Aggressive Microsoft

Le_Kirk

grumpycrab wrote: »

apart from going to W10 itself (joke).

Thanks goodness you were joking!!

Le_Kirk

Well, I don't know what I did but it is fixed!! Well I do know what I did but which fix fixed it - aye there's the rub.

1. Set BITS to Automatic and turned it on.
2. Set WUAUSERV to Manual and turned it off every time I needed to install a KBnnnnnnn.
3. Installed KB3135445 - no change
4. Installed KB3153199 - no change
5. Installed KB3138612 (BTW was told every time that the updates already installed, probably from trying it yesterday)
6. Went to the Windows Update page and there are 18 updates (plus the 5 optional including KB3035583!)
7. Clicked Install, reset BITS and WUAUSERV
8. Restarted, All OK
9. Shut down
10. Made cup of tea.
11. Now lying down in dark room!!

dipsomaniac

life is too short. you will wonder what all the fuss was about when you finally move forward

Blackbeard_of_Perranporth

Gosh, if you don't like Windows 10, go back to Windows 95!

Strider590

dipsomaniac wrote: »

life is too short. you will wonder what all the fuss was about when you finally move forward

Blackbeard_of_Perranporth wrote: »

Gosh, if you don't like Windows 10, go back to Windows 95!

There's a lot of stuff that doesn't work on Windows 10, someone at work "upgraded" their laptop thinking it was just an update and it made such a mess that we binned the laptop as it couldn't be rolled back and was no longer functional with the software we use everyday.

It's thought that Win10 is destined to be a pay as you go modular platform, where you will probably eventually have to pay a monthly fee to use essential elements of it, just like MS office.
Not only that but it's been well documented that Win10 leaks private and confidential data back to MS.

katejo

I did previously manage to block the offending KB3035583 and remove it. For a month or so I didn't get any W10 reminders but did get one again this week. I looked to see whether the KB update had reappeared but it hadn't. Then, last night, on logging off, i got more updates. Perhaps it will be there again. Why can't they just leave users alone. If we don't want it, we don't want it. I don't intend to give in. W7 is working so I want to keep it that way.

dipsomaniac

Strider590 wrote: »

There's a lot of stuff that doesn't work on Windows 10, someone at work "upgraded" their laptop thinking it was just an update and it made such a mess that we binned the laptop as it couldn't be rolled back and was no longer functional with the software we use everyday.

you binned it rather that re-install win 7/8? what a waste

It's thought that Win10 is destined to be a pay as you go modular platform, where you will probably eventually have to pay a monthly fee to use essential elements of it, just like MS office.
Not only that but it's been well documented that Win10 leaks private and confidential data back to MS.

its thought? probably? I am surprised you ever got past win 95. every piece of software wants to take data you either embrace it or go back to living in a cave. you do realise that everytime you leave the house you appear on a camera somewhere

dipsomaniac

katejo wrote: »

I did previously manage to block the offending KB3035583 and remove it. For a month or so I didn't get any W10 reminders but did get one again this week. I looked to see whether the KB update had reappeared but it hadn't. Then, last night, on logging off, i got more updates. Perhaps it will be there again. Why can't they just leave users alone. If we don't want it, we don't want it. I don't intend to give in. W7 is working so I want to keep it that way.

this is supposed to be a tech forum for people that believe in technology. there are alternatives to microsoft

ARandomMiser

Strider590 wrote: »

There's a lot of stuff that doesn't work on Windows 10, someone at work "upgraded" their laptop thinking it was just an update and it made such a mess that we binned the laptop as it couldn't be rolled back and was no longer functional with the software we use everyday.

Probably more of a reflection of the 'someone at work's technical abilities

It's thought that Win10 is destined to be a pay as you go modular platform, where you will probably eventually have to pay a monthly fee to use essential elements of it, just like MS office.
Not only that but it's been well documented that Win10 leaks private and confidential data back to MS.

Ah that old chestnut, if you are concerned that then for heavens sake stay away from mobile phones. Most of the information harvested is not what would be deemed to be 'confidential' (i would like to say 'all' but there may be something identifiable there ... You know like the sort of stuff grabbed every day by hundreds of organizations as you surf the web).

Remember it is this harvested informatin that makes computers so poerful with searches, siri, cortana, google now etc. We all want to use the results, it is just some want to take without contributing.

Strider590

dipsomaniac wrote: »

you binned it rather that re-install win 7/8? what a waste



its thought? probably? I am surprised you ever got past win 95

After the 30 days, you can't rolled back to Win7 and if you don't have the vendors original Win7 disk (which most people don't get) you won't be able to do a full wipe/resinstall.

On a desktop not so bad, but on a laptop, buying a new copy of Win7, installing it, then getting and installing all the original drivers and reinstalling all the software, your talking a days work for one person who maybe earns £100+ per day, the laptop is worth £200 tops, factor in the loss of productivity and it's just not viable.

Win10 laptop = bin.