[DeTomaso] NPC: Microsoft is sneaking the Windows 10 update onto PCs
Asa Jay Laughton
asajay at asajay.com
Fri May 20 13:22:13 EDT 2016
I'm running 10 on my work pc but have to hold off on all the home pcs due to incompatible programs. Some replacements aren't available yet and in other cases I will have to use VMs to run them. I want to be able to migrate on my own schedule.
Asa
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thomas <thomas at hax.se> wrote:
>And here I tried to upgrade one of my VM:s to win10, only to be told that the version of VMware Fusion I use does not support win10 😜
>
>> 20 maj 2016 kl. 18:55 skrev Asa Jay Laughton <asajay at asajay.com>:
>>
>> Why do I feel like making a shortt joke here?
>> Yes, I got the popup on one of my home machines and I usually just
>> dismiss it until I have time to remove the KB update -again- (why does
>> Microsoft keep overiding my wishes)...
>> Except -this- time instead of dismissing it, it automatically scheduled
>> the upgrade. I was like...WTF? I had to manually unschedule it. Now
>> I'm fearful its automatically doing it to that home computer while I'm
>> at work. Not cool.
>> Asa
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>>
>> Larry Stock <larrys at panteraparts.com> wrote:
>> Thanks for the heads up Ken, All of our company clients computer in our
>> network system just started updating too. We are a Manufacturing
>> company
>> that uses serial communications to all our machines that windows 10
>> donA^1t
>> offer proper serial communications anymore since Microsoft figures that
>> nobody uses serial communications, so why offer it. We are stuck with
>> Widows 7 apparently. I got my son a lap top for his racing data logger
>> that automatically upgraded to windows 10 last year and he lost
>> everything. I had to buy a second laptop with the old Windows program
>> for
>> him to use and trash the first one. Maybe Microsoft needs to give us a
>> choice before giving us all this new technology for free. This is going
>> to
>> screw up manufactures all over the country today.
>> Larry
>> On 5/20/16, 8:59 AM, "DeTomaso on behalf of Ken Green via DeTomaso"
>> <detomaso-bounces at server.detomasolist.com on behalf of
>> detomaso at server.detomasolist.com> wrote:
>>>
>>> I stepped away from my desk for a minute, and when I came back, my
>> PC
>>> was installing Windows 10. I did not select the update because
>> some
>>> expensive software I have may not run under Windows 10.
>>> If you don't want this to happen, you have to change the setting in
>>> Widows Update to allow you to chose to install updates.
>>> Ken
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I'm running 10 on my work pc but have to hold off on all the home pcs
due to incompatible programs. Some replacements aren't available yet
and in other cases I will have to use VMs to run them. I want to be
able to migrate on my own schedule.
Asa
Sent using Jedi Mind Tricks
thomas <thomas at hax.se> wrote:
And here I tried to upgrade one of my VM:s to win10, only to be told
that the version of VMware Fusion I use does not support win10 d-
> 20 maj 2016 kl. 18:55 skrev Asa Jay Laughton <asajay at asajay.com>:
>
> Why do I feel like making a shortt joke here?
> Yes, I got the popup on one of my home machines and I usually just
> dismiss it until I have time to remove the KB update -again- (why
does
> Microsoft keep overiding my wishes)...
> Except -this- time instead of dismissing it, it automatically
scheduled
> the upgrade. I was like...WTF? I had to manually unschedule it.
Now
> I'm fearful its automatically doing it to that home computer while
I'm
> at work. Not cool.
> Asa
> Sent using Jedi Mind Tricks
>
> Larry Stock <larrys at panteraparts.com> wrote:
> Thanks for the heads up Ken, All of our company clients computer in
our
> network system just started updating too. We are a Manufacturing
> company
> that uses serial communications to all our machines that windows 10
> donA^1t
> offer proper serial communications anymore since Microsoft figures
that
> nobody uses serial communications, so why offer it. We are stuck
with
> Widows 7 apparently. I got my son a lap top for his racing data
logger
> that automatically upgraded to windows 10 last year and he lost
> everything. I had to buy a second laptop with the old Windows
program
> for
> him to use and trash the first one. Maybe Microsoft needs to give
us a
> choice before giving us all this new technology for free. This is
going
> to
> screw up manufactures all over the country today.
> Larry
> On 5/20/16, 8:59 AM, "DeTomaso on behalf of Ken Green via DeTomaso"
> <detomaso-bounces at server.detomasolist.com on behalf of
> detomaso at server.detomasolist.com> wrote:
>>
>> I stepped away from my desk for a minute, and when I came back, my
> PC
>> was installing Windows 10. I did not select the update because
> some
>> expensive software I have may not run under Windows 10.
>> If you don't want this to happen, you have to change the setting in
>> Widows Update to allow you to chose to install updates.
>> Ken
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