Windows 10 Automatic Updates Start Causing Problems 7/25/2015 Microsoft Confirms Windows 10 Updates Cannot Be Stopped 7/17/2015
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Posted on 07/28/2015 11:52:12 PM PDT by Berlin_Freeper
When we first unveiled Windows 10 in September, we outlined our plans for a new era of Windows. We wanted to create a Windows that empowered people and organizations to do great things. Our vision was one platform, one store, and one experience that extends across the broadest range of devices from the smallest screens to the largest screens to no screens at all.
For Microsoft, Windows 10 begins to deliver on our vision for more personal computing. In this world experiences are mobile, moving with you seamlessly and easily across your devices. Interacting with technology is as natural as interacting with people – using voice, pen, gestures and even gaze for the right interaction, in the right way, at the right time. And in our connected and transparent world, we respect your privacy and help protect your information.
From the beginning, Windows 10 has been unique – built with feedback from five million Windows Insiders, delivered as a service with ongoing innovations and security updates, and offered as a free upgrade* to genuine Windows 7, Windows 8.1 and Windows Phone 8.1 customers.
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Bought win 7 in 2009...it's now 2015.. My understanding is that win 10 will be even more stable.
Since around 1993
You’ll be “FIXING IT” within 2 months.
Fixing what?
I just told you that win 7 has been running flawlessly with the only exception of a hard drive that went bad and that was not the fault of the OS, for 6 years straight..
I have win 8 on another machine running now for more than two years.
It’s rock solid stable...no issues at all..not even a small glitch.
Oh, I forgot my Tandy color computer II that I bought from Radio Shack in the late 80s..It had a version of DOS, I still have it up in the attic.
The biggest issues today with viruses and malware for MS systems is what I call the Dummy, or die hard who refuses to upgrade their old OS because if they do they have to replace the obsolete computer, usually due to the obsolete mother board and lack of RAM.
The other issues are related to old obsolete applications that because of their age and no longer being supported, may not run well on the newer OS.
Today...My only issue remaining is Adobe Flash, which seems to have issues with these video laden web pages over a period of time. When it starts to get flaky I have to close and restart the browser..or it may crash the browser but not the computer..just the browser.
I keep hoping Adobe fixes the issue but so far they have only improved it marginally...
Windows 10 Automatic Updates Start Causing Problems 7/25/2015 Some time ago, I took all the old drives and stuck them in a old win 98 computer, copied the data, and burned it to disk...later transferring them to a 2TB drive..
The thing with the old drives is that the interfaces with the mother board has changes over the years, and you can’t install them in the newer cases....I am sure someone could modify it at some expense, but sometimes saving the old crap is worth it.
I have seen all that, and what they are complaining about actually began with win 8...but with 8 you could if you wanted to, access the updater and turn it off at least for some hours..
But really the only updates MS is going to push regardless in win 10, are the security updates and OS updates deemed important. The optional updates are still optional, far as I know...and It is possible in some versions of 10, to delay them for exactly the reason I mentioned above..a manual install.
Some of these bozo’s are complaining that you can’t urn of the updater, and that is true, but as long as I have used widows with the automatic updates, I found only one time where turning it off was a good idea, and that was when I was doing a manual install of the OS, and updating it manually.
Other wise I want all of the updates with the exception of those for optional peripheral gear, like video cars etc..
To my knowledge, those updates are still optional.
I got that....I have exactly the same issues with Apple.
But to continue defense of the auto-update issue, Windows for some time has had their own anti virus application. They have to have the auto updater turned on to update the virus data base as well as the associated program.
Also they want those security updates loaded.
It seems to me that they really had little choice but to take away the option of turning it off.
I don’t have any issues with that. Some of the enterprise users may but the version they will likely have, does have a delayed update provision.
Thanks
I beta tested 8...
I backed it out, and in fact ended up doing a reinstall of 7.
I just did not like 8 on a standard laptop with no touch interface. They improved it a bit with 8.1, but from what I have gathered up, 10 seems to be what I want.
I am going to wait till MS does it’s thing..I don’t want any issues with the KEY, with installing it from a ISO, which I now have but have not used. I just want it for backup.
Well I test software for a living and have 6 other PC’s at home running Windows 7 or Windows 8.1, so I figured the risk was minimal for me. I was going to do the beta for 10, but was too busy in my personal and work life to be distracted by it. As far as upgrades go, it was smooth as can be. The only things I have noticed so far is that my Facial recognition software for login is off (or missing) and Cortana is not on by default. If I have any major issues I will post them.
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