how hackers will try to attack the os in the future. Also, as windows 10 adds more features, it means that there will be new attack vectors, meaning getting subsequent security updates in between major feature releases is extremely important to top it all off. Outdated windows versions, including older builds of windows, 10 stop receiving updates from microsoft. After a certain period of time, attackers are fully aware of this and often target systems running older os’s because they know that any new holes they find will never be plugged making businesses and other organizations that have cheaped out on updating their fleet of pcs, especially vulnerable. Okay, i get it, it’s really important to keep windows updated, but can i stop it from constantly nagging me sucking up my bandwidth or restarting at bad times, although it’s not always obvious how to do this, you certainly can and if you’re interested we’ll tell you how In a future video, of course, some folks don’t want to update windows because updated versions might break legacy, applications or retro games. If this is the boat you’re in it’s a good idea to keep an older machine for these programs separate from your daily driver and ensure it cannot connect to the internet by unplugging, any ethernet or phone cables and removing the wi-fi adapter. I don’t think that old windows, 95 machine you’re keeping around to run meth warrior 2, would fare too well on the modern web. Anyway.
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