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Windows 10 Now a 'Recommended Update' For Windows 7 and 8.1 Users (betanews.com)
Mark Wilson writes: Microsoft has been accused of pushing Windows 10 rather aggressively, and the company's latest move is going to do nothing to silence these accusations. For Windows 7 and Windows 8.1 users, Windows 10 just became a 'recommended update' in Windows Update.
This is a change from the previous categorization of the upgrade as an 'optional update' and it means that there is renewed potential for unwanted installations. After the launch of Windows 10, there were numerous reports of not only the automatic download of OS installation files, but also unrequested upgrades. The changed status of the update means that, on some machines, the installation of Windows 10 could start automatically.
This is a change from the previous categorization of the upgrade as an 'optional update' and it means that there is renewed potential for unwanted installations. After the launch of Windows 10, there were numerous reports of not only the automatic download of OS installation files, but also unrequested upgrades. The changed status of the update means that, on some machines, the installation of Windows 10 could start automatically.
Whipslash arrived and fired you immediately. Farewell and thanks for all the stories and dupes over the years.
Here's my recommendation to Microsoft, go fuck yourself.
You want to fuck up my Windows 7 machine? You want to fuck me with your ads and spying on me? See my recommendation above.
They don't consider how this crap works in a slow internet environment. I'm on boat in Mexico. Internet is slow when you can get it at all. I don't have the bandwidth for your ads and your spyware. I need weather data! Ever try and use outlook on slow internet? it spends most of it's time [not responding]!
I had a situation where my long range wifi usb port pulled out. So I figured I'd just change my mac address on my notebook to the one that died so I can keep using the internet service I paid for... but NOOOOO they block me from doing that.
What happened to when a computer used to be a tool? Now it's a spyware machine I'm supposed to pay for?!
I had to turn off auto updates on my work computer, as the university doesn't yet support 10 officially. That Windows 10 recommender update is really tenacious! Fire is just about necessary to beat it down.
The determined Real Programmer can write Fortran programs in any language.
"How to manage Windows 10 notification and upgrade options:" https://support.microsoft.com/...
Unfortunately I'm still in this boat as well. Linux Mint is my primary OS but I still keep a dual boot of windows for games. As it stands about 1/3 of my steam library is linux compatible.
I had one worse than that. Playing Fallout 4, not triggered an autosave in a while, hit esc so its paused while I have dinner, come back to my linux log in screen. Windows had decided to reboot my machine for updates WHILE a full screen program was running. Brilliant.
Microsoft provides full instructions to disable the Windows 10 update offering.
What do you mean by "misread"? That's basically the recommendation of every security researcher.
We used to have a Bill of Rights. Now, with the rights gone, all we have left is the bill.
Spoken like someone who's never written a public facing website
Games usually close without prompting when you press ALT+F4. They can handle the WM_CLOSE & WM_QUERYENDSESSION events; open a "Do you really want to quit" dialog and prevent a logoff. But I haven't seen many games that do this properly.
09F91102 no, 455FE104 nope, F190A1E8 uh-uh, 7A5F8A09 that's not it, C87294CE no. Ah! 452F6E403CDF10714E41DFAA257D313F.
FWIW, recommended updates aren't installed just because you have updates installed automatically. You still need to manually go into Windows Update to install them.
In fact, IIRC, you may be in more danger doing manual updates, as I believe "recommended" updates are selected by default when you manually update. If you miss the fact Windows 10 is selected, you'll be one step closer to installing it.
You are not alone. This is not normal. None of this is normal.
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See: 17 USC section 109, and Bobbs-Merrill -v- Strauss (1908).
Obligatory car analogy: I buy a Ford F150 flatbed. Who are Ford to say I can't install an aftermarket roof over the deck of MY VEHICLE THAT I PAID FOR rather than pay over the odds for the stock one?
Political debates have me rolling my eyes so much I think I got optical whiplash. I should sue. - Foamy The Squirrel
Why not to use this situation to make him use Ubuntu or something of the linux world