Forced Windows 10 Upgrade Shuts Down PC Used by Anti-Poaching Rangers in Africa
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Re: Forced Windows 10 Upgrade Shuts Down PC Used by Anti-Poaching Rangers in Africa
#2As per the post[0], the upgrade did not crash the computer BUT it did download 6Gb of data over satellite-internet which can be quite expensive.
OP is having an AMA[1].
0.https://www.reddit.com/r/technology/comments/4mcdon/i_live_i...
1.https://www.reddit.com/r/IAmA/comments/4mirin/i_am_the_accid...
Re: Forced Windows 10 Upgrade Shuts Down PC Used by Anti-Poaching Rangers in Africa
#3I have a few computers where I have reserved the Windows 10 upgrade. I have yet to have this upgrade happen automatically.
Re: Forced Windows 10 Upgrade Shuts Down PC Used by Anti-Poaching Rangers in Africa
#4As per the post[0], the upgrade did not crash the computer BUT it did download 6Gb of data over satellite-internet which can be quite expensive. OP is having an AMA[1]. 0. https://www.reddit.com/r/technology/comments/4mcdon/i_live_i... 1. https://www.reddit.com/r/IAmA/comments/4mirin/i_am_the_accid...
i wish some trial lawyers found an opportunity here for a class action against MS. Couple weeks ago one of our laptops became Win 10. May be it is better than Win 8.1, yet i still would have wanted to be a part of that decision :)
Re: Forced Windows 10 Upgrade Shuts Down PC Used by Anti-Poaching Rangers in Africa
#5As per the post[0], the upgrade did not crash the computer BUT it did download 6Gb of data over satellite-internet which can be quite expensive. OP is having an AMA[1]. 0. https://www.reddit.com/r/technology/comments/4mcdon/i_live_i... 1. https://www.reddit.com/r/IAmA/comments/4mirin/i_am_the_accid...
i wish some trial lawyers found an opportunity here for a class action against MS. Couple weeks ago one of our laptops became Win 10. May be it is better than Win 8.1, yet i still would have wanted to be a part of that decision :)
Re: Forced Windows 10 Upgrade Shuts Down PC Used by Anti-Poaching Rangers in Africa
#6Earlier quoted context omitted.
i wish some trial lawyers found an opportunity here for a class action against MS. Couple weeks ago one of our laptops became Win 10. May be it is better than Win 8.1, yet i still would have wanted to be a part of that decision :)
https://www.grc.com/never10.htm
exactly - either forced upgrade or downloading and running some utility from a site/company i see for the first time and have never heard about :)
Re: Forced Windows 10 Upgrade Shuts Down PC Used by Anti-Poaching Rangers in Africa
#7Re: Forced Windows 10 Upgrade Shuts Down PC Used by Anti-Poaching Rangers in Africa
#8Earlier quoted context omitted.
https://www.grc.com/never10.htm
exactly - either forced upgrade or downloading and running some utility from a site/company i see for the first time and have never heard about :)
You can check the technical details https://www.grc.com/never10/details.htm
It basically does what Microsoft would do in order to keep Windows from upgrading.
Re: Forced Windows 10 Upgrade Shuts Down PC Used by Anti-Poaching Rangers in Africa
#9As per the post[0], the upgrade did not crash the computer BUT it did download 6Gb of data over satellite-internet which can be quite expensive. OP is having an AMA[1]. 0. https://www.reddit.com/r/technology/comments/4mcdon/i_live_i... 1. https://www.reddit.com/r/IAmA/comments/4mirin/i_am_the_accid...
i wish some trial lawyers found an opportunity here for a class action against MS. Couple weeks ago one of our laptops became Win 10. May be it is better than Win 8.1, yet i still would have wanted to be a part of that decision :)
I'd personally see people just stop using Windows. The more people using Linux, the more money in the market for Wine to get better and better replace all the Windows APIs for everyones "I cannot use Linux because X program is Windows only" software.
I mean, I'm already playing Skyrim natively on an AMD GPU thanks to Gallium Nine. And that is only because there has been a lot of internal pressure in the community to have the best Windows only games running here. The more people we get to switch, the more market for businesses to make the process of switching easier.
Of course, we still need Ubuntu (or SteamOS) computers in stores. That would be a nice start. It is hard to get people to switch when they need someone with technical know-how to violate their warranties and give them no commercial support unless you have a small business IT shop like what I run in the evenings that will do it.
Re: Forced Windows 10 Upgrade Shuts Down PC Used by Anti-Poaching Rangers in Africa
#10Earlier quoted context omitted.
i wish some trial lawyers found an opportunity here for a class action against MS. Couple weeks ago one of our laptops became Win 10. May be it is better than Win 8.1, yet i still would have wanted to be a part of that decision :)
I'd personally see people just stop using Windows. The more people using Linux, the more money in the market for Wine to get better and better replace all the Windows APIs for everyones "I cannot use Linux because X program is Windows only" software. I mean, I'm already playing Skyrim natively on an AMD GPU thanks to Gallium Nine. And that is only because there has been a lot of internal pressure in the community to…
Ever since I could run 1Password using Wine with full browser integration, I've completely turned my back to Windows.