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From: Lawrence D'Oliveiro <ldo@nz.invalid>
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On Sun, 26 May 2024 23:06:25 -0400, Joel wrote:

> rbowman <bowman@montana.com> wrote:
>
>>The Register article is 20 years old but even then they figured the
>>average used would be hosed before they could run the updates.
> 
> If you install from the ISO with SP3 integrated, I doubt that would
> happen.

Then you still have the problem of getting further updates. According to 
Microsoft’s own research
<https://tech.slashdot.org/story/22/02/01/2056211>, a typical Windows PC 
needs at least eight hours of online time to fully update itself each 
Patch Tuesday. With a minimum of two hours’ uninterrupted connection, just 
to get started.