“I get these endless pop up windows URGING me to update to Windows 10, and I keep worrying that one day I might accidentally hit that button. “
Well then keep an eye on yourself, because at no point is MS taking your mouse, moving it over, and forcing you to do it.
“No, I don’t want Windows 10. I don’t even want Windows 7. (it sucks.) No, I don’t need Microsoft “helping” me manage my usage or browsing, what I need Microsoft to do is to leave me the F*** alone apart from providing subsequently discovered vulnerability updates, so long as they don’t compromise my privacy. “
Well then dont install it. Like what is it with the constant “I’m a victim” thing? You are an adult. Do adult things like not doing things you dont want.
“Well I don’t give a flying flip about Microsoft’s profits. I hate that company. Everything they do more or less sucks. I hate Google and Apple too, but for mostly different reasons. “
Well then why are you even using computers?
“I am seriously contemplating telling the whole lot to go to H3ll and switching to Linux”
Where at any point you run into an “issue” you can then scream at them (or whomever), because Linux, despite what the people on FR that constantly hawk it say, is no magic OS that free you from all your tech troubles, it just makes those troubles next to impossible to fix because there usually aren’t anyone to run to make it go away easily.
You must have exquisite inherent control of both your mental faculties and your coordination. Many's the time I tried to close a pop up window and accidentally activated it.
Sorry. I'm not super human like you are. I sometimes make a mistake with my hand-eye coordination, or through carelessness.
Being the non-perfect human being that I am, I would prefer if a horrible system altering Pop up would not "pop up." You may be perfectly happy with a bunch of annoying pop ups, because you obviously have the brain power and coordination to deal with them like a super hero. I would prefer it if people would stop trying to make me look at pop ups that I don't want to look at in the first place. How about I go to them if I want to upgrade? Why nag? I don't like nagging.
Well then dont install it. Like what is it with the constant “I’m a victim†thing? You are an adult. Do adult things like not doing things you dont want.
You've got it backwards. I'm not a "victim", because I keep refusing to be a victim. What I would prefer is that someone didn't keep trying to make me into a victim. How about Microsoft just leave me the F*** alone? How about that?
Well then why are you even using computers?
I was using computers before Microsoft, Apple, or Google were a "thing". I was programing machine code at 15, and have been using computers my whole life. I build stuff using computers and microprocessors for which people pay me money. One does not need Google, Microsoft, or Apple to use computers. The usage of computers does not require the patronage of any of the above companies.
Where at any point you run into an “issue†you can then scream at them (or whomever), because Linux, despite what the people on FR that constantly hawk it say, is no magic OS that free you from all your tech troubles, it just makes those troubles next to impossible to fix because there usually aren’t anyone to run to make it go away easily.
This might be a problem for the housewives on Facebook or something, but it is generally not a problem that I or my circle of tech friends have.
I use Windows because up till now because it has been convenient. When it starts becoming a pest, i'm gonna dump it.
I noticed one weird thing that happened to my computer when I upgraded from Win 7 to Win 10. Pissed me off, too.
It changed my password to my Microsoft Store (?) account’s password.
It did this when I downloaded a couple of programs from Microsoft’s website that were formerly packaged with Windows 7 (and XP before that, IIRC). Why Microsoft decided to remove those formerly free, included-in-the-OS-and-somewhat-useful programs is beyond me.
#1 - Do you offhand know how to get my password back, but different than the Microsoft Store password? Of course I can Google it, but since you seem to be an expert in Win 10, I was hoping you’d save me some search time.
#2 - Do you know why Microsoft removed the programs they did? I’m assuming they did so in version 8 as well, but I don’t have access to that to verify it.