Posted on 09/11/2015 9:18:22 AM PDT by SeekAndFind
Good question. The author of this article totally missed the mark. Corporations don’t just give away product. They don’t want to say what they are up to with giving windows 10 “free” to consumers.
My guess is that windows 10 is a consumer and/or government spying software. The government might be Microsoft’s sugar daddy for this sudden burst of generosity.
It could be the software needed to read an identity card, an RFID chip or a tatoo which will replace passwords to use the computer to access targeted areas of net life like pay pal or banking. Obama care requires all Americans be “chipped” by 2016. It’s for our own good and efficiency in health care, of course!
Yes, but Windows will re-create it.
Yep it happened to my mother. She bought a new Dell Lap Top and this is what happened.
It’s jacked up her Windows 7 Pro. Unbelievable!
The Windows 10 commercials certainly allude to that.
The one with the little kid is the creepiest.
Just noticed that MS has been trying to update Win10 on my computer since late July. Each attempt has failed. Anyone know why it would have failed?
Bass Turds.
Turning off automatic updates might prevent this.
Or might not.
FUMS
Perhaps that is why, for the last 2 weeks, I’ve seen ‘windows update at XX%’ with the percent # moving up one or two each day. I finally, with the help of a Freeper, got into Windows and stopped the automatic updating.
Turn off Windows updates, check for updates from time to time and load only the ones you want
ooo. thanks for reminding me, thought of that yesterday.
I turned off updates and deleted the file. I will be needing a new computer soon. Guess I should start looking into Linux.
Okay, how do you stop the automatic updating? How do you find that folder if you do have it?
How does one take back off a Windows version upgrade? I’m toying with the idea of loading Windows 10 myself.
System Restore should work (choose a date prior to the upgrade) but I usually just reload the whole this from scratch
Does this “update” have a KB number or formal name other than “$Windows.~BT” ? I turned on my hidden files and Windows protected files to see if it was present. I don’t find it but want to know how to identify it (I have auto updates turned off) so I don’t chose to install it by mistake.
Go into the Windows "Control Panel," select "Windows Update."
On the left side of the window, select "Change Settings."
Under "Important Updates," click on the combo-box and select "Check for updates but let me choose whether to download and install them."
Go to control panel, open the Windows tab, “then turn off Windows updates, check for updates from time to time and load only the ones you want?
With a hat tip to G.Orwell
Okay, how do you stop the automatic updating? How do you find that folder if you do have it?
CLICK START BUTTON
RIGHT CLICK “COMPUTER”
RIGHT CLICK “PROPERTIES”
CLICK “WINDOWS UPDATES”
CLICK “CHANGE SETTINGS”
IN THE IMPORTANT UPDATE SECTION SCROLL AND SELECT “NEVER CHECK FOR UPDATES”
Every now and then manually check for updates and select only the ones you want
Thanks allayall.
You get 30 days to try it. You can go in and auto remove it and then reinstall 7 or 8, but in some cases you need to reload programs too
sorry, I meant to send that to steelytom
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