It's a fine idea in theory.... but real life isn't like that. Windows 10 updates have been breaking **** for years now - especially forced driver updates. If it's never affected you then just count yourself lucky and don't be dismissive of the issues others have faced.
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Recently, I have had many BSOD, actually all the time.
It is a choice - either you stay without any updates and over time get extremely vulnerable to many threats, or get used to these updates with the slight chance that something could get borken for you. For me, the smaller evil is to stay updated with the possibility that something might get broken.
Windows will never be a perfect OS.
If you find out then let me know, seems the only way without breaking something else would be to use it as an offline only machine
Hmm, it stays disabled on Windows 10 Pro but it is a different ball game with Windows 10 Home on the laptop. Home keeps enabling itself.
Windows needs regular updates. For viruses protection, bugs protection, vulnerabilities protection.
I don't understand what this phobia is to disable something this crucial/critical for normal operation
For me it is about having control over it - I try to stay fairly up to date especially in devices like tablets where they are exposed to public networks more often but I need to be able to fully control it to my choosing i.e. when I've a few hours free to deal with any problems and/or not have Windows update kick in when I've just settled down for a gaming session, etc. on my day off work, etc. etc. plus being able to properly control bandwidth use on metered connections.
The current implementation in 10 is a joke - I'm not sure at this point if they are persisting out of spite or just stupid.
Yeah doesn't stay disabled on my tablets on home and my insiders build VMs even using pro it isn't reliable - normal ring pro seems to stay disabled but it doesn't stop other update related maintenance tasks from kicking in - though you can use GPEdit for that in pro but then it makes it a pain when you do want to update.
You're mad.I'd be furious if Windows was the cause of regular BSODs. Although I have my gripes with windows 10, they're relatively minor compared to BSODs.
I have abused my Win10 literally, overclocked CPU and video card, run four different software and registry cleaners ie CCleaner, Avast Cleanup, System Ninja, Glary's Utilities Pro, I'm always updating my video drivers etc and not had a single issue over the years, only thing I leave disabled is Fast bootup, my Win10 laptop is the same as well ie no issues with same software as above.
You would think if anyone should get problems it would be me, but no can't complain at all
.There is a youtube video posted in the Zen thread, over there, there was a BSOD. At least one.
Why did Microsoft stop the free Windows 10 upgrade for Windows 7+? By now the vast majority of systems that were going to be upgraded will have been, so why not just leave the option on the table indefinitely? Canning it, as they have, makes it more likely there'll be a bunch of old systems that'll never be upgraded. Which is in no one's interest.
What's the best way to upgrade a Windows 7 system today? Buy ~£80 Windows 10 Home?
What's the best way to upgrade a Windows 7 system today? Buy ~£80 Windows 10 Home?
Microsoft haven't stopped the free upgrade. You can upgrade by going to https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/help/3159635/windows-10-update-assistant
I wonder if Microsoft have changed their testing time for Windows updates, maybe they need to increase the testing time rather then getting updates out ASAP, I was lucky nothing has broken on my two Win10 PCs so far, however most of the old timers here are well aware of WU issues from XP to Win10, it always pops up sooner or later, one thing Microsoft should really get a grip on.
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Windows 10 UWP protection may have been cracked, Zoo Tycoon Ultimate AC had five layers of DRM
http://www.guru3d.com/news_story/wi...ycoon_ultimate_ac_had_five_layers_of_drm.html
http://www.guru3d.com/news_story/wi...ycoon_ultimate_ac_had_five_layers_of_drm.html
Bah - Windows! The latest update seems to have "damaged" my USB drivers. Rebooted today and my Logitech Unifying Mouse and Keyboard weren't working - Neither was my Wacom 4. Tablet. Nor my USB webcam. Device Manager said USB was working but the PC wouldn't detect the USB devices and showed lots of warning and question marks for these items. I have uninstalled the various drivers etc. and things SEEM to work BUT there are still warning lines in device manager. Not convinced all is OK.
Tried updating things from Windows, Wacom and Logitech but they say all up to date. I am afraid it's my ageing Motherboard (GA-EX58-Ud5) again.
Tried updating things from Windows, Wacom and Logitech but they say all up to date. I am afraid it's my ageing Motherboard (GA-EX58-Ud5) again.
Oh it's getting worse... I had a newly installed copy of 10 Pro and I took care to set my group policy to block driver updates before I connected to the net. It's always respected the settings in the past but now it just updated my soundcard drivers without prompting/permission. Forced updates I can live with... but not driver updates. 
I think i've sorted it, changed the connection to metered and disabled a bunch of services. It hasn't tried to update for a few days..... fingers crossed.
The whole forced updates thing is incredibly irritating, especially when said updates cause problems.
The whole forced updates thing is incredibly irritating, especially when said updates cause problems.
