Widows poxy 10 updates
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Quite likely that you have a not-so-well supported piece of hardware, however...
Set your NIC to metered. No more nonsense. I've had it with things being set back to default by updates despite me explicitly changing them.
Updating GPU drivers in the middle of a game is another one I ran into until I took several measures to prevent auto driver updates. Also changing desktop wallpapers and resetting my neatly arranged start menu - WTH?
There are a few posts with Group Policy tweaks you can make too around here which will work... at least until a patch resets them to default.
Set your NIC to metered. No more nonsense. I've had it with things being set back to default by updates despite me explicitly changing them.
Updating GPU drivers in the middle of a game is another one I ran into until I took several measures to prevent auto driver updates. Also changing desktop wallpapers and resetting my neatly arranged start menu - WTH?There are a few posts with Group Policy tweaks you can make too around here which will work... at least until a patch resets them to default.
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Set your NIC to metered. No more nonsense. I've had it with things being set back to default by updates despite me explicitly changing them.
Metered connection no longer works reliably like that - the description text added that Windows can still install updates it deems necessary for "smooth operation"
which seems to increase with each major update and you still periodically get Windows doing background tasks related to Windows update chugging large amounts of CPU and disc IO uncontrollably (connection metering doesn't seem to actually let you take control over the process/service itself) - even with GPEdit on Pro its now hard to prevent some of the house keeping/preparation for updates tasks it does especially if your system has been off for more than a few days - its killer on tablets where you've already got a fairly low spec and want to just pick them up and use them for a specific task conveniently.Sadly despite the fact the official Windows 10 discussion forum is filling up with people increasingly realising how **** updates are in 10 the MS employees seem to be putting their hands over their ears and repeating "not listening".
Aaaagh... so basically, no real control over updates unless you use an NG firewall to block all traffic to Microsoft address space? I have W10 pro, so surely there's a way around this given that this wouldn't be acceptable in a corporate environment?
Otherwise what are my other options, Windows 8.1? I liked 7 but it's a ballache setting up properly. I don't think I'm really going to miss anything in games right now if I downgrade?
You can use GPEdit in Pro to disable a lot of it - though some stuff still has a mind of its own.
In a corporate environment you can use LTSB, etc. to take some semblance of control but your IT dept. still needs to stay on top of it to prevent unwanted interruptions and even then a good number of places find it less than ideal due to the way Windows 10 works.
In a corporate environment you can use LTSB, etc. to take some semblance of control but your IT dept. still needs to stay on top of it to prevent unwanted interruptions and even then a good number of places find it less than ideal due to the way Windows 10 works.
Are there 4k/hdr gaming capabilities missing in 7 , even if you have a newer gpu and can get the newer integrated drivers installed,
some of the gaming improvementss were just thread prioritization/affinity that you can do in 7.
Don't know what your 7 set up problems are ? windows 10 only just passing 7 for global use anyway , support until 2020
Just the rigamarole of getting the right KBs on straight away so it doesn't run like a dog and so that Windows Update works properly, along with getting custom drivers in for some of my kit. It's not that bad in the grand scheme of things and I really wish I'd taken a snapshot of my system on Win7 before doing the upgrade/wipe/install - idiot. :/
Maybe there's a newer ISO with all that stuff rolled into it, I'll have to check.
Not sure I can still use my product key for 7, either.
I've had some very poor experiences with Windows 10 updates recently. A 1507 to 1709 update on a laptop had several start menu icons go missing, not resolved by reinstalling the programs. I ended up clean installing to resolve it.
A 1607 to 1709 update broke several steam games, which wouldn't work after the update (in most cases a CTD immediately after launch). After trying every steam trick I knew (reset cache, reinstall individual games, move steam directory etc). Tried an upgrade install from media downloaded from Microsoft but that didn't solve it either . I ended up rolling back. I'm on borrowed time for that one as 1607 is the next to have support withdrawn but having to go down the clean install route will be inconvenient. It's time I'd rather spend on other things.
I'm shocked to have these problems, after years of trouble-free updates from Microsoft I have come to expect better.
A 1607 to 1709 update broke several steam games, which wouldn't work after the update (in most cases a CTD immediately after launch). After trying every steam trick I knew (reset cache, reinstall individual games, move steam directory etc). Tried an upgrade install from media downloaded from Microsoft but that didn't solve it either . I ended up rolling back. I'm on borrowed time for that one as 1607 is the next to have support withdrawn but having to go down the clean install route will be inconvenient. It's time I'd rather spend on other things.
I'm shocked to have these problems, after years of trouble-free updates from Microsoft I have come to expect better.
Nope Windows 8 you had control over updates - to fully take control of it requires more than registry editing - even with settings to "stop" it updating it will still periodically churn a load of CPU and Disc IO doing preparation for the next lot of updates, etc.
The whole thing is utterly stupid.
The whole thing is utterly stupid.