[TexasRepublic]

“Now if they would just stop their relentless push to convert to Windows 10.”

One of the Windows 8.1 computers in our office fell victim to that unwanted upgrade just today. The user had been rejecting the nagware “recommendation” to upgrade for the past two months. Today, the machine simply upgraded anyway. Then to add insult to injury, the user had to “Accept” a screenful of legalese that allows Microsuck to pillage more information from the computer, or else the computer would be unusable. She was not a happy camper. I told the user that it was akin to rape, that she should just lay back and enjoy the experience! (Thank goodness she has a sense of humor!) And I said for the umpteenth time, “This is why I use Linux instead”.

[Bernard]

My old laptop upgraded to Win 10 last night. I have other devices already on Windows 10, so I was prepared for the initial "press this, press that". After that, the new operating system worked pretty well; all my stuff was where I left it, all the old programs worked, etc. And the machine seems a little faster, which is probably from the comparison to Win 7, which really has not been supported lately.

Microsoft can do a good job when it does the stuff it knows how to do.

[Grams A]

It’s worse than rape. We only use our desktops to access the internet and to store software which we then enter data in and transmit. We set all our computers to no downloads without asking and then when each person goes home for the day they unhook their computer from the internet. Not much else I know to do. Hopefully that will help some.

The computers with all our data are laptops and they aren’t even connected to the internet. Takes a little more time for everyone to do their work but at least we know client’s and patient’s information cannot be accessed that way.