Now that we’re a week in and most people have probably repaired their PCs from the shitty Windows Update breaking GRUB I have some question.

I have a dual boot as well and thought I was safe, as I installed my Linux Mint on an independent disk. My friend laughed and told me that won’t protect me.

I logged into Windows some days ago as I had to write a document in MS Word for university and the windows update told me it was ready with a very threatening red dot in the tray. I expected it to take control over my PC and to reboot 10 times, do some typical Windows stuff, but nothing happened.

Now I have this update waiting and I am scared my Linux will break. I know there are fixes out there, but is there a way to prevent it BEFORE it happens? Can I somehow upgrade the vulnerable GRUB version?

Thanks a lot for your help my fellow penguin fans.

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Regedit windows so it can’t update. There is also a windows tool to disable Windows updates, except critical security updates, for 2 years. I can’t remember the name of the program I have and can’t be assed to figure it out, but it is out there. Might be winaero tweaker?(See reply, Windows-Tool is the app.)

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This is the one I use.

I only enable security updates.

https://christitus.com/windows-tool/

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That’s the one.

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