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YOUR OPINION OF WINDOWS 10?

Tinkrbl44 — Thu, 10 Mar 2016 16:36:30 GMT

I keep getting prompts telling me Windows 10 will be installed, and they aren't giving me a choice.

I googled and found a method to delete those updates, but I'm not sure it actually worked.

I know I have read -- somewhere -- that some people are very sorry they installed this program.

Can I have your thoughts on Windows 10 ? TIA!

Re: YOUR OPINION OF WINDOWS 10?

spent2much — Thu, 10 Mar 2016 16:45:45 GMT

@Tinkrbl44I haven't updated from Windows 7 to Windows 10 because, like you, I'm afraid of it. My techie friend tells me it's ok... kind of like a mix between Windows 7 and Windows 8. Well, I want NO part of Windows 8. I haven't yet found where they "aren't giving me a choice." I just close the box and I'm ok til the next time it pops up. I'm wondering if the day will come when I have no choice.

Re: YOUR OPINION OF WINDOWS 10?

Meowingkitty — Thu, 10 Mar 2016 17:03:42 GMT

I don't have a problem with it but then again I like technology and I like to play so I found it easy.

Re: YOUR OPINION OF WINDOWS 10?

fthunt — Thu, 10 Mar 2016 17:44:58 GMT

Don't know if this will help you - I was reading the news this morning and a popup said it would restart my computer at 8:45 - then poof - without my consent it said updating and a circle appeared and slowly (30 mins later) the circle was complete. Then it asked to change my homepage FOX to MSNBC (what's with that?)...I said NO. And it asked to conform my machine to the updates. I said NO again. When I purchased this last year I didn't want the apts squares, so my guy made it look & work like Windows 7 or 8. Just now I wanted to pay credit card on line and bank didn't recognize me so had to go through a code number I got by telephone to proceed with my login. It's a pain in the pa-toot.

Re: YOUR OPINION OF WINDOWS 10?

bonnielu — Thu, 10 Mar 2016 18:26:08 GMT

Put it on and took it off. Why? Destroyed my Internet connection. None, nada. What a mess. I don't want it. Period.

Re: YOUR OPINION OF WINDOWS 10?

Tinkrbl44 — Thu, 10 Mar 2016 18:59:35 GMT

Well, I guess I can always uninstall it if they get sneaky and install it when I'm not looking. It must be done WITHIN 30 DAYS, so keep that in mind.

Apparently, a lot of people don't want Windows 10 .....

http://winsupersite.com/windows-10/prevent-windows-10-upgrade-installing-after-making-your-reservation

Re: YOUR OPINION OF WINDOWS 10?

rplas64 — Thu, 10 Mar 2016 19:09:49 GMT

I bought an HP back in 2012 that had Windows 8 and I hated it. Wanted so bad to have Windows 7 on it but didn't know how to do it. Then that computer, one of the hnges broke so I bought a Dell and it has Windows 10. Like it much better than 8 but would still rather have 7.

Re: YOUR OPINION OF WINDOWS 10?

masque — Thu, 10 Mar 2016 21:17:45 GMT

@Meowingkitty wrote:
I don't have a problem with it but then again I like technology and I like to play so I found it easy.

Hi @Meowingkitty. Love your nic.

Windows10 jumped on my computer today without an invitation, but I'm liking it so far. Had to change a couple things,but, like you, I like to play around on the computer, so I found it pretty easy.

And, as said earlier in this thread, if I don't like it, I can go back to Win8.1, but I don't think that will happen.

Re: YOUR OPINION OF WINDOWS 10?

jackthebear — Thu, 10 Mar 2016 21:21:18 GMT

My hard drive crashed two weeks ago so I asked them to give me win10

i hated it its very intrusive and you can't control some settings the way u can in 7

each new OS takes away user control

If you have it learn how to turn off the privacy settings which default to on and not in a good way

I took it back the next day for win7

Re: YOUR OPINION OF WINDOWS 10?

