Is this a genuine MS message?
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[/pic]This popped onscreen when my wife was using the PC, she offered to let it go and stop what she was doing
We let in and it changed many things including losing the win7 games we have played and robbed the hard drive of six or seven gb
As it also impose many other unwanted features I got rid of it and went back to a point a few weeks ago
If you like bloat this is for you
We let in and it changed many things including losing the win7 games we have played and robbed the hard drive of six or seven gb
As it also impose many other unwanted features I got rid of it and went back to a point a few weeks ago
If you like bloat this is for you
annodomini2 said:
I guess I got lucky as it uninstalled itself. Phew.Last time I do an install when requested.
perdu said:
This popped onscreen when my wife was using the PC, she offered to let it go and stop what she was doing
We let in and it changed many things including losing the win7 games we have played and robbed the hard drive of six or seven gb
As it also impose many other unwanted features I got rid of it and went back to a point a few weeks ago
If you like bloat this is for you
If you loose that much hard drive space then you'll have the old windows install saved. I usually wait a week or 2 to see if it is ok then go into the disk cleaner/system files and remove the old version. This way you can roll back if you have issues.We let in and it changed many things including losing the win7 games we have played and robbed the hard drive of six or seven gb
As it also impose many other unwanted features I got rid of it and went back to a point a few weeks ago
If you like bloat this is for you
Well I ignored the pop-up and went to the Microsoft update page. There I learned that my current version was out of date and I allowed MS to update it. That seems to have worked well enough with little visible change. Maybe the pop-up was different from the MS web page route? Ojh, and I have Avast running too.
Never ever let new MS feature updates install when they ask you to, they often create far more issues than they resolve. I upgraded both my PC and laptop to Pro to allow me to have some semblance of control over the updates. If you're on Pro and want to prevent your machine doing this, set the following:
Settings > Update & Security > Advanced Options
Set to 'Semi-Annual Channel'
Set Feature Updates to defer for 365 days
Set Quality Update to defer for 30 days
Pause Updates
I've also edited my Group Policy settings to the following:
Computer Configuration > Administrative Templates > Windows Components > Windows Update
Set 'Always automatically restart at the scheduled time' to 'Disabled'
Set 'Configure automatic updates' to 'Enabled' then 'Allow local Admin to choose setting'
Set 'No auto-restart with logged on users for scheduled automatic updates installations' to 'Enabled'
This should stop Windows downloading, installing and auto-restarting updates by itself.
If you're on Windows 10 Home then I'm not sure what options there are available - perhaps setting your connection to 'metered' so Windows only downloads what it deems 'essential' updates and not feature updates might help a little.
Settings > Update & Security > Advanced Options
Set to 'Semi-Annual Channel'
Set Feature Updates to defer for 365 days
Set Quality Update to defer for 30 days
Pause Updates
I've also edited my Group Policy settings to the following:
Computer Configuration > Administrative Templates > Windows Components > Windows Update
Set 'Always automatically restart at the scheduled time' to 'Disabled'
Set 'Configure automatic updates' to 'Enabled' then 'Allow local Admin to choose setting'
Set 'No auto-restart with logged on users for scheduled automatic updates installations' to 'Enabled'
This should stop Windows downloading, installing and auto-restarting updates by itself.
If you're on Windows 10 Home then I'm not sure what options there are available - perhaps setting your connection to 'metered' so Windows only downloads what it deems 'essential' updates and not feature updates might help a little.
Cliftonite said:
"We need you to kick it off". How professional!
Slightly off topic, but a company I worked for a while back (payday loan type co) - all their emails to customers began with:Hey <customer name>,
Welcome to ....
etc.
So unprofessional.
But when I mentioned it, I was told I'm an old fart and not 'down with the kids' essentially.
Never mind the fact the many customers were 40's / 50's ...
I did this a couple of days ago.
When done i got a message to choose language which seemed odd. Then got stuck in a loop with no ikons on the screen and no backup options or go back to previous windows working.
No options worked apart from right back to factory settings so all personal files lost , photos etc and all downloads lost.
Laptop started as per new but with even more free crap on it, games etc and some of the new stuff cannot be uninstalled.
As per the link above i would say dont do it.
When done i got a message to choose language which seemed odd. Then got stuck in a loop with no ikons on the screen and no backup options or go back to previous windows working.
No options worked apart from right back to factory settings so all personal files lost , photos etc and all downloads lost.
Laptop started as per new but with even more free crap on it, games etc and some of the new stuff cannot be uninstalled.
As per the link above i would say dont do it.
chris390 said:
I did this a couple of days ago.
When done i got a message to choose language which seemed odd. Then got stuck in a loop with no ikons on the screen and no backup options or go back to previous windows working.
No options worked apart from right back to factory settings so all personal files lost , photos etc and all downloads lost.
Laptop started as per new but with even more free crap on it, games etc and some of the new stuff cannot be uninstalled.
As per the link above i would say dont do it.
Never ever do any major update to Windows without having all your files backed up. I'm afraid my sympathy for those with 'lost data' these days is waning - with solutions like Dropbox, Google Drive, OneDrive or even a cheap portable external hard drive, it's so cheap and easy to do nowadays that there's no excuse for not doing it. When done i got a message to choose language which seemed odd. Then got stuck in a loop with no ikons on the screen and no backup options or go back to previous windows working.
No options worked apart from right back to factory settings so all personal files lost , photos etc and all downloads lost.
Laptop started as per new but with even more free crap on it, games etc and some of the new stuff cannot be uninstalled.
As per the link above i would say dont do it.
You should be backing up regularly by default.
People who don’t install updates only have themselves to blame if they get malware or virus infections.
If you don’t have enough hard drive space for a major Windows update, then you don’t have enough hard drive space generally. Hard drives cost nothing these days. You can get 4TB of spinny drive for £70 or 1TB of fast SSD for £200.
If you don’t have enough hard drive space for a major Windows update, then you don’t have enough hard drive space generally. Hard drives cost nothing these days. You can get 4TB of spinny drive for £70 or 1TB of fast SSD for £200.
tless about what happens when my father downloads it though, I expect multiple panicked calls about his PC being broken. 
Funk said:
Never ever let new MS feature updates install when they ask you to, they often create far more issues than they resolve.
This just isn't true and repeating disinformation like this does the internet no favours at all.The wider damage caused by unpatched machines far, far exceeds those rare instances when people are inconvenienced by an update. By allowing your computers to connect to the internet without the latest updates, you are exposing everybody else to the risk that you will be compromised and take part in anything from spam relaying to massive coordinated DDOS botnet attacks.
It's like getting your vaccinations. Yes, there are probably rare instances of adverse effects but overall, the world is better if we all keep ourselves protected.
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