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Many Windows 10 Users Unable To Connect To Windows Update Service (bleepingcomputer.com)
For the past two days, some Windows 10 users from around the world have been reporting that they are unable to connect to Windows Update. When they attempt to do so, Windows 10 will complain that they are unable to connect to the update service. From a report: We first learned about this problem yesterday when our member Opera contacted us stating that they, and many others, were having issues connecting to Windows Update. When they tried updating, Windows would report that it could not connect to the update service. The wording of the error, shown below, indicates that this is an Internet connectivity issue, but others are not so sure. "We couldn't connect to the update service. We'll try again later, or you can check now. If it still doesn't work, make sure you're connected to the Internet" Unfortunately, there is no clear cut answer as to what is causing this issue and some feel it is related to a botched Windows Defender update and others state that this could be a DNS issue.
Unfortunately, mine is still receiving updates.
This morning it was xboxlive, skype and skype for business impacted, with scatterings of Office 365 issues throughout the day.
Yesterday they were so fuxxored they could not update the Azure status page because even internal MS authentication didn't work, so they couldn't mark the services down. But Kronos SSO and Office 360 were hammered, at one point they were getting thousands of signon failures all over the country. Their customers, including us, were screaming bloody murder, and ADP was looking pretty stupid for directing customers to authenticate Kronos against Azure instead of local DCs (actually that still looks pretty stupid.)
I don't know why they aren't talking to non-customers yet... at first Microsoft was trying to blame everything on Level 3, but then they said they'd fixed that, and yet we have seen it multiple times today.
You are such a complete and utter fucking moron it defies belief, did you know that?
What you are saying is pretty much the same bullshit argument the fascists and other assholes who want constant surveillance ... think of the children, it's for your own good, we need to catch criminals.
Fuck you.
Microsoft decreed that the details of everyone's personal computer was theirs, that your usage history is for them to have, and that they can do any and all things to your computer as they see fit.
Microsoft put telemetry into the OS to measure how effective their forced upgrade to Windows 10 was.
If Microsoft wants to measure the magnitude of their suck, go back to having a goddamned fucking QA department instead of making us the fucking beta testers. Instead they've basically been playing fast and loose, putting out shit quality software, and then when it breaks relying on telemetry after-the-fact to see what they did wrong.
You are saying the moral equivalent of "hey, it's OK for Microsoft to spy on you, it's for your own good" ... or "you have nothing to hide if you have nothing to fear".
Sorry, in my book, uttering that shit gets you a sound beating with a sock full of nickles.
Go ahead, hand your privacy over to Microsoft, but don't expect anything but a punch in the head if you suggest I should be required to do the same.
Asshole.