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5 Unintended Consequences of Windows 10 Upgradegate
makeuseof.com ^ | June 13, 2016 | Tina Sieber

Posted on 06/13/2016 9:04:11 AM PDT by Utilizer

One thing that really annoys us about Windows 10 is Microsoft’s aggressive upgrade strategy.

Steve Jobs famously said “people don’t know what they want until you show it to them.” Microsoft must think this is true for Windows 10. And so its developers keep finding new ways to trick Windows 7 and 8 users into upgrading because surely they will like Windows 10 once the see it. Or they’ll just surrender.

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Microsoft acts as if its goal for 1 billion Windows 10 users supersedes the company’s responsibility for its existing Windows customers. This reckless battle has unintended consequences that not only hurts Microsft’s customers, but also its business.

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TOPICS: Business/Economy; Computers/Internet
KEYWORDS: doze; upgrade; upgradegate; win10; win7; win8; windows; windows10
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To: Banjoguy

You are most welcome. Good luck and have fun. :)


61 posted on 06/14/2016 3:41:37 PM PDT by Utilizer (Bacon A'kbar! - In world today are only peaceful people, and the muzrims trying to kill them)
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To: dburt2

Thank you for the advice, but I run Linux boxen. Not win10 at all. For some machines I dual-boot to run XP when I need to for certain programs but I never allow any of those machines to connect to the net at any time.

Customers, however, are another headache entirely. *sigh*


62 posted on 06/14/2016 3:44:33 PM PDT by Utilizer (Bacon A'kbar! - In world today are only peaceful people, and the muzrims trying to kill them)
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To: Utilizer
“people don’t know what they want until you show it to them.”

I know what I don't want, and I don't need to be shown it to know it.

63 posted on 06/14/2016 3:47:26 PM PDT by kevao (Biblical Jesus: Give your money to the poor. Socialist Jesus: Give your neighbor's money to the poor)
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To: Keen-Minded

You should make it a practice to back up your compute on a periodic basis as you never know when you might have a problem with your setup some day. Fans stop turning. Hard drives fail. Power supplies die.

And sometimes you get the BSOD from the OS just to remind you who is really running your machine. *grin*

System Rescue CD is a valuable addition for as-needed rescues of machines gone bad, and it comes with a ‘nix program called “partimage” that will make exact copies of any partitions on your HDD or even the entire drive so you can re-install everything to exactly as it was previously should the worst come to pass. It takes a bit to learn the command-line instructions to use it comfortably but I believe it is more than worth the effort.

It has already rescued many machines here over the years and I keep copies about in several places so I can grab one and perform a rescue whenever it becomes necessary. Love it. :)

Cheers!


64 posted on 06/14/2016 3:52:22 PM PDT by Utilizer (Bacon A'kbar! - In world today are only peaceful people, and the muzrims trying to kill them)
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To: dayglored

No worries, mate. Stop by and have a look-see whenever you feel the urge. Feels like a good thread, I agree.

Cheers!


65 posted on 06/14/2016 3:53:55 PM PDT by Utilizer (Bacon A'kbar! - In world today are only peaceful people, and the muzrims trying to kill them)
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To: Utilizer

Bkmk


66 posted on 06/14/2016 4:04:19 PM PDT by sauropod (Beware the fury of a patient man.)
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