{"id":6461,"date":"2018-08-08T15:12:08","date_gmt":"2018-08-08T13:12:08","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/159.69.82.204\/win\/?p=6461"},"modified":"2023-07-19T16:17:58","modified_gmt":"2023-07-19T14:17:58","slug":"a-windows-update-bricked-steven-sinofskys-surface-rt","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/borncity.com\/win\/2018\/08\/08\/a-windows-update-bricked-steven-sinofskys-surface-rt\/","title":{"rendered":"A Windows Update bricked Steven Sinofsky’s Surface RT"},"content":{"rendered":"

[German<\/a>]A little Schadenfreude and a nice story for for annoyed Windows users who are facing a bricked system after an update install. Also happens to more prominent people, like Mr. Steven Sinofsky…<\/p>\n

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\"\"My grandmother used to say 'God punishes small sins immediately' – but since the Lord has a lot to do at the moment, some cases take a little longer ;-).  <\/p>\n

Users are dissatisfied with the Windows updates<\/h2>\n

I report frequently about issues with Windows updates here in this blog. Some times I hear that with 700 million Windows 10 installations, even a thousand machines that have been damaged by updates are nothing. And there is the argument 'with the many millions of hardware combinations, Microsoft can hardly prevent an update from going wrong'. <\/p>\n

A few days ago I had an article about user satisfaction with Windows 10 updates and the open letter from Susan Bradley to Microsoft's CEO Satya Nadella in my blog. A lot of people are quite pissed about the update quality, but Microsoft support has wiped it away with a few empty words. If you are interested, the articles are linked at the end of the article. <\/p>\n

Did it hit the right guy? <\/h2>\n

The question mark in the title means 'jugde yourself'. I just stumbled across a tweet by Steven Sinofsky, who almost swept me off my office chair laughing.  <\/p>\n

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Windows Update bricked my Surface RT.<\/p>\n

\u2014 Steven Sinofsky (@stevesi) 8. August 2018<\/p><\/blockquote>\n