Personally have spent more time un-doing MS upgrades than actual hassle free computing.
Aps for your smart phone are just as bad with the auto updates. Programs dont need to update themselves every 24 hours or re-write the kernle to work today vs. yesterday.
After using Linux as a server for years, I recently installed an Ubuntu desktop. It has nearly everything I need, and runs flawlessly.
I used this and have never had a problem since:
https://www.grc.com/never10.htm
Free, and it worked immediately.
If you don’t want Windows upgrades, move to Linux or a Mac. Windows upgrades are mainly designed to keep you safe online. If you can’t figure out Windows 10, you won’t stand a chance against a scammer or adware or ransomware.
I long for the days of XP! Still have it on one of my puters, but no upgrades or security anymore. So, I don’t use it much.
I’ve been a Microsoft user since 1995. I currently own three laptops that each (XP, Vista, Windows 7) have been upgraded to their sequels, and my desktop which still runs Windows 7.
Windows Vista and 8 drew me closer to the decision I made when 10 was announced. That is I’ll be switching to a new OS as soon as Microsoft no longer supports Windows 7. I’m still investigating how to change the OS to Linux and will sacrifice one of the laptops to do it before I commit my desktop to that OS.
I am leaning toward Mac for a desktop as I’m done buying any laptops.
All I had to do was say no. OK my home desktop didn’t take to the registry hack so I had to say no every day. But the wife’s machine and my work desktop took it fine, no upgrades, no nagging, still not on 10 today on any machine.
Upgraded all Windows 7 computers in my house to Windows 10.
Mostly a big pain in the ass for me, a tech guy.
I did it thinking that since Microsoft was pushing free upgrades, that they’d be on the fast path to have hardware guys update their drivers, etc. etc.
Turns out no, not the case. Most hardware still uses Windows 7 drivers, most of which still work but some of which are now broken and need you to perform voodoo to get the equipment working properly. I can’t tell you how many times I have to unplug and replug my 1-year-old USB webcam and what incantations I have to mutter to talk to my oldest son via Skype.
Then there’s the interface. I swear to you, if I have to drop to a search line to find Calculator or Notepad again, I’m going jihadi on the Redmond campus. There’s absolutely no reason I should ever need to click Cortana search (and I didn’t even install Cortana) to find a program that’s already installed on my computer, ESPECIALLY if it’s an old Accessory group program.
Ugh.
get with the program or get off the boat
the cloud is the new direction and one must go or be left out altogether
It was not an upgrade. It was a replacement operating system. I blocked all attempts by the MS bastards to install something on my computers without my knowledge.
When I’m ready to buy a new computer, it’ll have Win 10, and that will be fine.
I got pretty frantic combating the W10 upgrade aggressions until I was advised how to prevent the update notices as well as the update from coming into my space. I suspect MSFT will eventually get around that or will simply disable my W7. I am not at all interested in “upgrading” to a system that is slated to become an annual subscription. I would be off MSFT by now except I seem to suffer from some sort of digital block against Linux. Mostly I am unable to load versions of it and when I do get it successfully loaded my machine will short out or just stop working and after the fourth session with an IT guy (expensive) I give up on that version. I am still trying.
At this point, since microsoft is no longer “offering” the “upgrade” to windows 10, it’s probably relatively safe to turn on security updates on Win7. The problem is, MS is still trying to push out some of their telemetry programs to Win7. You have to know which ones to disable, and likely have to keep disabling them because MS has a habit of not accepting “no” for an answer. At one time I had a list of the telemetry ‘updates’, but haven’t bothered keeping track of it. I have Win7 running as a VM under Linux Mint so I can back up my iPhone. The only program that ever runs in that VM is iTunes so I’m not worrying about updates at all, as the VM is never used to browse the web.
Once a message came on my screen, blocking everything, with no “x” or any visible way to remove it, asking me if I wanted to upgrade to Windows 10 now or a couple days in the future. No other choices. No opt out. I was furious! The tactics they have used are just plain wrong.
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OK. I read the article, but I don’t see the “and won” part that is in the title. What was won? It doesn’t mention the winning.
I took the chance and upgraded one of my desktops to Win 10 (from Win7) back in March or April. While not completely trouble free, the installation was pretty easy, and the program ran well. I later upgraded all of my computers including a couple of Win 8.1 boxes.
Win 10 has been a good program with zero BSOD occurrences on on any of my machines.
I dual boot Ubuntu on the two desktops in my office and Win 10 upgrades have caused no issues with the existing Linux partitions. I’m not a Microsoft fan, but I give Windows 10 two thumbs up as a quality operating system. Since I didn’t have to pay anything for it, I can’t complain (Somebody else paid for the original Win 7 licenses).
Cost me over $7500 in forced software upgrades. F MS. Except I’m stuck using their garbage due to my software requirements.
involuntary or adhesion contract data mining should be illegal.
Car sellers are not allowed to modify warrenties at the 11:59th hour. There must always be a way to turn off any data mining.