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Windows 10 Will Soon Let You Opt-Out of Automatic Driver Updates (pcworld.com)
An anonymous reader quotes a report from PCWorld: Microsoft is giving users some more control over Windows 10 updates, with a new beta build of its operating system released Monday. The build allows folks with the Windows 10 Professional, Education, and Enterprise versions to defer new updates for up to 35 days. In addition, the company will allow those users to decide whether or not they want to include driver updates when they want to update Windows. It's a move that helps respond to one of the key criticisms of Windows 10: that Microsoft's regime of forced, cumulative updates has caused problems for users with some configurations. This way, users can steer clear of updates they don't want to install yet and dodge problematic driver updates. The newly-minted update changes are just one part of the improvements added to Windows 10 with the build released Monday. Microsoft is also working on making the initial Windows 10 setup more accessible using Cortana. The company's virtual assistant can ask users questions at setup -- when they speak languages that it can understand -- and use those answers to configure devices. A small number of beta users will also begin to see a battery life experiment pop up on their devices. Microsoft is also giving users an easier way to connect to a virtual private network. Once Windows 10 has a user's VPN settings loaded, it's possible to activate the connection with the tap of a button without opening up VPN settings.
OH THANK YOU my benevolent overlords from Redmond!
Please, let me lick your boots for granting me this unprecedented freedom!!
Just cruising through this digital world at 33 1/3 rpm...
What about letting us choose everything we want to update?
Fuck you, you filthy child-molesting communist!!
Signed, Satya Nadella
Benevolent Dictator, Microsoft Corp.
Just cruising through this digital world at 33 1/3 rpm...
You know, this starts to remind me of an old GDR joke. You have to know that toilet paper was in short supply back then and politicians promised anything and everything but never once mentioned toilet paper with but a word.
Speaker: Comrades! In only 5 years, everyone will have his own three-room flat!
Man in the crowd: Yeah, but what about the toilet paper?
Speaker: And comrades! In only 10 years, everyone will have his very own car!
Man: Ok, but the toilet paper?
Speaker (enraged): Kiss my ass (literally: Lick my ass!)
Man: Typical, they have a solution for party members but what about us?
We used to have a Bill of Rights. Now, with the rights gone, all we have left is the bill.