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jpennybags

Windows 10 Push... #$%@**@

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I fired up the trading computer today; just like every other day. During my morning ritual of waking up, I noticed that damnable "Update to Windows 10" screen had popped up... I ignored it. I continued with my ritual, and upon returning, the computer had gone into a conversion from W7 to W10 automatically. WTF? I powered down the computer which halted the process. Color me "pissed off".

 

After doing some research, there are several articles which speak to this. If you don't do anything after that screen pops up, it will begin the conversion on it's own. If you select the "X" to close out the screen it will still continue the conversion. The only way to stop it is by selecting the opt-out (which no one seems to notice). I'm having some difficulty in believing this to be true, but that's what they say. After my experience today... I have to believe it.

 

I have a "Surface 3" which runs on W10... I'm not impressed. I DO NOT WANT WINDOWS 10 ON A COMPUTER TO WHICH MY LIVELYHOOD DEPENDS!!!! Damn the MF's at MS.

 

Now... it may be that I may feel somewhat exorcised by going into a "bitch fest", but I would prefer to find a solution:

 

Solution 1: There is a free download called "Never10". It supposedly will not allow these updates to occur.

 

Solution 2: Stop all updates from occurring automatically.

 

I think either one would work for me. In the case of #2, this is a dedicated computer... it only goes to the broker and the data feed. No email; no web surfing. If it's working now, it should be fine without further automated updates, only using selective updates (I must profess a bit of ignorance on the subject).

 

Any input would be appreciated.

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I went to the Gibson Research "Never10" website and ran the fix... easy as can be.

 

It doesn't download any software, it simply makes the registry modifications recommended by Microsoft (and as mentioned above by "silver"). The other satisfying result is the option to delete the W10 files that have been residing on my hard drive for months. Roughly 6GB of space restored... sweet.

 

As I understand it, I can now continue to receive automated updates for W7 and not for W10 or the W10 upgrade. See how it goes... thanks for nothing Microsoft (@#$%%%%).

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