Windows isn't ready for daily driving imo, it's risky to use such an unstable OS for high importance tasks.
It's fine if you want to tinker and experiment with a different OS, but for day to day usage I think you should really be using something more stable.
How is this only midly infuriating.
I remember during the last big win11 update i defined active hours which was recommended by Microsoft to do so it only updates outside of work hours.
Only for it to get reset without notification so all workstations started updating in the middle of work when left idle
Do you have a few minutes to talk about our Lord and Saviour, Linus Torvalds?
Seriously, this right here is why I stopped using windows for work and switched to linux for professional reasons. Windows is not serious business software because of shit like this.
Windows isn't ready for the desktop.
IT guy here. When you finally can respond or join the meeting, make sure you cover yourself in feathers from a pillow and blame a duck gang for your misfortune.
No, you don't. Shhhh.
Linux.
Or literally any other OS than Windoze.
I know there are large organisations where the laptops are configured to also update their firmware when users are trying to get out the door at the end of the day and the outsourced ICT teams couldn't care less.
Microsoft continues to be the best advocate for migrating to Linux.
When it happened to one of my students at least I was able to play it off and make fun of Windows instead of embarrassing them. But I also give full credit on presentations regardless of how bad they go.
That said, woe is you if it's literally anything else, like a conference or a business meeting. Lol
Simple rules of thumb:
Never use windows for presentations.
Never use powerpoint for presentations.
Never use your own profile for presentations.
Always have a synced version to a URL that you can refer the audience to if the projector fails or doesnt like your computer.
But yeah, that sucks.
I haven't used Windows in years, but it's kind of funny to remember because my Linux machines take at most 5 minutes to update (even with a hundred packages to update), and only require a restart if something important happens, and even in that case I can postpone the reboot.
Good luck anyway!
Yeah, rule of thumb: you need your Windows PC to be available 100% at a close future point? update it now, reboot, and then disable networking if possible.
"I'm afraid I can't let you do that"
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This was the main readon I switched to Linux. It's my computer so I decide when it's time to update.
Buddy of mine lost $1500 in his own hockey pool because of this exact situation....
Too late now but grab a live Linux USB, boot into it to access your presentation and run it in an emergency.
It's your mistake, never schedule a presentation after a patch Tuesday
(I'm joking, fuck this shit, Wednesday I had to fight all the computers "OMG a new update it's out, can I reboot now????")
We had a finance troll run into our IT department asking "how do I stop a service pack update!?" This was back in the XP days. She had a presentation in 15 minutes and had not turned the laptop on in over a year.
Our answer?
You don't. You should have started preparing it yesterday.
She was PISSED! But her even more evil boss had ruined all her political capitol over all the other things she failed to prepare for.
Obviously there's a hundred joke comments about using Linux but it if you already had a ventoy USB lying around, it would unironically be faster to liveboot a distro, install libre office and then prsent your pptx (or log into google slides and do the same).
Always have a jump drive or some other backup of your presentation ready to drop on another computer. I have had this exact thing happen during an important presentation.
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