This all started with losing my main test bench box, CRAWFORD...
Since it died, I had another project box in reserve that I was fixin to replace my outward facing server... Well, it had been sitting there quite a while, Windows 10 installed, but woefully outdated by now.
Other than renaming the box to CRAWFORD, setting a fixed IP where it belongs, and scraping off some network toys, the box was reconfigured and good to go in around a half an hour... Except for updating.
Now, as luck would have it, I received two particular boxes over the counter from clients that were resurrection jobs too. So between those three boxen, I spent ALL DAY yesterday playing nursemaid to standard update practices.
So it ain't the end of the world, I know. It ain't like you gotta hover over em the whole time. But there I was with one foot nailed to the floor checking back for restarts and failures. I started updating CRAWFORD at around 4:30 in the morning, and it got done after 6PM. It was admittedly the worst, but I had to figure out something different.
This sucks.
So I went looking. Man,would I love a Service Pack about now...
So my kid who is an IT dude on Big Iron hears me bitchin about it, which is no surprise, because I called him specifically for that purpose... And he lets me know...
Just go where you go to get Microsoft's ISO maker gizmo - You know, where you can download the latest version of their ISO (that's here:
https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/software-download/windows10), and right across the top of the page there is an update banner... Poke the 'Update Now' button, download that tool, and run it.
Well as luck would have it, I have another project box - A big dog replacement for CICERO, my main server...
So I drug that one around and put it on the bench this morning, and fired her up. It has not run either since sometime last summer... but it started fine, and first thing, I went and got that little tool and let er rip.
That was about an hour ago, and she's up. Nearly all the way up. That's worth knowing about. I will be done with that box before lunch. Well done updating anyway. There's still a couple miles of hard drive replacements so I will be burning down my toasters all day... But you see what I mean.