Microsoft: Windows needs at least 8 hours online to update reliably

It's a timer meant to wait for the computer to have stable power before installing updates.

It doesn't take 8 hours to install updates, it just makes sure your computer has been online for 8 hours

(Current machine saw exactly one, 45 kB patch in the past week).

> Approximately 50% of devices not on a serviced build of Windows 10 do not meet the minimum Update Connectivity measurement.

> Approximately 25% of Windows 10 devices on a serviced build but have security updates that are more than 60 days out of date have less than the minimum Update Connectivity.

Are these numbers not huge?

Obviously somebody should have made certain since the beginning that previous connectivity status should not come close to becoming a show-stopper if updates are to be considered important.

"When troubleshooting update issues, we have found it is best to select devices that have sufficient Update Connectivity," Guyer added.

Wait a minute aren't the other users the ones that need the troubleshooting more than anyone else?

And Microsoft is nowhere near being able to help users having the easier-to-solve problem yet either?

"If a device has insufficient Update Connectivity, then investigating other update issues is complicated because the low Update Connectivity can create new issues that go away once there's enough connectivity."

It's not too late to fix this with proper engineering, these issues which are not supposed to be there are exactly what need to go away regardless of total connection hours.