Windows 10 - What a BULLY!

[Cow Poke]

OK, so I've gotten plenty of "gentle reminders" on my XP and Win7 boxes that Win 10 is available.

Then it got to where Windows was "scheduling", but I could opt NOT to have Windows "schedule" my upgrade.

NOW it's a nag screen that wants to schedule, there are no options NOT to schedule -- the only option is to pick from a list of other dates in the near future.

Wow.

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[Faber]

All I did was locate the GWX folder under C:\Windows\System32 and deleted it. Never heard from them again.

[The Melody Maker]

All I did was locate the GWX folder under C:\Windows\System32 and deleted it. Never heard from them again.

Boy, I wish I'd thought of that. I found all instances of "GWX" in my startup items via Autoruns and disabled and/or removed them. Your way sounds much easier.

[Cow Poke]

Boy, I wish I'd thought of that. I found all instances of "GWX" in my startup items via Autoruns and disabled and/or removed them. Your way sounds much easier.

You may have to take ownership of that folder, because it may be "owned" by "trustedinstaller".

[Bill the Cat]

The upgrade is only going to be free for another 2 months. It is stable enough now, and if you run the privacy script, it works just fine. No sense putting it off.

[Cerebrum123]

I heard somebody had theirs update to Windows 10 on it's own, in the middle of something they were doing. They lost a lot of hard work because of it. This is pretty crazy. They shouldn't make people update. I haven't had any major issues with Windows 10, but I can see why some people might not want it.

[Cow Poke]

The upgrade is only going to be free for another 2 months. It is stable enough now, and if you run the privacy script, it works just fine. No sense putting it off.

Well, yeah, I just don't like to be forced into something!

As many know, we have a Lutheran congregation that uses our worship center at 9 AM, then we have our service at 10:45. We share a computer that runs the powerpoints, with a different login for each Church.

A couple Sundays ago, after the Lutherans finished their service, our sound guy went to log into the computer, and discovered it was in the middle of upgrading to Win 10. The Lutheran sound guy swore he didn't do anything - that it did it on its own. At first, I was skeptical - but the more I see the way my own computers acting, the more I'm believing windows is, indeed, doing this without user approval.

But, yeah, I have several computers using 10, with no problem. I just prefer the Windows 7 shell, so I download a free one.

[Sparko]

i deleted the update from my computer because i dont want it on my laptop. I tried it on a cloned hard drive and it messed up my graphics card which does 3D graphics using lcd glasses. it didnt work under windows 10 - so back to windows 7 for me.

but yeah i heard that w10 will eventually just install itself unless you disable it. pretty bold of microsoft.

[mossrose]

Be afraid. Be very afraid.

[DesertBerean]

I used to let people who stayed at my house use my computer. No more. Somebody loaded AOL on it and it really messed my machine up. I finally got it uninstalled and forbade future house guests from messing around with my stuff ... well, one I allowed becuase she didn't know beans about such things.

Now MS is gonna mess with my machine? We'll see about that!

[Sparko]

I used to let people who stayed at my house use my computer. No more. Somebody loaded AOL on it and it really messed my machine up. I finally got it uninstalled and forbade future house guests from messing around with my stuff ... well, one I allowed becuase she didn't know beans about such things.

Now MS is gonna mess with my machine? We'll see about that!

You can create a guest account that doesn't have the ability to install programs.

[Cow Poke]

And ABSOLUTELY be sure to have your data and programs backed up! Sparko's idea of a cloned hard drive is, in my opinion, the best, because if the Win 10 install crashes - and there are plenty of horror stories - you can, at least, put the old hard drive back in and be operational.

I use Carbonite, along with their "mirror image" option on an external hard drive.

[DesertBerean]

You can create a guest account that doesn't have the ability to install programs.

now why didn't I think of that? Thanks.

[DesertBerean]

Which is better - clone or disk image? These are the only terms I know so if they're outdated, sorry.

[Bill the Cat]

Which is better - clone or disk image? These are the only terms I know so if they're outdated, sorry.

Cloning is an older term that described making an exact replica of your hard drive to identical hardware. A disk image is more flexible, and can range from a true cloned copy of your drive to an out of box experience that just retains your data.