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Alright, so anyone that it's involved in the tech world should know about what's happening in the world of Windows. (I'm just a tech hobbyist now, having left the industry nearly 10 years go.)
I primarily have Windows OS PC's because, well, it's just happened that way. Plus, at least piece of software I use (for fun) doesn't have a native client for Mac or LINUX. (plus other stuff, that I need Windows for where I don't want to do emulation or VM)
Point is, this: http://www.computerworld.com/articl...-for-massive-windows-10-upgrade-strategy.html
MS has decided to try and force-feed us Windows 10 again and has plans to step up the pace to sneak Windows 10 on to your PC. (Probably eating up bandwidth in the process to download the 5GB of data that is the W10 upgrade package silently.) -- I found out that my usual laptop, sucked down 5GB of data through my Pocket WiFi which comes with a standard data package of 10GB. I'm going to be forced with slow speeds once I hit the 10GB ceiling a little later this month, strictly because of the W10 download bullshit.
So, if you're running Windows 7 Professional, like I am, you probably have seen this W10 upgrade pop up repeatedly. If you don't want the upgrade, you'll need to ensure that you disable auto-updates and/or set some stuff in the registry... but there is another small application that you can use to help control things:
http://ultimateoutsider.com/downloads/ -- GWX Control Panel
This is what I'm using now to keep my stuff W10 free. I had removed the patches that came before, but they keep popping up with different binaries and this tool seems to be fairly effective in keeping the crap out.
Windows 7 was the truly last good Windows version since XP. Guess I'll be gripping this OS until something really forces me to change. It's certainly nice that Mac is getting a larger market share and more applications are readily available for the Mac, compared to a number of years go.
This post is mainly aimed at the regular user who doesn't know what's happening with the W10 upgrades and doesn't want to change. To the power users and tech maniacs, I'm sure you've got this under control and/or don't use Windows at all.
That's all. Rant is over... MS can seriously go f-themselves over this one.
I primarily have Windows OS PC's because, well, it's just happened that way. Plus, at least piece of software I use (for fun) doesn't have a native client for Mac or LINUX. (plus other stuff, that I need Windows for where I don't want to do emulation or VM)
Point is, this: http://www.computerworld.com/articl...-for-massive-windows-10-upgrade-strategy.html
MS has decided to try and force-feed us Windows 10 again and has plans to step up the pace to sneak Windows 10 on to your PC. (Probably eating up bandwidth in the process to download the 5GB of data that is the W10 upgrade package silently.) -- I found out that my usual laptop, sucked down 5GB of data through my Pocket WiFi which comes with a standard data package of 10GB. I'm going to be forced with slow speeds once I hit the 10GB ceiling a little later this month, strictly because of the W10 download bullshit.
So, if you're running Windows 7 Professional, like I am, you probably have seen this W10 upgrade pop up repeatedly. If you don't want the upgrade, you'll need to ensure that you disable auto-updates and/or set some stuff in the registry... but there is another small application that you can use to help control things:
http://ultimateoutsider.com/downloads/ -- GWX Control Panel
This is what I'm using now to keep my stuff W10 free. I had removed the patches that came before, but they keep popping up with different binaries and this tool seems to be fairly effective in keeping the crap out.
Windows 7 was the truly last good Windows version since XP. Guess I'll be gripping this OS until something really forces me to change. It's certainly nice that Mac is getting a larger market share and more applications are readily available for the Mac, compared to a number of years go.
This post is mainly aimed at the regular user who doesn't know what's happening with the W10 upgrades and doesn't want to change. To the power users and tech maniacs, I'm sure you've got this under control and/or don't use Windows at all.
That's all. Rant is over... MS can seriously go f-themselves over this one.