Microsoft points to a golden future where you can make Windows 10 your own (2019)

The Register ^ | Oct 18, 2018 | Richard Speed

[LouieFisk]

“I suppose they know if you went to the trouble of buying a new PC with 7, you certainly wanted nothing to do with 10.”
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Some of my PCs came with Win10, I just remove it and install Win 7 or 8.1 instead. (And often also Linux as a second option to boot into.)

[Bob434]

i use that classic shell too

Yeah i know abotu delaying updates in win 10- but what i mean is like in windows 7 you go to ‘windows update’ and can choose to install all updates, or individual ones, and ones you know are bad updates (after reading about problems with them online- Say a KB update breaks something, but you haven’t installed it- you read about the problem online, and you avoid that particular KB update by choosing not to install it when you go to windows update app) You can hide- you don’t have to get that particular update- in win 10, you have no choice, you eventually have to get all updates they throw at you-

It’s just another option that win 10 took away from users-

[Bob434]

[[Thanks. Now I will probably encounter this word several times over the next several days.]]

LOL- just like when someone says “Look at the clock, it says 3:33, or 4:44” or something like that- so every time ya look at clock in following weeks it’s 2:22, 3:33, 4:44 etc- it’s spooky how that happens sometimes

[Vortex]

Never understood how MS was able to legally force install that crap OS Spyware on someone’s PC without permission.

[so_real]

Nope. I'd like to use Windows 10 for business. But as long as it contains XBox apps, WindowsStore, People, the games, metro interface, Cortana, and Edge ... that just is not going to happen. I'm good with Linux for 99% of what I do. Might have to quit doing the other 1%.

[LouieFisk]

“in win 10, you have no choice, you eventually have to get all updates they throw at you”
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Yup, just another item under the “Why it sux” category. I’ll just keep Win 7 on a few machines after it’s support runs out. I won’t use it for anything online, but just to run some Windows programs I prefer to keep using.
I can access anything on Win7 using Linux, so no problem with file management between operating systems.

[yesthatjallen]

'No, Cortana. I don't want to know what's playing at the local movie theater.'

Give me back the classic start menu.

I don't want to see 'tiles'.

[Right Wing Assault]

Shortly after Win10 came out, I got Start10 by Stardock. You can get it working and looking a lot like Win7. I think it was $5. Best $5 software I ever bought. It's on sale now for a whopping $2.49. I'm still using it.

https://www.stardock.com/products/start10/

https://www.youtube.com/watch?reload=9&reload=9&v=L8WhnveYUkA

They are a game designers https://www.stardock.com/games/

and write computer utilities, too. https://www.stardock.com/products/

[wattojawa]

there were lawsuits over it actually

[Phillyred]

Is there a “STOP MAKING EVERYTHING SLOW” button? The crap you have to go through to stop processes that bog down your performance is ridiculous!

[Bommer]

Does it do anything to speed up the OS boot?

[KarlInOhio]

Will they have something that won’t download updates, reboot and kill files which I haven’t saved yet?

[Fester Chugabrew]

. . .it’s spooky how that happens sometimes.

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. . . especially when it’s 6:66.

[Paal Gulli]

You can already do all that ...and more ... with Bob.Omb’s Modified Win10PEx64.

[FreedomPoster]

Bfl

[DaxtonBrown]

Two Words: Linux Mint Cinnamon

[ExGeeEye]

Pretty much agree with your list. I’d keep the calculator.

[mdmathis6]

I find calculator and paint useful. I don’t use mail.

[Chode]

i understand using other products, but do the ms products inhibit them to the point the must be removed?

this just sounds silly to me

[dayglored]

> i understand using other products, but do the ms products inhibit them to the point the must be removed? this just sounds silly to me

Disk space is cheap, and most of those apps don't run background processes. But in many environments (businesses, and homes with young'uns) the presence of those apps can create confusion or invite trouble.