win11 users - read this:

[stj]

m$ has an update that could corrupt your ssd.
so if your stupid enough to run 11 watch this video
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mlY2QjP_-9s

[harp]

Someone comment... The portion showing how to roll back begins at 8:00. Even though I tried to disable automatic updates as Jay recommended, Microsoft immediately reinstalled the same codenamed update without my permission last night after I had watched this video. So I'm honestly not sure how much control I even have over MS pushing out bricking updates anymore, this is making me want to move away from Windows so badly.

[stj]

maybe these would help.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_hdApSJAEEU
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IJSie_3ncc8

he makes a lot of good video's

[stj]

this new vid may explain the updates not turning off!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i43BZyJ4azc

[lti]

Why do so many articles about this update mention Phison specifically and then list a bunch of other controllers? Doesn't WD/Sandisk make their own controllers? I even saw one claim that HDDs were also affected. It's a lot worse than the last time when 2TB WD SN770 drives were causing a boot-loop. It's about as bad as the constant OneDrive errors I get at work (I wouldn't use OneDrive personally, even if my Internet connection could handle it) or its refusal to sync some files while claiming that they synced successfully.

Windows will not listen to your requests to roll back updates. I've been through that before. The only way to prevent that update from installing is to fully disable automatic updates. I've also mentioned a few times that Windows will always replace drivers with whatever is in the Windows Update catalog, even if that driver is older than the one that is currently installed (it's supposed to check the driver date and not install if you already have a newer driver). (Before someone mentions hiding updates, that never worked, even in Windows XP. Hiding an update always meant "install silently without any prompt to restart," so a problematic update would suddenly appear a few days after you hid it.)

[stj]

companies use whatever controller they can get for the best price at that moment.
thats why it's so hard to know what's at risk.
i only use crucial and only run Linux so it's not such an issue.

from what i can make out, the ability to block or roll back updates is based on the licence key,
if your running the "Home" version and probably "student edition" then your fucked pretty much.
higher licences get more options.

[stj]

btw,
if you install a driver and want to keep it,
cant you just invoke the "read-only" flag to stop it getting overwritten?
that used to work to block adobe(bastards) from using flash-cookies!

[m1ch43lzm]

There's a way to block driver updates from Windows Update
https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/an...ferrer=answers
https://pureinfotech.com/disable-aut...tall_windows11

Yes, I agree that Windows sometimes delivers broken/older drivers if it thinks they're "better" than the ones from the manufacturer website

Happens with GPU drivers, where WU will install an older version after you installed the latest drivers from AMD/NVIDIA website..., or the broken Win11 Intel GPU drivers which cause screen flickering while moving the mouse cursor in some laptops, fixed by installing either the driver from the laptop manufacturer, or the generic Intel GPU drivers

this new vid may explain the updates not turning off!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i43BZyJ4azc

You probably meant these vids
https://m.youtube.com/shorts/mJqDbQaM34Y

https://m.youtube.com/shorts/e9tdlNFABJQ

No wonder updates are broken...

[lti]

There's a way to block driver updates from Windows Update
https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/an...ferrer=answers
https://pureinfotech.com/disable-aut...tall_windows11

There are multiple methods, and one of them will stop working every April. Then you have to use a different method. You won't know until everything is suddenly broken one day, and then you check the update history and see that it installed that same old broken driver automatically outside of an update cycle.

Then you see people on the Internet telling you that you're stupid for not applying the group policy on a computer running the Home version of Windows. The Home version doesn't support group policies, so you have to use the registry entries that keep changing every year.

You probably meant these vids
https://m.youtube.com/shorts/mJqDbQaM34Y

https://m.youtube.com/shorts/e9tdlNFABJQ

No wonder updates are broken...

I'm guessing that those are actresses doing some PR stunt (LinkedIn bullshit). The people doing real work don't want to be on camera (not even on conference calls).

On the other hand, I work at a place that has a pool table.