Posted on 05/31/2016 9:38:32 AM PDT by dayglored
Samsung is advising customers against succumbing to Microsoft’s nagging and installing Windows 10.
The consumer electronics giant's support staff have admitted drivers for its PCs still don’t work with Microsoft's newest operating system and told customers they should simply not make the upgrade.
That’s nearly a year after Microsoft released Windows 10 and with a month to go until its successor – Windows 10 Anniversary Update – lands.
Samsung’s customers have complained repeatedly during the last 12 months of being either unable to install Microsoft’s operating system on their machines or Windows 10 not working properly with components if they do succeed.
However, with the one-year anniversary fast approaching it seems neither of these tech giants have succeeded in solving these persistent problems.
A Register reader with a Samsung NP-R590 laptop got in touch when he couldn’t install Windows 10 and after he approached Samsung support.
He complained that his Broadcom wireless card does not work with windows 10.
In an email seen by The Register, our reader was told frankly by Samsung:
“Honestly speaking, we don't suggest installation of Windows 10 to any Samsung laptop or PC and we are still coordinating with Microsoft regarding to this matter," Samsung's UK support said.“The Drivers that we have on our website are not yet compatible to the latest version of Windows. What we usually recommend is to keep the current Windows version and we'll update you once the Windows 10 have no more issues on any Samsung laptops and computers or even monitors.”
Samsung's email limply advised the reader to contact Microsoft directly for more information, at its Thames Valley Park campus in Berkshire, UK.
The Register contacted Microsoft and Samsung to find out when updated drivers for Samsung PCs and Windows 10 would be released.
But Samsung was unable to respond, despite repeated attempts.
Microsoft only managed a boilerplate statement attributed to a spokesperson. “Microsoft and Samsung are committed to Windows 10, and are working closely together to provide the best possible Windows 10 upgrade experience,“ it said.
Microsoft “encouraged” Samsung users to visit that company's own website to “ensure upgrade is supported by their PC".
My ASUS and LENOVO work just fine.
I’m gonna buy 10 Samsungs PCs, laptop or whatever.
Short answer: no. The new dealio from MS is that you can’t turn off updates.
You do have to option of tricking it - providing you use WiFi to get to the Internet. In that case you can tell the operating system that the WiFi is metered (cost per megabyte download) and that delays downloads of updates until it senses a hard line connection.
This is about a Samsung failure, not a Microsoft problem.
I guess it's too much to ask that you read enough to realize that, eh? LOL indeed.
Same thing on our desk top. We had 7 on it and were happy and then one day my wife turns it on and presto chango it’s running 10. We just left it on because we are already running 10on everything else.
MS did the same to me. Win10 killed the Conexant audio driver on my new hp. It is slow and there isn’t a pop up in the world that doesn’t like to critically slow me down or freeze me up.
Did I strike a nerve with you Microsoft Windows haters?
Lenovo laptop.
Despite months of denying Windows access it got installed anyway.
Could NOT use the “abort installation” dialog box -> That went into an infinite loop.
Now? No audio until I get back into the states and either un-install Winfuck 10 or update all the audio and video drivers.
The uninstall routine doesn’t work.
Hardly. I was just teasing you for not reading enough to realize this isn't an anti-Microsoft thread. If anything, it's an anti-Samsung thread. But unfortunately you apparently view anything other than unquestioning praise as condemnation.
Are you ready to start your WindowsLoversPingList yet? My offer is still good...
Tks
My task tonight
Let us know how it works.
Be sure you install the Never10 software that you can get free from Gibson Research. It’s a tiny unobstrusive program than you can control if you ever decide that you actually want Windows10
https://www.grc.com/never10.htm
That sucks. I have an HP PC and downloaded and installed 10 without any real problems, except that it takes some time to initialize when I turn the computer on. I think that could be solved by adding more RAM.
“I’ve tried to avoid Samsung ever since.”
65” TV going on four years.
Galaxy S2 still working fine. Upgraded to S7.
Come back out of your cave.
That is great news. I want to get a new labtap - but I don’t want Win10. I don’t need that fancy software - I just do email and write books.
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