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Re: M$ "backs down" on W10 forced updates

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Newsgroups comp.os.linux.advocacy
Subject Re: M$ "backs down" on W10 forced updates
Date 2015-07-27 17:15 +0100
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On 27/07/2015 16:44, ronb wrote:
> WinDrones, get ready to beta test Windows 10.
>
> Apparently they have been having trouble with Windows 10 driver updates,
> especially for Nvidia GeForce video cards.
>
> (M$ Hobbyware strikes again.)
>
> ~~
> Microsoft Backtracks On Windows 10 Forced Updates
>
> In the wake of numerous reports of Windows 10′s forced updates causing
> problems with drivers, Microsoft has backtracked on the feature and has
> released a tool that allows you to block or uninstall updates that are
> suspected to be causing issues.
> ...
>
> Over the last few days, the Internet has been awash with reports of
> issues with Windows 10′s forced updates interfering with other
> applications, as my colleague Gordon Kelly reported here. Specifically,
> it’s the way it installs drivers, overriding any other driver-based
> update applications that are the issue, but the way in which Windows 10′s
> updates are automatically installed has also been rather unpopular with
> enthusiasts.
>
> In the past, Windows Update has been optional and you can select which
> updates to install. Not so with Windows 10 as  by default it installs
> updates automatically and doesn’t allow you to deselect them and this is
> the same for both security-based updates as well as those for drivers.
> ...
>
> The ability to avoid all driver updates is potentially very useful as
> there’s no guarantee that the  ones provided by Microsoft will always be
> the latest versions and also that they won’t cause issues such as those
> we’ve seen over the last few days between Windows Update and Nvidia’s
> GeForce Experience.
> ...
>
> You can download the tool from this webpage. I’m still investigating it
> in a pre-release version of Windows 10 – while it doesn’t seem to sync up
> with Windows Update and allow you to view and block updates before
> they’re downloaded, it does allow you see everything that has been
> installed and to both uninstall it and block future installs too.
> ...
> ~~
> http://tinyurl.com/nwsye6p
>
> So, apparently, M$ will now allow you to fix problems caused by Windows
> 10 updates -- after the fact, not before they wreck your install. They're
> not really backtracking as this utility must be downloaded separately.
> (You're already having to download add-ons to make Windows 10 usable,
> where have I seen that before?)
>
> Even if you must use Windows 10 Hobbyware, I would definitely wait a few
> months while the forced "beta testing" process takes place.
>

As it's not released it's still in beta you dumbass, or should we just 
start picking apart every bug in every pre-release Linux software app now?

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M$ "backs down" on W10 forced updates ronb <ronb02NOSPAM@gmail.com> - 2015-07-27 15:44 +0000
  Re: M$ "backs down" on W10 forced updates Desk Rabbit <me@example.com> - 2015-07-27 17:15 +0100
    Re: M$ "backs down" on W10 forced updates vallor <vallor@cultnix.org> - 2015-07-27 12:22 -0700
      Re: M$ "backs down" on W10 forced updates "A.M" <.m@nsn.s> - 2015-07-27 15:27 -0400
      Re: M$ "backs down" on W10 forced updates ronb <ronb02NOSPAM@gmail.com> - 2015-07-27 21:25 +0000
        Re: M$ "backs down" on W10 forced updates Melzzzzz <mel@zzzzz.com> - 2015-07-27 23:30 +0200
          Re: M$ "backs down" on W10 forced updates ronb <ronb02NOSPAM@gmail.com> - 2015-07-27 21:31 +0000
        Re: M$ "backs down" on W10 forced updates "A.M" <.m@nsn.s> - 2015-07-27 17:39 -0400
        Re: M$ "backs down" on W10 forced updates chrisv <chrisv@nospam.invalid> - 2015-07-28 07:07 -0500
          Re: M$ "backs down" on W10 forced updates Desk Rabbit <me@example.com> - 2015-07-28 13:25 +0100
          Re: M$ "backs down" on W10 forced updates Chris Ahlstrom <OFeem1987@teleworm.us> - 2015-07-28 09:16 -0400
            Re: M$ "backs down" on W10 forced updates DFS <nospam@dfs.com> - 2015-07-28 18:15 -0400
            Re: M$ "backs down" on W10 forced updates chrisv <chrisv@nospam.invalid> - 2015-07-29 07:52 -0500
              Re: M$ "backs down" on W10 forced updates "A.M" <.m@nsn.s> - 2015-07-29 09:03 -0400
              Re: M$ "backs down" on W10 forced updates Chris Ahlstrom <OFeem1987@teleworm.us> - 2015-07-29 09:09 -0400
                Re: M$ "backs down" on W10 forced updates DFS <nospam@dfs.com> - 2015-07-29 09:20 -0400
                Re: M$ "backs down" on W10 forced updates Lloyd Parsons <lloydp211@gmail.com> - 2015-07-29 16:53 +0000
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              Re: M$ "backs down" on W10 forced updates William Poaster <wp@dev.null> - 2015-07-29 14:31 +0100
                Re: M$ "backs down" on W10 forced updates chrisv <chrisv@nospam.invalid> - 2015-07-29 11:28 -0500
                Re: M$ "backs down" on W10 forced updates "A.M" <.m@nsn.s> - 2015-07-29 13:21 -0400
                Re: M$ "backs down" on W10 forced updates "Ezekiel" <zeke@nosuchemail.com> - 2015-07-29 13:26 -0400
                Re: M$ "backs down" on W10 forced updates Desk Rabbit <me@example.com> - 2015-07-30 12:26 +0100
          Re: M$ "backs down" on W10 forced updates DFS <nospam@dfs.com> - 2015-07-28 18:13 -0400
            Re: M$ "backs down" on W10 forced updates "A.M" <.m@nsn.s> - 2015-07-28 20:07 -0400
              Re: M$ "backs down" on W10 forced updates DFS <nospam@dfs.com> - 2015-07-29 08:44 -0400
                Re: M$ "backs down" on W10 forced updates "A.M" <.m@nsn.s> - 2015-07-29 09:03 -0400
      Re: M$ "backs down" on W10 forced updates Desk Rabbit <me@example.com> - 2015-07-28 08:57 +0100
      Re: M$ "backs down" on W10 forced updates DFS <nospam@dfs.com> - 2015-07-28 10:30 -0400
  Re: M$ "backs down" on W10 forced updates John Gohde <john.h.gohde@gmail.com> - 2015-07-27 09:19 -0700
  Re: M$ "backs down" on W10 forced updates "A.M" <.m@nsn.s> - 2015-07-27 13:38 -0400
    Re: M$ "backs down" on W10 forced updates DFS <nospam@dfs.com> - 2015-07-27 14:28 -0400
      Re: M$ "backs down" on W10 forced updates "A.M" <.m@nsn.s> - 2015-07-27 15:19 -0400

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