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That's probably the only thing that truly irritates me about Windows these days. Everything else is just a design decision that, as a technical user, I am easil

That's probably the only thing that truly irritates me about Windows these days. Everything else is just a design decision that, as a technical user, I am easily able to adapt to. But not knowing if my machine is going to decide to reboot itself at any random moment without me having the option to stop it from doing that? Unacceptable. Completely unacceptable. I know you should save often and bad things can happen like a power outage or a glitch or something, but those things are rare. My Windows 10 machine choosing to reboot itself without telling me? At least once a week. Imagine if you had random power outages once a week, and having a UPS plugged in couldn't stop it.

medemas-os 10y ago
>> But not knowing if my machine is going to decide to reboot itself at any random moment without me having the option to stop it from doing that? Unacceptable. Completely unacceptable. First of all you can set the time interval when the Windows will be able to update https://i.imgur.com/BZNadeE.png https://i.imgur.com/BZNadeE.png And even if you are working in this time Windows ask you what do you prefer - reboot now or later. I'am not Windows fanboy. I sue MacOS, Windows and Linux at the same time.
- freehunter 10y ago
  Yes, you can set what time it will reboot, but you can't set it to "never", or even "next week". And the pop-up to reboot does not take control of the screen, so if you're doing something full screen like a game or a Powerpoint presentation, you miss it and have to wait for the reboot. Even if you're in front of a client. When I'm done with my work for the day on Windows and I go to bed, I'm never sure if everything will still be there when I wake up. Far too often I wake up and I'm at a login screen with all of my active windows and documents closed. That's incredibly disruptive, and there's no way to stop that. There is no way to tell Windows 10 "don't reboot until I explicitly ask you to do so".

medemas-os 10y ago

>> But not knowing if my machine is going to decide to reboot itself at any random moment without me having the option to stop it from doing that? Unacceptable. Completely unacceptable. First of all you can set the time interval when the Windows will be able to update https://i.imgur.com/BZNadeE.png https://i.imgur.com/BZNadeE.png And even if you are working in this time Windows ask you what do you prefer - reboot now or later. I'am not Windows fanboy. I sue MacOS, Windows and Linux at the same time.

freehunter 10y ago
Yes, you can set what time it will reboot, but you can't set it to "never", or even "next week". And the pop-up to reboot does not take control of the screen, so if you're doing something full screen like a game or a Powerpoint presentation, you miss it and have to wait for the reboot. Even if you're in front of a client. When I'm done with my work for the day on Windows and I go to bed, I'm never sure if everything will still be there when I wake up. Far too often I wake up and I'm at a login screen with all of my active windows and documents closed. That's incredibly disruptive, and there's no way to stop that. There is no way to tell Windows 10 "don't reboot until I explicitly ask you to do so".