So you're in the middle of a final paper or TV show and that annoying notice appears -- Windows must restart to complete updates. Now or later?

Recently I witnessed my friend's finger break the sound barrier to click "later." I couldn't help but ask.

"When's the last time you pressed update?"

"Windows works fine the way it is. Why should I update it?"

Oh boy.

So you all understand, with windows 10 Microsoft has eliminated new versions in favor of continuously updating and improving this one. Even your Xbox One runs a modified Windows 10.

Sure, these updates are generally aimed behind the scenes. Most of the content doesn't directly affect the way you use the operating system.

This isn't a reason to avoid updating.

What's actually inside? Just search in your bar for "update history" to see what's new.

My update was 8 different security patches for general Office, Word and Excel, an update to the Windows Malicious Software Removal Tool and a general Windows 10 update for version 1607.

Why are these so important?

Software doesn't age as gracefully like wine. Hell, I'd feel better eating 5-year-old Twinkies than logging into my bank account with Windows XP.

Basically, each passing day is just another opportunity for some person out there to find some obscure flaw. Maybe the developers ignored criticism or a bug was discovered in the coding language itself.

Either way, there are odd back-doors into any software. The unfortunate thing about these doors is that they're hidden. Even software makers cannot know how every piece of code will interact with potentially millions of different users.

The worst case scenario is that someone takes advantage of that bug to commit a crime before it can be fixed. Those updates you're skipping are those fixes.

Stop the madness. An update a day keeps the hackers at bay, as they say. #makesecuritygreatagain