I don't want Windows 10.

A pop up says Windows 10 is ready to install, restart now?

I don't want it, if I turn the computer off as usual will it install when I turn it back on?

How do I duck this one?

Dan

http://blog.ultimateoutsider.com/2015/08/using-gwx-stopper-to-permanently-remove.html

Install it, read instructions, have a happy Win 10-free computer.

Yeah, don't click on anything, including the X box to close that window. It's bad. You need to get the virus, I mean Microsoft Get Windows X application, off your machine. Then change the update settings to ask before installing and EVERY SINGLE TIME an update comes over, click on the "more information" and make sure it is not there to "help you transition to the LGBT lifestyle," I mean, windoze 10.

Meh, much as we all like it, 7 is going to disappear eventually. And 10 can't be worse than 8. And 10 is free through July.

Duke wrote: Meh, much as we all like it, 7 is going to disappear eventually. And 10 can't be worse than 8. And 10 is free through July.

Which is why many of us are telling Microsoft to pound sand and moving away from Windows altogether. Out of the 6 computers running in this house, 2 are running a Microsoft OS and that's only because I need 1 for work and the other will be donated shortly since its just not used anymore.

In reply to Stefan (Not Bruce):

Well, I'm a Mac guy myself, but I have 4 Windows laptops that belong to the club for our T&S system. The main one was new last year and came with 8; the others are older and came with 7 Pro.

Dr. Hess wrote: Then change the update settings to ask before installing and EVERY SINGLE TIME an update comes over, click on the "more information" and make sure it is not there to "help you transition to the LGBT lifestyle," I mean, windoze 10.

This statement makes my sense of mock outrage tingle.

Duke wrote: Meh, much as we all like it, 7 is going to disappear eventually. And 10 can't be worse than 8. And 10 is free through July.

Except that 4x6 dye sub printer from Canon that's only 2 years old does not have a Win10 driver. Win7 updates have already killed my Corel video editor, and I'm doubtful now that my Adobe CS2 will keep working on Win10.

Well, you do have a bit more than three years of support left on Win7 before it'll go the way of XP...

10 made my netbook run like garbage. Just too much fancy schmancy for my liking.

Meh, I just installed Windows 10 on a new SSD in my computer. I love that from being completely off to desktop takes something like 15 seconds.

I use it for normal home stuff, so it's not really that big of a deal.

zOmG some stuff is in a different place.........I must now perform seppuku!

Jerry wrote:

Duke wrote: Meh, much as we all like it, 7 is going to disappear eventually. And 10 can't be worse than 8. And 10 is free through July.

Except that 4x6 dye sub printer from Canon that's only 2 years old does not have a Win10 driver. Win7 updates have already killed my Corel video editor, and I'm doubtful now that my Adobe CS2 will keep working on Win10.

Interestingly enough, our Dell printer that is 2 years old does not have a Win7 driver, so it only started to work on a netbook when I updated to W10.

In reply to z31maniac:

I've been using in since shortly after it came out (upgraded from 7 to 8.1 and then to 10, so not a fresh install) and it's been fine, once I've turned off the various invasions of privacy that are enabled by default. I've got fewer problems with Win10 than with my Mac Pro, which has also gone through multiple upgrade cycles.

Fueled by Caffeine wrote: 10 made my netbook run like garbage. Just too much fancy schmancy for my liking.

I did the same thing, but instead of settling for the garbage, I looked up how to actually disable most of that stuff. Touch screen, phone, X-box- all of that stuff is totally disabled or removed.

There are some good websites out there telling you how to strip W10 down.

Makes the update the lesser of the two evils.

(but I'm still getting a Mac when my laptop dies)

I recently bought a new laptop with Windows 10 on it. It's OK. But this is not my main computer, I just use it for MS Office.

In reply to Duke:

I'm sorry.

If you don't want Windows 10, it means you need to switch entirely to non-Windows operating systems by January 14, 2020. You can't "skip" Windows 10 for another version of Windows, it is the future version of Windows. You'll just have to pay for it if you don't do the upgrade before the deadline.

The only real problems with the OS is that it may uninstall some programs for you seemingly at random (whatever's incompatible with the latest updates) and that it's extremely privacy-invasive by default.

In reply to alfadriver:

I'll look into it. I went back to 8.1 with classic shell. It works fine.

Some may find this of interest:

https://www.grc.com/never10.htm

GameboyRMH wrote: The only real problems with the OS is that it may uninstall some programs for you seemingly at random (whatever's incompatible with the latest updates) and that it's extremely privacy-invasive by default.

Links to this? I've read turning off the automatic update cures a lot of the ills.

But I've been too lazy to even redownload the Spotify app and just use the web app.

My computer right now is literally Win 10 (I actually went and bought a legit copy vs the questionable ones I've used the last 16 years) and Chrome.

That's it.

I still run XP on most of my machines. And guess what? IT STILL GETS SECURITY UPDATES. You just need the registry hack.

A few thoughts on this:

This forced upgrade thing is, IMO, one of the worst consumer-facing things that MS has ever done. And they are (rightly) getting roasted alive for it in the court of public opinion.

Having said that, Win10 is better than any previous version of Windows. It really is. It's faster, it's more secure, and once you learn the (minor) UI differences, it's easier to use. So, I do think that everyone should (eventually) upgrade to it if they want to stay on Windows. But they should still be given a choice.

In any case, this is the kind of stuff that has pushed people toward Macs for years now. I'm not a Mac guy, but I do beat the drum for Chromebooks. An awful lot of people these days only need a computer for web browsing, email, and light productivity apps like word processing and spreadsheeets. A Chromebook will do all of that, it's dirt cheap, it's fast, and the updates are seamless and easy.

Or there's always Linux, but that still requires a level of geekery that will exclude most computer users.

Yeah, I'd avoid that, I caved a couple months ago and let it do it to my windows box, I still haven't got around to wiping it and doing a clean install. Something about preserving all the old programs makes it unstable as a Win 95 machine that hasn't been wiped in a few years.

z31maniac wrote:

GameboyRMH wrote: The only real problems with the OS is that it may uninstall some programs for you seemingly at random (whatever's incompatible with the latest updates) and that it's extremely privacy-invasive by default.

Links to this? I've read turning off the automatic update cures a lot of the ills.

http://www.ghacks.net/2015/11/24/beware-latest-windows-10-update-may-remove-programs-automatically/

Turning off the automatic updates will prevent it from happening...until you install those same updates manually.

Tom_Spangler wrote: Or there's always Linux, but that still requires a level of geekery that will exclude most computer users.

No it generally doesn't, in day-to-day use, and even in terms of installing on most hardware, it's just as easy as Windows (if you choose a sensible and user-friendly distro, I'm not talking about Gentoo of course).