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Many people, myself included, do not intend to upgrade older computers to the new, free, Windows 10. Microsoft has made refusing this upgrade almost impossible, at times. The upgrade is free because Microsoft will know everything you do and have saved on your computer. They will be able to mine your old and new data (including keystrokes) and your usage of programs and websites, to ostensibly market ads to you throughout all of your activities. It also helps them tell the government all such information, when requested.
1 posted on 01/09/2016 11:50:01 AM PST by ConservativeMind
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I`m still interested in LINUX programs but I tried downloading Ubuntu last year and it crashed my computer to the point I had to take it to the Geek Squad to reload my Windows. Is there anything else that`s easy to use but open source enough to not be henchman to the proglydite statists?


2 posted on 01/09/2016 11:59:42 AM PST by nomad
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“Microsoft will start pushing out a Windows 10 upgrade as a recommended, virtually mandatory, update very soon”

Translation:

Microsoft isn’t going to “force” you to do anything, but this article is a complete waste of time unless we can lie and tell you (with weasel words just in case we get called on the lie) that they are going to make you. Just watch how many people leave logic at the door and completely believe this!

“virtually mandatory”? Swear these tech blogs just hire the first retard off the street that can plug in a USB mouse to write this stuff.


3 posted on 01/09/2016 12:02:40 PM PST by VanDeKoik
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I’m running Mint on my web-connected PC now, so no worries about the MSJBTs.


4 posted on 01/09/2016 12:04:18 PM PST by Disambiguator
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The bastards will not force me into installing an operating system with no guarantee that my applications and programs will work.
I own my computer and have useful work to do with it.
When I’m ready I’ll buy a new computer with 10 already installed.

It’s not an upgrade. It’s changing the most fundamental set of programs that run the computer.


5 posted on 01/09/2016 12:08:17 PM PST by I want the USA back (The further a society drifts from the truth, the more it will hate those who speak it. Orwell.)
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Windows 10, nicknamed “Windows Cosby” will force itself on your computer. Be vigilant.


6 posted on 01/09/2016 12:12:05 PM PST by aMorePerfectUnion (As a representative of Earth, I officially welcome Global Warming to our planet)
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I need to turn it off due to an incompatibility with my video card... MS needs to address this and make the process “simple enough for a caveman”.


9 posted on 01/09/2016 12:20:01 PM PST by Neidermeyer (Bill Clinton is a 5 star general in the WAR ON WOMEN and Hillary is his Goebbels.)
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XP TID!!!


10 posted on 01/09/2016 12:22:29 PM PST by Allen In Texas Hill Country
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It tries. So far, I’v ebeen able to keep it off.


13 posted on 01/09/2016 12:28:38 PM PST by TBP (Obama lies, Granny dies.)
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It tries. So far, I’v ebeen able to keep it off.


14 posted on 01/09/2016 12:28:38 PM PST by TBP (Obama lies, Granny dies.)
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If anyone with Windows 8, 8.1, or 10 decides the Metro interface is for the birds on anything but a tablet, download and install the free “Classic Shell” and banish Metro from our life forever. The underlying OS is good and stable, it’s the user interface (GUI) that annoys hell out of many of us, and Classic Shell makes Windows 8 and newer look and feel like XP or Win 7.


15 posted on 01/09/2016 12:28:44 PM PST by bigbob ("Victorious warriors win first and then go to war" Sun Tzu.)
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PFL


17 posted on 01/09/2016 12:32:43 PM PST by onona (Blind Faith - originally released in 1969 on Polydor Records)
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My machine already has those keys that way. The wife’s doesn’t even have the Windows Update section.


19 posted on 01/09/2016 12:39:27 PM PST by discostu (Up-Up-Down-Down-Left-Right-Left-Right B, A, Start)
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bfl


20 posted on 01/09/2016 12:41:03 PM PST by kanawa
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Bookmark


23 posted on 01/09/2016 12:44:28 PM PST by DocRock (All they that TAKE the sword shall perish with the sword. Matthew 26:52 Gun grabbers beware.)
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http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/3381104/posts on 1/7/16.


26 posted on 01/09/2016 12:55:23 PM PST by upchuck (Killary is the poster girl for everything wrong with our government. h/t Mister Da)
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M4L Win 10 (evil)


29 posted on 01/09/2016 12:59:11 PM PST by Scrambler Bob
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You can stop the annoying pop-ups by following the procedure below. I have used it and I haven't been bothered in the past two months. The offending update is KB3035583 and MS repeatedly re-inserts this update every time it offers you other critical updates.

You can refer to the below mentioned steps to hide an update.

Press Window key + X.

Select Control Panel from the list.

Under view by option select large icons.

And then click either Windows Update or Microsoft Update.

Now click on important updates available (recommended).

Click to clear the check box that is next to the KB3035583 update.

Expand the KB3035583 update that you want to hide, and then click the "Don't show this update again" check box or in my case with Windows 8.1, "hide" .

Click Review and install updates.

30 posted on 01/09/2016 12:59:34 PM PST by JohnG45
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Just use this tool:

GWX Control Panel

This is a free tool that can remove and disable the ‘Get Windows 10’ notification area icon on Windows 7 and Windows 8. Recent versions can also disable ‘Upgrade to Windows 10’ behavior in the Windows Update control panel and do much more. See the user guide at the Ultimate Outsider blog. You can still download GWX Control Panel as a standalone executable if you don’t like installers. Please see the “GWX CONTROL PANEL RELEASE NOTES” section at the user guide for MD5 and SHA-1 checksums of all official releases.

http://ultimateoutsider.com/downloads/

I’ve done it on 3 of my PCs with no problem.


31 posted on 01/09/2016 1:00:23 PM PST by McGruff (Trump/Cruz 2016 - could happen)
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Save for future use.


32 posted on 01/09/2016 1:00:56 PM PST by Cicero (Marcus Tullius)
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Thanks!


33 posted on 01/09/2016 1:01:23 PM PST by Chainmail (A simple rule of life: if you can be blamed, you're responsible.)
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