Posted on 05/07/2016 4:41:19 AM PDT by WhiskeyX
Microsoft has made a change to an update for Windows 7 that can prevent certain systems from booting. While you might expect me to say, "good news, the software giant has fixed the problem", in fact what Microsoft has done is switch the update from "optional", to "recommended". So, on some systems, it will now install, and break Windows 7 automatically.
There is good news though, and that’s you can solve the problem and get your computer working again by (can you guess?) upgrading to Windows 10. Hooray!
The update in question is KB3133977 and what this does is fix a problem that stops BitLocker encrypting drives because of service crashes in svhost.exe. If that’s a problem you have, you’ll welcome the fix.
Unless you have an ASUS motherboard.
(Excerpt) Read more at betanews.com ...
Translation - This is a linkbait/clickbait blog post.
“To be fair, this problem is the fault of ASUS rather than Microsoft”
No, to be fair it is the fault of Microsoft and every company who deferred to Microsoft when they pushed the Secure Boot feature onto users in the form they used, which was long ago forecasted to give Microsoft the ability to make competitive operating systems too problematic and burdensome to implement. How many users realize Microsoft Windows 10 embraced Linux features that have been forecast as part of a Microsoft strategy to embrace, extend, and then drop Linux in Microsoft products as part of its anti-competitive grand strategy?
You have to buy “refurbished” to get Windows 7. I guess Linux is in my future. While I used to really like Unix, Linux kinda sucks. I’ll keep buying used as long as I can find a Windows 7 box. then all bite the bullet and go to Linux, I will not “rent” software, nor will I store my stuff in a cloud.
How many do you think know UEFI is an industry standard, documented and agreed to by the industry at large to address security issues like rootkits, and not just some contrivance Microsoft came up with to screw with their users?
Several reasons:
1) When I was looking to replace my old XP laptop I wanted Windows 7 - but at that time Microsoft only was shipping Windows 8 computers (a few months later they released Windows 7 again, alas it was outside of my time frame). Buying a Mac and installing Windows 7 was the only way for me to go at that time.
2) I do a lot of computer consulting and that includes overseeing the AV/technical aspects of a few conferences each year. My computers are used for several days to supply the feeds to the projectors (I do not own a projector). Every year there is a MD that has his/her presentation in Keynote - as opposed to PowerPoint - BOOM - The same computer natively displays the presentation without issue.
3) When I am in my office I have two, and occasionally three, monitors up and running - I almost always have both Mac and Windows programs open and it is extremely easy to move data between them.
Hope this helps.
Microsoft is not opensource never will be. Succumb to the beast and all will be good. I knew the day that windows 10 was given away this would be. Why fight it. I have linux Virtualboxes for my fun stuff. If your devices dont work with Windows 10 that means you need new ones my god man what you expect from old tech.
“Is it a difficult task to change from Win 7 to Linux?
I hope to find out it isn’t, because otherwise I’m buying an overpriced Apple.”
Look, I do not want to come off as a Apple fanboy here. I am NOT!
However, follow the link below to Apple’s Refurbished site (ARS) and check out the Mac Mini. It’s very reasonably priced and, like everything on the ARS they all have the same 100% guarantee.
BTW, you can purchase Parallels software and run Linux inside a Mac.
http://www.apple.com/shop/browse/home/specialdeals/mac
“How many do you think know UEFI is an industry standard, documented and agreed to by the industry at large to address security issues like rootkits, and not just some contrivance Microsoft came up with to screw with their users?”
Get off it with the disinformation. Microsoft and Apple had overwhelming influence in the development of the Secure Boot functions in the UEFI standards:
UEFI By Forrest Stroud
http://www.webopedia.com/TERM/U/uefi.html
Linus Torvalds: I will not change Linux to “deep-throat Microsoft” “This is not a d**k-sucking contest,” says Linux’s benevolent overlord.
by Jon Brodkin - Feb 26, 2013 10:09am PST
Microsoft open sourced .NET back in November of 2014.
Depends. What do you use your computer for?
For 90% of people it is easy to switch as long as you arnt using your computer for very specialized programs. Web, eMail, spreadsheets, word processing, photos, music are built into most distributions. Try Linux Mint. Very Windows like. You should get an option to run it from an installation disc to run it from the CD to look around in it and see if it meets your needs. Linux is rock solid, and since it is natively secure, no need to run anti virus. That overhead gone and the fact that it just runs natively more efficiently, and Bob’s your uncle.
Win ping.
Of course they did. Anybody with two synapses to rub together will expect that those two companies will have an overwhelming influence on industry standards because they collectively have an overwhelming influence on the industry.
How about from Windows 10 to Linux? Can I buy a Linux disk and just put it in the CD drive and have it deport Windows back where it came from?
Ding, ding, ding - we have a thread winnah!
“How about from Windows 10 to Linux? Can I buy a Linux disk and just put it in the CD drive and have it deport Windows back where it came from?”
In most cases, yes, provided you can ensure you have first taken care of any Secure Boot problems that can arise or brick something like the Samsung, ASUS, or other computer motherboards that have a UEFI Secure Boot or other problems. Search the Internet for articles about: Microsoft UEFI Secure Boot .
What do you guys who like Win 10 like about it, compared to Windows 7? I thought I heard that people were refusing to go to Win 10 over some form of tracking.
I have Win 7 on this laptop, and have igonored the persistent pop ups attempting to get me to upgrade to Win 10. Now, my wife’s computer has Win 8, and I never can find the control panel on it. Is Win 10 better?
I use Win 10 on my gaming computer. You get used to it. It boots much faster than 7. I use Win 7 on my everyday comp because I still use programs that won’t run on 10.
It does indeed. Next week, Im buying my first Mac. Being able to run both Office suites is quite appealing..
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