

Medina Clearly they don’t care enough and will continue as usual. Your comment, “The majority of users should ignore preview updates because of their beta status and the potential for introducing unmentioned issues on Windows 10 devices” is a radical departure from the inadvertent sense of urgency found in Patch Tuesday gHacks’ articles that stress the importance of updating immediately–preview or otherwise.Īs a general rule, I ignore all Windows 10 updates–on pause–because of the numerous problems that follow installation. I experienced the same, problem-free, better performing computer with the update. Some users are even finding that their system is performing better after installing this particular update.” “Feedback about the update shows that people who have installed KB5001391 are happy not only with the fact that it adds News and Interests to the taskbar, but also that it seems to be stable and problem free. Now You: do you install optional Windows updates?Īfter reading the article posted on BetaNews written by Mark Sofia WyciÅ›lik-Wilson two days ago, I happily and with faith/trust in his advice and reports by other users installed the update: The majority of users should ignore preview updates because of their beta status and the potential for introducing unmentioned issues on Windows 10 devices.

Optional updates provide a preview of the fixes that will be introduced on the coming Patch Tuesday, this makes them ideal for testing purposes and quick fixes for critical issues. Bugs that affect users critically may be fixed by these updates, and it is often a good idea to install these to resolve the issues about two weeks before the final update release.

There are legitimate reasons for installing these updates:

Optional updates should not be installed on most Windows 10 devices. those on the second Tuesday of a month, may also introduce issues, but Microsoft is fixing issues in updates released for preview before these updates are released as final versions for all devices running Windows 10.
