Artist: David Revoy
My tablet after the latest update. Thank you, Samsung.
Worst one I’ve had is a windows update somehow physically brick a notebook, no idea how it happened but even after replacing the harddrive it would still get stuck in a weird boot loop trying to start off a non existant drive. My best guess is the update somehow managed to damage/corrupt the BIOS.
Doesn’t the manufacturer always say to not update the BIOS unless absolutely necessary?
They used to do that.
Now they shove untested firmware updates onto windows update, launch them automatically, tell you that your computer is going to be updating for an indeterminate amount of time and that while that’s evidently more urgent and important than whatever you were using it for they’re generous enough to grant you three chances to postpone the update for 30 minutes, proceed with the update anyway when you tell them to postpone, warning you not to unplug the computer or else, and brick your machine even if you didn’t unplug it (and no, warranty doesn’t cover it, buy a new one, you filthy consumer).
We have several HP laptops at work, and they’re an absolute nightmare.
I had that with a Android firmware update fresh out of the box, first truning it on. Battery was almost empty, so it bricked. Was about 2015 i think?
One time i decided that a Windows update was taking too long and decided to turn off the computer. Fucked. Wouldn’t boot anymore. Had to re-install windows.
What are you gonna do, not update your enchanted sword for the latest security patch? That’s how you get Stormbringer.
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This is the reason why IT admins usually disable the installation of automatic updates on the workplace (so THEY can decide which updates to install and which ones to skip).
Then one day Microsoft wanted to be an asshole and decided to lie and mark an anti piracy phone-home update as a SECURITY update, breaking thousands of systems in one single night. Admins were forced to block Microsoft’s own IP addresses just to prevent company’s assets from breaking unexpectedly.
No wonder Microsoft is so hated worldwide.