I mean, shouldn’t you be able to refuse updates anyway ? Like if there is something you don’t like or that will break your workflow in the update, shouldn’t you be able to accept the risks and keep the old version indefinitely ?
Companies lock out the computer because it is lacking updates rather than have it working. Apple broke ssh on all their macs with an update for three months or so. Managed to postpone it for a while until the called and said I have to update or be locked out. Luckily I had postponed it for so long that the next update arrived just like a week later.
No, not on a business owned device. The updates should give warnings, of course. Some companies don’t seem to know how to supply those warnings before mandating the install, for some reason.
My company uses a third-party deployment platform that gives you dialog with a 60 minute countdown and a button to start immediately. And I think the deployment dialog can’t pop up if you’re not on the computer. Because nobody likes nonsense like five minute countdowns that can start while the screen is locked.
I mean, shouldn’t you be able to refuse updates anyway ? Like if there is something you don’t like or that will break your workflow in the update, shouldn’t you be able to accept the risks and keep the old version indefinitely ?
Edit : a word was missing.
No, because devices need to be compliant, there needs to be an unskipable deadline. Otherwise everyone would just defer.
Companies lock out the computer because it is lacking updates rather than have it working. Apple broke ssh on all their macs with an update for three months or so. Managed to postpone it for a while until the called and said I have to update or be locked out. Luckily I had postponed it for so long that the next update arrived just like a week later.
When you say “companies”, do you mean Apple/Microsoft or the company you’re working for/with ?
No, not on a business owned device. The updates should give warnings, of course. Some companies don’t seem to know how to supply those warnings before mandating the install, for some reason.
The admins are not InTune with the latest technology
My company uses a third-party deployment platform that gives you dialog with a 60 minute countdown and a button to start immediately. And I think the deployment dialog can’t pop up if you’re not on the computer. Because nobody likes nonsense like five minute countdowns that can start while the screen is locked.