vinifera Posted May 4, 2015 Share Posted May 4, 2015 thats why I will never go beyond Win "7" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NoelC Posted May 4, 2015 Share Posted May 4, 2015 Well, someone will figure out how to tame Windows Update, you can be sure of that. For Win 8.1 I have everything about Windows Update set to disabled, and a little scheduled app called WUNotify that checks once a day and notifies me if updates become available, and auto-installs the ONE update I do want always auto-installed: New Defender definitions. The details of that are not important; just that it's almost certain to become possible to control one's own system once the dust settles on the release of Win 10. I've just been testing 10074 with EnableLUA set to 0 and I must say, it's all working better than I thought it would. If Microsoft changed nothing else (and considering I haven't nearly tested it enough to be sure) I could probably live with this as a replacement for Win 8.1 on my main workstation. -Noel Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rn10950 Posted May 4, 2015 Share Posted May 4, 2015 Isn't there a registry or group policy hack to re-enable the old Windows Update UI, or did they remove that too? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NoelC Posted May 5, 2015 Share Posted May 5, 2015 There was, but Microsoft has already stated it won't work for long, if it even still does. http://answers.microsoft.com/en-us/insider/forum/insider_wintp-insider_update/warning-disabling-the-new-windows-update-ui-may/dc846517-eca0-4960-b0ff-1eb7227223f5 -Noel Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ssn650 Posted July 28, 2015 Share Posted July 28, 2015 Looks like our worst fears have been confirmed: http://www.pcworld.com/article/2953158/windows/microsoft-wants-you-to-pay-for-solitaire-again-in-windows-10.html Surely this is only the beginning... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kelsenellenelvian Posted July 28, 2015 Share Posted July 28, 2015 (edited) And here we were told we are crazy and paranoid, huh NoelC?I hope dhjohns reads this thread. Edited July 28, 2015 by Kelsenellenelvian Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jaclaz Posted July 28, 2015 Share Posted July 28, 2015 This seems like a nice place to post a brand new fake cover. jaclaz Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tripredacus Posted July 28, 2015 Share Posted July 28, 2015 We will wait for someone to make an Ad-Block program for Windows itself. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JorgeA Posted July 28, 2015 Share Posted July 28, 2015 Looks like our worst fears have been confirmed: http://www.pcworld.com/article/2953158/windows/microsoft-wants-you-to-pay-for-solitaire-again-in-windows-10.html Surely this is only the beginning... Love the writer's conclusion: Honestly, if you want to pay for more energy in Farmville or an upgraded weapon in some online shooter, it’s your business. But it does seem a bit odd that Microsoft can make Windows 10—an entire operating system, mind you—a free upgrade, while asking you to pay to remove ads. If this is the future of Windows as a service, count me out. Yup. --JorgeA 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NoelC Posted July 28, 2015 Share Posted July 28, 2015 Looks like our worst fears have been confirmed: http://www.pcworld.com/article/2953158/windows/microsoft-wants-you-to-pay-for-solitaire-again-in-windows-10.html Surely this is only the beginning... I wonder what tricks they have up their sleeves for making running older systems, under the old "bought a license, run it as long as you want" model, less attractive. I'm sure their management thought that all the wonderful new Modern Apps that could only be run played on Win 10 would be the carrot, and who knows, for a large number of people maybe that'll be the case. You'd be amazed the lengths to which some folks will go to buy coffee instead of supporting adware. -Noel Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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