Posted on 02/22/2016 7:05:41 PM PST by Utilizer
Thank you so much .. I will check into that.
Don't know about KB 3135173, but previous updates during the last few months have pretty much changed browser and other defaults. Unpredictably. Randomly.
I made the huge mistake of choosing my newest Win8/8.1 Desktop to upgrade to Win 10, with all my most useful programs on it: Office 365, WinZip, Adobe Acrobat, Adobe Photoshop Essentials, CompupicPro (which worked in Win 7) and other minor ones I may not even remember.
And daily, now, on my surviving Win7 laptop, I get s stupid Message : 110 MILLION PCs HAVE UPGRADED TO WINDOWS10 FOR FREE!
HOW MANY OF THOSE HAVE BEEN THOROUGHLY TRASHED IN THE PROCESS?? AND IN SUBSEQUENT "UPDATES" THAT GOES FROM BAD TO WORSE? 10%? 25%
I know part of the "free upgrade to Win10" was an EUA that forces us to accept all risk resulting from the upgrade
What they failed to mention (or maybe not) is that what we were accepting was to be Alpha testers, and whatever damage resulted from that.
But a wholesale revolt by the suckers (110 million of us?) might have some juice. How much will it cost to fix X% of those 110 million computers?
1. Do not leave any USB devices connected to a Win10 computer before turning it on.
2. Disconnect at the computer if going through a hub. If you Have an external USB Drive as you backup device--- pray.
3. DO NOT use USB memory sticks made pre-Win 10. The results may be disastrous, both to the memory sticks and to the Win 10 machine.
Not discussed much, but Win 10 uses a new File format, and it hates NTFS and FAT, the most popular File formats pre-Win 10.
I’m sure you’re aware there are ways to disable the auto updates in 10. It’s either get all the updates or none.
Bumpp for later
Have you considered using a Kiosk version of Linux for your basic needs?
Just a thought...
If my memory is correct, it’s less than two years since the EU hit Microsoft with big $ fines for “anti-competitive commercial practices”. I don’t see how this latest kind of behaviour from Win10 [auto-changing your software preferences] is going to go down well with the EU!
I updated a couple of weeks ago and it could not have gone more smoothly. For everything to work seamlessly from computer to phone, I need to use IE. Thanks.
Seriously. Makes one wonder who at Microsoft decided on its design???
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