FranCNY — Thu, 10 Mar 2016 22:13:15 GMT

My DH is a techy and says Windows 10 is not bad but do a Google search for "Windows 10 privacy tool" to look for tools that aid you in ensuring your privacy as otherwise Windows 10 sends so much personal info to Microsoft it's not even funny. For those that upgraded to Windows 10 or had it forced on them do a Google search for "Windows 10 rollback" for instructions on how to rollback to your previous OS but take note - this option is only available for 30 days after the upgrade.

Re: YOUR OPINION OF WINDOWS 10?

chickenbutt — Thu, 10 Mar 2016 23:18:57 GMT

Oh wow, I didn't know they were going to FORCE people to upgrade their OS to Win10. That's not too cool. What if you have programs, or other things, that are not compatible? Seems like it should be a choice thing.

None of my computers have tried to force it - yet. I'm trying to be mindful, when doing Win updates, to block the ones that are pertinent to Win10, since my computers are not Win10.

I find it profoundly annoying that that stupid thing keeps being in my taskbar every time I start up a computer. I'm hating that there seems to be less and less choices. They force all this junk into all the newer operating systems and it's just too bad if you don't want to use it.

Re: YOUR OPINION OF WINDOWS 10?

ValuSkr — Fri, 11 Mar 2016 00:02:43 GMT

@FranCNY wrote:
My DH is a techy and says Windows 10 is not bad but do a Google search for "Windows 10 privacy tool" to look for tools that aid you in ensuring your privacy as otherwise Windows 10 sends so much personal info to Microsoft it's not even funny. For those that upgraded to Windows 10 or had it forced on them do a Google search for "Windows 10 rollback" for instructions on how to rollback to your previous OS but take note - this option is only available for 30 days after the upgrade.

So that must be why Microsoft made Windows 10 free for everyone - they've built into it all kinds of data gathering abilities that will benefit them greatly. I don't believe previous MS operating systems have been free.

Re: YOUR OPINION OF WINDOWS 10?

PamelaSue72 — Fri, 11 Mar 2016 02:17:30 GMT

Much ado about nothing. I upgraded a few months ago. No problems whatsoever. I really like it. The worst part is trying to figure out where things are and I did some muttering trying to figure out where to find things. But once you sit down and play with the system, it doesn't take all that long to get the hang of it.You need to want to learn how to do things. I like knowing how my computer works, so I was fine.

FWIW, my girlfriend's computer decided to upgrade to 10 and she didn't notice until it was 70% finished. She said there was no Cancel button to stop it and she panicked and shut her computer down. In doing so, she lost everything on her hard drive and now has to re-install Windows 7. She is not computer savvy and has her work cut out for her. I can't do it as she lives in another state.

It pays to understand your computer, so when something happens you can fix it.

I had had read that, eventually MS would upgrade 7 and 8 to 10. Evidently that's true because my GF had no idea it was going to upgrade and she wanted nothing to do with 10. Me, I like it. No problems.

Re: YOUR OPINION OF WINDOWS 10?

jackthebear — Fri, 11 Mar 2016 11:56:57 GMT

@ValuSkr wrote:
@FranCNY wrote:
My DH is a techy and says Windows 10 is not bad but do a Google search for "Windows 10 privacy tool" to look for tools that aid you in ensuring your privacy as otherwise Windows 10 sends so much personal info to Microsoft it's not even funny. For those that upgraded to Windows 10 or had it forced on them do a Google search for "Windows 10 rollback" for instructions on how to rollback to your previous OS but take note - this option is only available for 30 days after the upgrade.
So that must be why Microsoft made Windows 10 free for everyone - they've built into it all kinds of data gathering abilities that will benefit them greatly. I don't believe previous MS operating systems have been free.

you can turn those off, see my post above

Re: YOUR OPINION OF WINDOWS 10?

jackthebear — Fri, 11 Mar 2016 12:01:33 GMT

here is a link the the video I used, there are many on utube on the subject, I found this guy amusing.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u1kGMCfb2xw

Re: YOUR OPINION OF WINDOWS 10?

