Forced Windows 10 Upgrade Shuts Down PC Used by Anti-Poaching Rangers in Africa

Post by Veratyr » Sun, Jun 05, 2016, 1:20 AM UTC

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https://www.grc.com/never10.htm

>Never10 does NOT prevent the installation of Windows updates, including the infamous Get Windows 10 (GWX) update KB3035583. Never10 simply employs Microsoft's documented and sanctioned configuration settings to instruct it NOT to change the installed version of Windows. That would not have helped in this situation OP stated what hurt them was the huge amount bandwidth (6GB) used on an account where they pay per MB.

Post by CamperBob2 » Sun, Jun 05, 2016, 1:25 AM UTC

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Surely you're joking? "Click here to change your upgrade schedule" is in such tiny font of course no one will see it. If Microsoft cared about its users, that option would be way bigger than it is. Edit: They purposely put in all that information because they know people won't want to read through all that. That dialog is purposely designed to trick users because they've been taught that if they want to cancel, hit t…

Charitably, Microsoft learned from Windows 95 and Windows NT that if you expect users to upgrade on their own they won't do it. So now they are forcing the issue, albeit with bad execution.

Post by anotherevan » Sun, Jun 05, 2016, 1:37 AM UTC

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> > The distinction between … becomes pretty moot > I vehemently disagree, since by identifying the actual issue you can I understand where you’re coming from. And I already agreed that what actually happened – the shifty practice to supposedly gain consent – should be the discussion. My entire sentence about the distinction is with regard to giving consent, which is what your original one-liner alluded to. Microsoft…

> common ground If the common ground is that we're somehow in a situation where both Windows users, and MS are being harmed, and the only people benefiting are news websites who get clicks for sensationalist headlines that do nothing to help the users, then i think we've reached it. :) :( vvvv

Post by Kronopath » Sun, Jun 05, 2016, 1:42 AM UTC

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Do you think they will start showing advertisements on the Windows 10? Like if you're in settings and a banner ad pops up.

They already are, as you can see from the numerous articles here and elsewhere on the Internet, as well as my personal experience. https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=11167964 http://betanews.com/2015/10/15/microsoft-now-uses-windows-10... http://www.wired.co.uk/news/archive/2015-07/30/windows-10-pa...

Post by JoBrad » Sun, Jun 05, 2016, 1:51 AM UTC

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I think it's weird that so many people want to demonize Microsoft for snapping to a model that Apple has been using for a decade. I'm currently in one of those weeks where every time I wake up my iPad I have to click through two separate dialogs to tell it that, no, I don't want to install the updated version of iOS it downloaded without asking. Yet everyone is fine with this. I mean, except the Linux guys, I guess.

The difference is, iOS asks. You can say no. There are plenty of people being force-upgraded to 10 who never consented.