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Mickey Soft is now playing dirtier. How?
Cost me a win on an auction. Locked my computer until it updated to Win 10...about 15 minutes. I am lucky that most of my legacy software is still working!!
Ain't life grand?:aargh:
~Richard
The old way to get rid of the " Update Now" pop-up by hitting the "X" in the upper right corner is now...Sign me up!!
Windows 10 pop-ups tricking users into upgrading - Business Insider
I guess I'm lucky. I'm close to being a computer idiot and if it wasn't for my son that runs his own computer business I be up the creek with all the updater groups. He told me, in stern, "Pops, you're computer dumb. Do nothing till you talk to me." I just hit the little "x" and delete anything I don't understand. I guess being smart is by, on occasion, being dumb.
Many people upgraded to Win 10 without a hitch I was not one of those people. I built my rig some 6 or seven years a go yeah its showing it s age but ran like a top until I clicked that confounded upgrade now icon. My system went crazy after the upgrade. wouldn't shut down and hang in update mode seemingly forever also when it did run would just freeze or lock up multiple times during a session. Prior to upgrading my system was as stable as a rock using one of the original Intel I7 CPU's and and the now dated Asus P6T Mobo with Max memory. I went through a lot of pain trying to resolve my issues until I finally just gave up and did a system restore to Win 7. And guess what all the bad went away and i'm a happy camper.
Never before do I recall with any Windows upgrade going back to before Windows XP that Microsoft auto initiated the OS upgrade. This Windows 10 upgrade has wreaked havoc with our business. We work with many other companies in our line of work by accessing each company's proprietary system. None of them are yet optimized for Windows 10. Granted, if a PC user is at their PC when the upgrade window pops up and manually STOPS it, they can stave off the upgrade. However, what has happened is that people have been away from their workstations, the countdown begins and so does the upgrade. In that respect unlike ever before, I'm considering this Windows 10 upgrade to be just shy of a forced upgrade. I'm surprised that they can auto-initiate and upgrade without a manual affirmative from the user...
ChrisL
Even more delightful...We have been notified that the new computers will not run previous versions of Windows. All in the chipset, doncha know!
~Richard
So far Windows 10 has worked out just fine for me but I had to do a clean install of Windows 7 before upgrading to 10. The first upgrade on a system that had been running Windows 7 plus other programs for several months resulted in a few flaws. Either way I do prefer having a choice as to when I upgrade, I don't like anything being shoved down my throat!
What ever happened to living in a free country?!
woke up this morning with my computer telling me it would install 10 in 27 minutes. I am perfectly happy with 7 plus my computer is old and slow so i don't want to risk making it worse. found this that is suppose to clean it all out and keep it from popping up. see if it works.
I dislike change for the sake of change.
Prove to me that it makes my life easier and I can be all for it.
Last year we had to get rid of our fire monitoring system because it was no longer supported. It did it's job very simply and easy. The new one we need the support company to give us a sensitivity test.
One time I had trouble with a water softener and we had to wait because the guy that had the laptop with the program on it was in Texas......:rofl2:
Just another way for them (Microsoft) to screw more money out of you. Last year I bought a laptop, love it, then had to get a "subscription" to MS Word,, what a bunch of bull. mine expired last week , so now I said , no more.Quote:
Originally Posted by Geezer
I use GOOGLE Drive's tools now.
Wait a minute, that's a thing? I'll be thoroughly PO'd if my computer decides to upgrade itself to Windows 10. There's a reason I never upgraded to 8, and I always give new OS a year or so for them work out the inevitable run of bugs and glitches.Quote:
Originally Posted by ChrisL
But if for some reason I find this thing upgrades to 10 without my say so, I'll wipe windows off it entirely and have Ubuntu or Linux on it in a heartbeat, and Microsoft will never see another thin dime from me.
If you don't want the upgrade just decline the terms and conditions and you will return to your previous OS. That worked for me and I am a total puter dunce.
Can this be done after I have already installed it a week or two ago?
I built my machine over 10 years ago and it is time to build a new one. This machine at 1 time had 3 operating systems on it. Linux SUSE10 64 XPpro64, and XP pro. I took the Linux off because I wasn't in the mood to learn that much about mounting software and getting used to a whole new system. Linux is not any harder to use these days (in fact easier in some instances) but it does have to be learned and gotten used to. I am looking at Linux Mint. Ease of use and learning curve is the main reason. You can run all the windows programs you want on it but it is a little different getting it downloaded and running. If you really want to get away from Microsoft Linux has the same type of programs (FREE) but once again there is the learning and in some cases converting files for use somewhere else. I know some of you won't want to go there for this reason and I understand completely. For those with any computer skills at all you can try these operating systems without actually installing them on your PC by running them off a DVD. Once again all free if you do the work.
I installed Windows 10 and taught my 82 year old Mother how to use her lap top and from that I can say, I really don't think I will use anymore MS operating systems once this old dog goes blue screen for the last time. The main reason is all the tracking they are doing with it. Even opting out of all you can they still gather more info than I care to pass out. I am going to miss this XP machine. I was getting T2 speeds out of it on Fiber with 200 ft. of copper on the end of the line at one time. There must be another way but dang the learning curve :<0(
Uninstalling anything Microsoft can wreak havoc. You could save your stuff, reformat and reinstall your previous OS. If you have a free weekend. That is just my first thought on this and have no experience backing out of recent MS upgrades. Might be as simple as eating pie but, I wouldn't bet on that.Quote:
Originally Posted by Hirlau
I use a windows based computer at work and it is really hard for me. The computers are always giving us issues and they always need updated. I have 2 Apple computers and they never have issues. While I am sure there are people who do, I have been lucky. 10 years and never had an issue. Most of my buddies partition them and have windows and IOS and it seems to work for them.
Have a look at Libre Office. It's free and as far as I can tell does everything Office does with additional ability to open more legacy file types.Quote:
Originally Posted by Hirlau
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In this day and age the motto is Change is good so deal with it. Can't wait to die and get off this rock.:angel:
Yes Jon I believe it still can be done. I have a Win8.1 program that I bought in case I wanted to go back and Geek squad said they can do it but, I guess I just gave up in light of the inevitable and dealt with it. Too exhausting fighting the beast sometimes. To infinity and beyond cough,cough sputter ack !Quote:
Originally Posted by Hirlau
So far I've avoided it by turning off automatic updates and then looking at all the updates, if you highlight one it will say on the right what it is. There was a win10 file yesterday, right click and select hide, that will stop the update
Kinda creepy wierd,right after getting into this thread this comes up........... http://finance.yahoo.com/news/one-wr...183438395.html the powers that be are watching.
And Jon,there is an answer to your question in the article also.
You guys should try a Chrome book. It's what I use and I love it. Doesn't have any programs on it, it uses web based programs. If all your doing is surfing the net and need to do the odd other thing, they're fantastic and cheap.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i-JYp0Iu4pw