Windows 10 - The Force is rebooting me

[Estes]

unlikely that my PC can be used to send updates to other people since my router has a password on it. People do all the work on their PC and send the update files to me. 

That's not how the peer to peer thing works. Damn, a napster generation kid and everything. The router doesn't matter it just means rather than MS sending out updates from one locale, everybody who has downloaded it already sends it from their location and it spreads. Never used bittorrent?

[Skuzzy]

unlikely that my PC can be used to send updates to other people since my router has a password on it. People do all the work on their PC and send the update files to me. 

Your router password is irrelevant.  If you can get the update, then you can deliver it as well.  Your router just sees your computer wanting to connect to another IP address, just as it would any WEB site, except this time it is another computer.

[Latrobe]

My router uses a Dynamic IP Address so people who connect to my IP won't be connecting to the correct IP as it has already changed.

[Skuzzy]

My router uses a Dynamic IP Address so people who connect to my IP won't be connecting to the correct IP as it has already changed.

Latrobe, it does not matter what your IP address is.  It does not matter how many times the IP address changes.

Do you understand how bittorrent works?  Microsoft's update deployment works very similarly.  Try reading this:
http://lifehacker.com/285489/a-beginners-guide-to-bittorrent

The only thing really different is Windows 10 is doing all the finding, broadcasting, and storing information about other computers your computer can connect to or can connect to your computer.

[save]

Got my bricked w10 laptop back after a motherboard change, after 5 weeks. It normally take 2 weeks the distributor told me.
My guess is many many had problems after these updates.

[Chalenge]

It's a bit like the guy working at the CDC that feeds the mosquitoes his blood everyday to keep the captured brood alive and producing offspring. There is a 'firewall' that keeps the bugs from escaping, but he sticks his arm through a one-way curtain and 'Here I am! Come get some blood."

[Chalenge]

And again this morning a new update came through the works. It would have probably been a few days before someone mentioned it that I would notice, except it rebooted my systems and every one of them hung amid boot.

[Chalenge]

Here we go again with a security update for Flash.

[Skuzzy]

Here we go again with a security update for Flash.

Is Microsoft delivering security updates for Flash?  That will keep them busy.

[Chalenge]

Yes, and yes. Thankfully I only have Flash on the school system.

[Dragon Tamer]

I installed the latest graphics drivers, and Windows 10 has an update. I'm scared that if I restart my system that the windows update will break something but at the same time you guys have been saying that you are supposed to restart right after updating drivers.

[Latrobe]

See Rule #4

[Chalenge]

I cannot believe you just said that.

[Skuzzy]

I cannot believe you just said that.

I hope no one actually tries to do it.

[Chalenge]

Maybe we need another rule about giving destructive advice? Dragon Tamer don't do that! hehe - had to say it.

Yes, after you install the NVIDIA driver update you should reboot immediately. I'm not sure why Nvidia doesn't just suggest it upon completion of the installation, but if you do not do this then Windows will be in an unstable state and any other installs would really mess things up.

Windows 10 has a "fix all" nuclear option where you can reset the entire OS. That will fix everything, but it will also leave you without any programs installed.