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> but I have a batch file I run after every Windows update to get rid of the spyware stuff so that isn't an issue. Could be that over time whatever your batch

> but I have a batch file I run after every Windows update to get rid of the spyware stuff so that isn't an issue. Could be that over time whatever your batch script is doing is possibly interfering with the correct operation of OneDrive. You might need to review whatever it's disabling/hacking and make some adjustments. I doubt Microsoft are deliberately trying to sabotage your machine. I suspect whatever your script does is probably not documented well, or is doing "not-recommended" things that may be trampling over incremental updates to OneDrive and unexpectedly and subtly clobbering the way it functions and/or the things it expects to be there. There can be some surprising dependencies in Windows, and Windows does evolve over time due to patches and fixes. edited: to fix my english

lordCarbonFiber 10y ago
This completely. The idea that people want to explicitly opt out of updates (muh spyware) and yet expect things to magically remain feature current on an outdated platform is ludicrous. There are other options to Windows (and cloud storage for that matter) I really wish people would support them more than just figuring they're entitled to get a business's support even as the deviate from the upgrade path and try to thread water half a decade in the past.
_Understated_ 10y ago
Edit: I posted the batch file here originally but it looked crap so I have removed it. Here is an example of what it removes: echo Uninstalling KB2976987 (description not available) start /w wusa.exe /uninstall /kb:2976987 /quiet /norestart It's all the updates that enable "telemetry". You could be right that there is some genuine functionality I have removed by not having a particular update in which case I will need to look at alternatives to OneDrive.
- teh_klev 10y ago
  > This is all it does. Looks non-trivial to me. That's removing 18 patches/fixes, four of which don't have a description. If I were you I'd re-install, get OneDrive back into working order (if indeed one or more of these uninstalls is the cause), then re-apply these hacks one at a time until OneDrive starts misbehaving....then put it back. Blindly running a script like this based on "advice" from the internet, without knowing the consequences each time some wave of new patches/fixes arrives on Patch Tuesday, is a wee bit scary. Especially if it's your primary work/wage generating machine.
- fileoffset 10y ago
  Rather than a homegrown script, I use: http://www.majorgeeks.com/files/details/gwx_control_panel.html http://www.majorgeeks.com/files/details/gwx_control_panel.ht... It works fantastic for me, haven't had any GWX issues since I installed it. Having said that, I don't use OneDrive, so can't say whether it affects it or not.
- yuhong 10y ago
  KB3080149 (the version in the rollup) does say that the new version "Reduces the network connections on a Windows system that doesn't participate in the Windows Customer Experience Improvement Program (CEIP)."

lordCarbonFiber 10y ago

This completely. The idea that people want to explicitly opt out of updates (muh spyware) and yet expect things to magically remain feature current on an outdated platform is ludicrous. There are other options to Windows (and cloud storage for that matter) I really wish people would support them more than just figuring they're entitled to get a business's support even as the deviate from the upgrade path and try to thread water half a decade in the past.

_Understated_ 10y ago

Edit: I posted the batch file here originally but it looked crap so I have removed it. Here is an example of what it removes: echo Uninstalling KB2976987 (description not available) start /w wusa.exe /uninstall /kb:2976987 /quiet /norestart It's all the updates that enable "telemetry". You could be right that there is some genuine functionality I have removed by not having a particular update in which case I will need to look at alternatives to OneDrive.

teh_klev 10y ago
> This is all it does. Looks non-trivial to me. That's removing 18 patches/fixes, four of which don't have a description. If I were you I'd re-install, get OneDrive back into working order (if indeed one or more of these uninstalls is the cause), then re-apply these hacks one at a time until OneDrive starts misbehaving....then put it back. Blindly running a script like this based on "advice" from the internet, without knowing the consequences each time some wave of new patches/fixes arrives on Patch Tuesday, is a wee bit scary. Especially if it's your primary work/wage generating machine.
fileoffset 10y ago
Rather than a homegrown script, I use: http://www.majorgeeks.com/files/details/gwx_control_panel.html http://www.majorgeeks.com/files/details/gwx_control_panel.ht... It works fantastic for me, haven't had any GWX issues since I installed it. Having said that, I don't use OneDrive, so can't say whether it affects it or not.
yuhong 10y ago
KB3080149 (the version in the rollup) does say that the new version "Reduces the network connections on a Windows system that doesn't participate in the Windows Customer Experience Improvement Program (CEIP)."