Tinkrbl44 — Fri, 11 Mar 2016 16:01:59 GMT

I finally changed my Update settings in my Control Panel.

Now it's set to "Windows Update is set to check with me before downloading and installing updates".

However, that screen telling me Your Upgrade is Ready to Install continues to monopolize my desktop and won't go away no matter what I do.

I guess Microsoft didn't anticipate so much pushback with this upgrade!

Re: YOUR OPINION OF WINDOWS 10?

Toppers — Fri, 11 Mar 2016 17:05:57 GMT

@chickenbutt wrote:
Oh wow, I didn't know they were going to FORCE people to upgrade their OS to Win10. That's not too cool. What if you have programs, or other things, that are not compatible? Seems like it should be a choice thing.

None of my computers have tried to force it - yet. I'm trying to be mindful, when doing Win updates, to block the ones that are pertinent to Win10, since my computers are not Win10.

I find it profoundly annoying that that stupid thing keeps being in my taskbar every time I start up a computer. I'm hating that there seems to be less and less choices. They force all this junk into all the newer operating systems and it's just too bad if you don't want to use it.

Hi @chickenbutt,

I'm not using Windows anymore. I'm on a Chromebook, as I got tired of all of the Windows-based maintenance and troubleshooting that I used to do, until our old PC stopped working.

Anyway, I'm talking to you "off the top of my head" right now.

I think that there should be a way to turn off the Windows 10 updates if you don't want them.

I'm not sure what OS you're using, but I would try going in to your Control Panel in your computer, and then checking your Windows Updates section.

I would then look and see if there is something there, like a check box for Windows 10.

If there is, I would then "uncheck it" if there is some place that you can do that. That should stop it from trying to install.

I don't know if any of this will work or not, but I used to get notices for things that I didn't want to automatically install when I was using Vista, and I used to check off the programs that I didn't want to install. Otherwise they do seem to try and "sneak" in there.

Re: YOUR OPINION OF WINDOWS 10?

chickenbutt — Fri, 11 Mar 2016 17:10:46 GMT

Hi Toppers! Thanks for the info. I just looked and didn't see anything about that in Updates. This update thing is supposed to end in July so I hope it disappears at that time.

BTW, did you see my response to you in that thread in the 'Recipes' forum? I apologize for the misunderstanding. On that note, and from some of the other posts I saw, I think that I am now sorry for even saying anything. heh - it's so easy to be misunderstood on this board. I was just going to delete my post until I saw that some people quoted it. Oh well.

Re: YOUR OPINION OF WINDOWS 10?

Tinkrbl44 — Fri, 11 Mar 2016 17:58:31 GMT

I finally got rid of the screen !!! knock on wood ...

I cleared all browsing data, then went to cookies and deleted every Microsoft cookie in there.

Then I shut down my computer, unplugged it and also removed the battery for a few seconds.

When I started it up again ..... no screen. Its been all of 10 minutes now, so we shall see how it goes.

Re: YOUR OPINION OF WINDOWS 10?

Toppers — Fri, 11 Mar 2016 20:28:33 GMT

@chickenbutt wrote:
Hi Toppers! Thanks for the info. I just looked and didn't see anything about that in Updates. This update thing is supposed to end in July so I hope it disappears at that time.

BTW, did you see my response to you in that thread in the 'Recipes' forum? I apologize for the misunderstanding. On that note, and from some of the other posts I saw, I think that I am now sorry for even saying anything. heh - it's so easy to be misunderstood on this board. I was just going to delete my post until I saw that some people quoted it. Oh well.

Hi, @chickenbutt! Yes, I did see your response over there. It's fine! Thanks for clearing it up.

I hope that everything goes o.k. with the Updates. I don't like when they try and "sneak" them in.

I remember that happening to me, all too well. I think that it was for a browser change/update for IE that was not compatible with my computer at the time. I had to go and change it back to a previous version.

I think what I ended up doing was changing my updates from "automatic" to having it tell me that they were available, but then letting me install and download them myself.