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So I woke up this morning to my PC being updated to Windows 10 :(
- Thread starter Phoenix Fang
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R_thanatos
Member
Cancel doesn't reject the update , it'll appear again , again again again and again.
BoboBrazil
Member
Good luck with that. It will try to install again. It tried multiple times to reinstall it after reverting back to 8.1 on me. I had to disable shit in the registry, hide updates, delete files to finally make it where it wouldn't try to reinstall it.
It's shitty for a few, but VERY convenient for many. Sure it's a hassle, but in the time that it takes to write a rage filled post, a simple google search on how to revert back would have be a better application of that person's time
Although the messaging on Microsoft's part should be a LOT better; having to install a third party application to say 'no' is nuts!
MrCunningham
Member
I would prefer to do both and then continue to bitch about it.
But really, I don;t have a problem with finding a workaround to prevent an update from happening, I am just a little pissed that this has become acceptable. Sure there are a lot of computer illiterate people out there who are happy to get an free Windows update without ever ever worrying about it, but for those who actually prefer to stay with the OS that they originally paid for, this is just a big Fuck you from Microsoft, and I don't like it. Forcing a complete OS upgrade just doesn't sit well with me at all.
What programs besides certain industries that are on dinosaur programs have problems with Windows 10? Every program I've ran that had a Windows 7/8 version (which is where most of the holdout are) have ran just fine in 10.
Honestly the people on 8/8.1 not updating are the ones that confuse me the most. 7 I can see but 8 or 8.1 unless you use some very specific programs it makes almost no sense not to upgrade. Basically you already have 99% of the things people complain about with Windows 10 at that point.
Cisco IPSEC VPN is the main one that seems to break but it wasn't offically supported on 8 as they have been pushing everyone to anyconnect.
Same here. (Sticking with 8.1) I guess I should point out that I updated Windows 7 on this computer (separate drive) to Windows 10 and I have had no end of trouble with that buggy piece of garbage and that's after I took the updated drive, wiped it and did a clean install on multiple occasions. Loads of stuff like the start menu, edge, calculator, account management, the store simply stopped working on my accounts. The only solution? Either reinstall or create new accounts since once that stuff stops working the account is messed up and there is no fixing it. (DISM didn't fix it and neither did sfc /scannow.)
Windows 10, not worth the price I paid for it.(Which was free.)
BoboBrazil
Member
I would have kept windows 10 IF it didn't force auto driver updates. I disabled all the telemetry and spying bullshit. That is my main sticking point. If they ever allow you to disable forced driver updates I would probably upgrade again. I know there is a hack you can do to disable ALL updates, but I'd prefer to still get windows critical updates installed. I just don't want driver updates.
Also for all the people that say windows 10 is so much faster, they are full of shit
Sad thing is in the first build you could. Now you go to where it was and turn it off and you still get driver updates pushed. I have a laptop that it appears the edid got lost on that the Nvidia driver update means that I get a black screen on the laptop screen.
Lord Error
Insane For Sony
OP would probably love to trade places with me. I can't for the life of me get the stupid Win10 update to work! For about a month now every time I told it to start updating, it's just stuck forever on "Starting" screen, and no advice I've tried so far has worked (I'm on Win 7 SP1).
I had this problem on my older computer and ended up having to download a separate program MS offers that bypasses the "starting" screen and just updates. It was a 2 day ordeal made worse thanks to windows update needing to finish updating windows 7 before I could even run the windows 10 program and .... it wouldn't connect or download properly. Such a pain in the ass.
Hari Seldon
Member
Hopefully MS gets sued to oblivion with this spyware style bullshit.
BoboBrazil
Member
Ouch. It's really stupid they don't give people the option to disable them. I can understand if they want to have it on by default, but give me the damn option to disable them. Bad thing is MS doesn't even give a shit. It doesn't look like they are giving people the option to disable them any time soon.
Also hey look, more start menu advertising coming your way with the July update! http://www.extremetech.com/computin...y-update-doubles-up-on-start-menu-advertising
Lord Error
Insane For Sony
I think I'min the same boat. Windows Update has stopped working for me. Most of the advices I've tried focus on trying to get Win Update to work again, but nothing has worked for me. Last thing I've tried was downloading some kind of "Standalone Windows Update Installer", which was a 500MB file. I ran it, and that too got stuck on an initial installation progress bar.
Can you tell me what file did you ended up downloading?
Good for you, you got it installed automatically without even having to take care of nothing, plus Windows 10 is definitely the best Windows so far, also if you are a gamer it's required to take advantage of DirectX 12 and newer games...and if you waited until July then you would have had to buy it instead of having it for free.
