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Another Windows 10 Update Causing Problems (windowsreport.com)
New submitter sexconker writes: The recently-released cumulative update for Windows 10 (KB3140743) is reportedly causing problems. Symptoms include crashes, BSODs, and the inability to boot, even in safe mode. The Windows 10 subreddit has many threads detailing the inability to boot. The only fix seems to be booting to a recovery ISO, uninstalling the update / rolling back, and hoping you don't get hit again. W10Privacy 2 claims to be able to (among other things) give Windows 10 users control over the automatic updates.
It would be impossible for them to operate with no QA department.
You can pull all of the telemetry "updates" without sacrificing the rest. It helps to actually read the descriptions of the updates you're installing. They're not all that cryptic. If it it's an update to "cusotmer experience", "telemetry" or "windows update", don't check the box and hide the update.
PC master race reddit has a good summary of older ones here:
https://www.reddit.com/r/pcmas...
There have been a couple of newer telemetry updates since then. Read what you're installing. Since win7 is not receiving any updates other than security, telemetry BS and windows update BS, it's not even all that much reading.
Why do people keep repeating this nonsense? They did not lay off all their testers. Don't be daft and actually try to do some critical thinking on your own. They laid off (and gave lateral promotions) to a bunch of their testers because they were overlapping and creating more trouble than they were helping with. They still have a huge number of testers.
Err... That doesn't mean they're *good* testers or anything like that. It just means that they've still got thousands of them - thousands. I have no idea why people keep making such silly claims. You're like the third person that I've seen make that claim in this one thread. I've corrected it enough times in the past so I skipped replying to them as I figured they were just stupid or trolls. At this point, I'm just curious as to why people don't actually bother to verify the things they read on Slashdot.
If you believe everything you read on Slashdot, you're nothing short of a fucking idiot. Really, a fucking idiot. Slashdot is full of idiots - I know, I am one! Let's clear a few things up, shall we?
Things we know to be true, or true with a reasonable level of confidence:
Bill Gates does not eat human babies.
RMS has taken a shower.
Mozilla is not killing Thunderbird.
The judge used the All Writs Act to issue the order to Apple, it is not a warrant.
Copyright is not trademark.
Trademarks are not patents.
You can not get a copyright on your pet frog.
Somalia is not a Libertarian Paradise.
Democrats don't generally all want to put you in government housing, make you eat only certain foods, and take all of your money to give to the poor.
Republicans don't actually want to issue babies with guns, give the government to the businesses, and aren't all religious folks.
Some Muslims are terrorists.
Some Muslims are not terrorists.
Steve Jobs was not an alien.
Elon Musk has an asshole - he probably won't let you do that to it.
Libertarians are not generally anarchists, some are minarchists.
If you say a fire department is socialist, you're stupid and adding nothing to the conversation.
The moon is not made of green cheese, we know this because we've been there.
There's no evidence to suggest that the editors will ever do a good job.
IoT is possible to do in a sane way.
Cloud computing is not new, novel, or always the best choice.
You can actually see the source code for Windows if you want to jump through the hoops - it's free.
Linux is awesome, even if you don't use it. So isn't OS X, so isn't Windows.
It should be a surprise that it works as well as it does, not that it fails as often as it does.
Chance are, most of us are not experts on any given subject so trying to authoritatively state facts, draw conclusions, or opine is just your ego - and probably wrong.
Dogs are better than cats.
Bicycles are not viable transportation for everybody.
None of us have a clue what we're talking about - but we'll fight about it.
Obama is an American.
There were WMDs in Iraq, just not a whole bunch of them.
You don't need a citation when someone says that gravity is just a theory.
Elephants don't wear pajamas.
Pointing out a spelling or grammar error does not mean you win an argument about which IDE is best.
Security is a process, not an application.
Nothing usable is ever completely secure.
Firearms are inanimate objects, also that's probably a rifle and not a gun.
When a privately owned site doesn't let you say what you want, that is not against the law.
No, dogs really are objectively better than cats.
The terms 'liberal,' 'SJW,' 'feminist,' 'fascist,' and more have lost their meaning. That's your fault.
You're probably quoting Benjamin Franklin wrong. He probably wouldn't be spinning in his grave. He'd probably be shagging cute chicks and playing DOOM.
Linus swears, a lot. If you're surprised by this, you're an idiot. If you're bothered by this, don't read/listen. Nobody asked your opinion.
I can go on, boy can I go on...
Anyhow, those are a few things that we know. One of the things we know, beyond reasonable doubt, is that Microsoft has not fired (or laid-off) all of their testers.
"So long and thanks for all the fish."