Thread: Computer Shenaniganz

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?
~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?!

Originally Posted by Geezer

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

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.
I use GOOGLE Drive's tools now.

Originally Posted by ChrisL

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

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.

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.