damn... i didn't know you could stack sh!t that high!!!
Posted on 03/06/2016 7:49:52 PM PST by Utilizer
You might consider only going online with a bootable Linux disc, as then nothing can touch your system and then do whatever other work you need to do on your regular ‘doze install after you reboot and never allow your machine to access the internet unless you are running Linux.
That way, you can still browse the web and access your email among other things, but when you reboot and disable your modem/gateway/networkaccess link you will not be troubled with the verdammt “automatic-upgrade” problem again.
Just a thought.
Windows 10 is the one that does this now.
Does your suggestion imply a read-only disk drive and a read-only disk?
A bootable disc can NOT write to another medium unless you specifically instruct it to.
A bootable disc, by default, will not be allowed to write to any of your local drives, nor will it automatically write to a CD/DVD/BR disc due to the way the bootable disc is set up.
You can safely run a bootable Linux disc to try out the OS or several without the risk of it writing anything to your local machine in any way shape or form. If you encounter any problems all you needs do is reboot your machine and you can restart from exactly where you started from in the beginning.
‘Nix users, by default, do not allow anything to be written to any medium unless they specifically allow them to. You can boot the live distro, play with it, and then shutdown-eject-reboot whenever you wish and your base system will be untouched.
Simply remember that by default the running of the OS will of necessity be much slower launching from the bootable alternate drive instead of the default local hard drive, and take it from there.
Then play with it to your heart’s content. :)
Cheers!
XP for me!
Im one of those people. Am I supposed to upgrade?
My desktop stays at 7. My laptop is at 10 and hasn’t had a screw-up yet. Other than the 8.1 it came with.
Can't we, who were pulled into the scam of alpha testing this piece of crap, losing a valuable time data and resources, file a class action against Microshaft?
Even if some non-lawyers read the EUA, can any of them actually understand it?
How about a court order to stop the automatic update of suckers, errr customers who signed on for the "update" and have sucker's remorse?
Has anyone had the experience of being present when Microshaft attempted to push the update without the user's consent? Would removing power from the computer prevent the unrequested update?
How does an ordinary non-geek user go about doing that?
Our heroes.
I wish it was original but actually I stole it from the Register. The number of disks is accurate btw :-)
Ping me if you post instructions. Thanks.
BFLR
I wish I could get hold of Win 7...I’m stuck with Win 10 and I hate it.
Looks like I better re-consider.
Yea, I was stuck with Win8 when I bought the newest laptop. Dropped ClassicShell on it to fix my desktop, then turned off WindowsUpdates. Haven’t had much in the way of problems for 2-3 years now
BTW, I just did the math, and that would be a stack of floppies 22.5 feet tall. (1 floppy = 3.3 MM). Not sure how much that would weigh. I was looking around, and don’t have one to weigh.
I have a Netgear home router that has a built in web server I use to administer it. After logging in, I click the “Advanced” tab at the top, then expand “Security” on the left so I can see the options for “Block Sites”. Then I added “microsoft.com”, selected a radio button for “Keyword Blocking - Always” and finally click on the green “Apply” button at the top of the Block Sites window.
damn... i didn't know you could stack sh!t that high!!!
It's all about the slump angle.
You maybe have noticed that Windows 10 uptake has suffered -- dare I say it -- a "slump"?
Ya might say it's "in repose".
But prior to that, you surely -could- stack it that high!!
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