And besides that all you surly did something without notice that, cause Windows 10 doesn't install by itself if you just ignore the update message
And besides that all you surly did something without notice that, cause Windows 10 doesn't install by itself if you just ignore the update message
Yeah this existed at one point.
http://www.howtogeek.com/223864/how-to-uninstall-and-block-updates-and-drivers-on-windows-10/
Then it got changed to manufacturers apps and icons, which does nothing for drivers.
R_thanatos
Member
Yeah more ads ! Just the thing i want when i go to my start button to look for my programs. Trully this os is perfect
as a trojan horse
Good guy MS looking out for everyone giving an entire OS for FREE. What could we do without them????
Since you're really that bothered by a few suggestions which could actually make you find out something useful...
R_thanatos
Member
Since you're really that bothered by a few suggestions which could actually make you find out something useful...
As if that was the only problem with that OS ( for more information please read the various posts i've already made in this thread )
Shin-Ra
Junior Member
Can you switch off those 'featured' apps and streaming media on the Xbone home screen?Since you're really that bothered by a few suggestions which could actually make you find out something useful...
BoboBrazil
Member
Since you're really that bothered by a few suggestions which could actually make you find out something useful...
It's there now, but not necessarily in the future. Remember MS can update your pc at any time and take it away like they did with the disable automatic driver updates option. I'm sure they are planning to remove the option eventually so everyone is forced to see their ads just like 99% of people won't know how to turn that off.
So there is no (legitimate) way to cancel this, no Cancel button whatsoever. And people are defending this? Seriously, whether it's a better OS or not, go fuck yourself Microsoft.This seriously can't be true?
http://www.computerworld.com/articl...final-aggressive-windows-10-upgrade-push.html
Thanks for the shilling. Next time you'd like to contribute, please read the OP.
GHG
Member
It's Genio, what do you expect?
If that was anybody else I would have thought it was a parody post.
Read the line beneath the date with link
Kind of funny that while reading this I notice "twitter" and "candy crush saga" popped up in my recently installed apps... again. I thought disabling the shop as a background app would stop it, but you have to edit your registry to stop them from doing this bullshit.
What a fucking joke. They're created an OS where the user has little power or control over their own computer or the software that goes on it and they're forcing everyone to install it whether they like it or not. I can really appreciate what Valve was trying to do with SteamOS a lot more now... he warned about MS pursuing this kind of shit years ago.
What a fucking joke. They're created an OS where the user has little power or control over their own computer or the software that goes on it and they're forcing everyone to install it whether they like it or not. I can really appreciate what Valve was trying to do with SteamOS a lot more now... he warned about MS pursuing this kind of shit years ago.
Exactly the same thing happened to me, it's fucking stupid. I wanted to keep windows 7
There's a link to cancel below the date. That said...So there is no (legitimate) way to cancel this, no Cancel button whatsoever. And people are defending this? Seriously, whether it's a better OS or not, go fuck yourself Microsoft.This seriously can't be true?
http://www.computerworld.com/articl...final-aggressive-windows-10-upgrade-push.html
Why the fuck are they taking UX design cues from the spyware prompts in the µTorrent installer?
Really? I just used it recently because Windows, in all its wisdom, wanted to update my Nvidia drivers (with what I don't know, as they were the newest ones straight from the vendor).
Regardless, the inability to decline certain Windows Updates through the main interface is a *major* inconvenience only found in 10 (and maybe 8, but I don't remember).
It under the date lol.....
Yeah, this thread reminds me of the people who bitch about ToS from any software they agree to use.
Nostremitus
Member
This post reminds me of people who don't read the OP and end up saying something ignorant.
The OP disabled the update, it updated anyway.
If we already updated and reverted back are they still auto-updating? My dad's laptop got rightfully fucked by him installing W10 (his onboard video chip wasn't supported, only the discrete gfx card, which made the fan go wild at all times), then I rolled it back to Windows 7. Am I going to have to do even more tech support for him?
BoboBrazil
Member
It will try to install again if you roll back if they have install updates automatically turned on.
Phoenix Fang
Banned
This been going on all day and each time I've had to reboot my computer. If I don't restart my computer, I can't click on the Start icon or play videos or display pictures. I've gone online to see if I can update my video card and it doesn't even look like ATI has a Windows 10 update for it. This shit never happened to me on Windows 7.
Crayon
Member
Hey congratulations. Best Os ever. Did i mention it's free?
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