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Updating and Maintaining Windows

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Operating systems today are more complex than ever before. The sheer amount of lines of code that goes into making an operating system (OS) runs into the millions. There is going to be the occasional bug that needs fixing, but updates are more than just bug fixes. Modern operating systems receive updates that cover a range of different areas, which will be explored in this chapter.

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Rhodes, C., Bettany, A. (2016). Updating and Maintaining Windows. In: Windows Installation and Update Troubleshooting. Apress, Berkeley, CA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4842-1827-3_6

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