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Posted on 12/29/2016 9:50:44 PM PST by dayglored
I do love Windows 10. For me it has made Windows into an operating system that I really enjoy using. But there are also a couple of things about how it operates that annoy both me, and power users. Essentially, Windows Updates are a pain and force users to restart at times that aren't convenient, or might automatically reboot a computer with no notice.
Users, like Sergey Tkachenko from WinAero, on the Windows Insider preview program have noticed that a new option has been added to the Windows Update system that allows them to defer all updates for as long as 35 days...
Some versions of Windows 10 (Pro, Enterprise and Education) have a control marked "defer updates" already. This is similar, and hold new features back for long enough for any serious problems to come to light. That's fine for business, but no use for home users who would have to spend the $99 updating to Windows 10 Pro to take advantage of this option...
I do find the way Windows 10 handles updates enormously frustrating, and while this change is welcome I don't think it goes far enough. I'm quite happy for Windows to apply security updates for Defender on its own, but if an update will auto-trigger a reboot then I feel like I should be consulted.
Now, there is a way to stop Windows 10 from rebooting itself after an update...
(Excerpt) Read more at forbes.com ...
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What I don’t like is the updates where the computer reboots with a blank screen that just says “Hi” for like 30 seconds. Sort of like having a weird stalker show up. Then it says “We’ve updated your computer”. Oh wonderful. Kinda feels like candy from a stranger.
In 35 days Microsoft will pull the trigger and BAM!
I don’t like it when I have several Excel files open when a reboot from an update comes around. I have to rename the files to get them to save, I wind up adding the date to the file name.
What I need is to be able to schedule all reboots to a particular day of the week (Saturday.)
The spying?
“Attention, human!
“We are Microsoft and we own your computer...”
I find ALL those "friendly" programmed messages creepy as hell, and that's true for the ones on the Mac as well as Windows, although the ones on recent Windows are worse. Freakin' focus-group-approved twaddle.
You can install updates and reboot now or you can reboot now and install updates. The choice is yours.
Win10 has cost me about 10k now in forced upgrades AND NOW I have a “an error is detected” at every boot up with no fix in sight. F MS. But I’m stuck using Win 10.
“Hi” and “We’ve updated your computer” are Microsoft euphemisms for F.U.
I hate this one feature. I should be able to update and reboot when I find it convenient.
After I did the steps on the page it hasn't forced a reboot yet.
“Win10 has cost me about 10k now in forced upgrades AND NOW I have a “an error is detected” at every boot up with no fix in sight. F MS. But I’m stuck using Win 10.”
I had an update that didn’t download right and it crashed my hard drive.
Luckily my important stuff was kept on a portable hard drive. I now use Ubuntu. It has some issues but at least the operating system is cheap.
Holy crap! Whoever thought that would be a good idea?
“But I’m stuck using Win 10.”
not really. plenty of W7 Pro X64 laptops and desktops available from Dell, Panasonic and others.
I tried the W7-to-W10 upgrade twice each on my laptop and desktop before reverting back to the original OS. I then ventured to try it again after several months on the laptop. I don’t use that computer much but I’ve had no issues so far.
I maintain two other computers for my relatives and one of them has a “native” W10 OS. In the course of teaching her and doing maintenance on it, I still don’t like W10. I don’t hate it, I just don’t like the redesign.
When they stop supporting W10, I’m going to switch to Mac or Linux.
Linux Mint with VirtualBoxes for various flavors of Windows. I have the occasional lockup but since I ditched the SSDs and went back to a spinning HD all has been well of late. It could be that Firefox got fixed. The nice part is no reboots with updates.
I’ve been on 10 Home now for about a month. It’s useable - but 7 was better. I don’t appreciate crapware showing up in my start menu with a price tag attached. It’s like an operating system with advertising built in. And I wish I didn’t have to pay 100 bucks again to be able to encrypt files and folders. The updates don’t bother me.
I have a few games that won’t work on virtual machines, at least not with WINE. I need to figure out how to setup a virtual box I guess
I’m done. Can’t even watch a DVD without downloading an app.
It’s gone backwards, not forwards.
This weekend going back to Windows 7.
And staying there for a while.
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