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Every time I hear about updates being "forced," yes, Microsoft did some shady things to trick non-tech people into the upgrade which I agree is shady. However a

by eumoria 10y ago

Every time I hear about updates being "forced," yes, Microsoft did some shady things to trick non-tech people into the upgrade which I agree is shady. However any competent IT manager would know how to stop that from happening. Even a cursory google search shows you how to remove the windows update that starts the upgrade. Also all computers on a network domain will not auto update. Each time I read of an IT manager who says he/she was "tricked" into upgrading all I read is "Incompetent IT Manager Makes Massive Mistake" EDIT: I should probably reference the single small command that stops the bugging notifications and upgrade. Open admin level command line: wusa /uninstall /KB:3035583

Retr0spectrum 10y ago
Clearly something has gone very wrong when an IT manager allowing a software update is considered to be making a "Massive Mistake".
- shubb 10y ago
  Not trusting vendors is part of the job. IT departments will typically turn off automatic updates from vendors, and instead role them out in an automated way that they control. If they are too slow in doing that, then they are doing it wrong sure. But Microsoft updates do brick computers, undo obscure enterprisy settings, or role out unevenly across your estate so people are on different versions. You want to see if that happens to someone else before you roll out. This is even more true with windows based servers, where you'd probably want to switch in an alternative or do everything at 3am on Saturday morning.
  - Terr_ 10y ago
    > Not trusting vendors is part of the job. But at the same time, for an OS company being trustworthy is part of their job.
- eumoria 10y ago
  I do agree with this... Microsoft handled this terribly and the opt-out should have been obvious and permanent.
Pica_soO 10y ago
Black UI magic, to shove users into a certain direction, that needs to be yanked from the registry and forbidden via group policies- and that can be defended? You know a OS is in a bad spot, if it gathers followers, who attack criticizing experience reports and anecdotes. Who needs truth if one has beauty? Windows job was to provide a easy, trap-free OS, one where you wouldn't spend weeks with a bomb-defusal kit, looking at the upgrades blowing up systems. Well at least the victims of the landmine dont have to worry about shipjumping converts of the holy church of the foreboding fruit snapping at them for heresy.
eikenberry 10y ago
Small companies like this usually don't have an IT person at all, let alone a manager.
wtallis 10y ago
> I should probably reference the single small command that stops the bugging notifications and upgrade. Temporarily stops; that update didn't reliably stay dead.

by eumoria 10y ago

Retr0spectrum 10y ago

Clearly something has gone very wrong when an IT manager allowing a software update is considered to be making a "Massive Mistake".

shubb 10y ago
Not trusting vendors is part of the job. IT departments will typically turn off automatic updates from vendors, and instead role them out in an automated way that they control. If they are too slow in doing that, then they are doing it wrong sure. But Microsoft updates do brick computers, undo obscure enterprisy settings, or role out unevenly across your estate so people are on different versions. You want to see if that happens to someone else before you roll out. This is even more true with windows based servers, where you'd probably want to switch in an alternative or do everything at 3am on Saturday morning.
- Terr_ 10y ago
  > Not trusting vendors is part of the job. But at the same time, for an OS company being trustworthy is part of their job.
eumoria 10y ago
I do agree with this... Microsoft handled this terribly and the opt-out should have been obvious and permanent.

Pica_soO 10y ago

Black UI magic, to shove users into a certain direction, that needs to be yanked from the registry and forbidden via group policies- and that can be defended? You know a OS is in a bad spot, if it gathers followers, who attack criticizing experience reports and anecdotes. Who needs truth if one has beauty? Windows job was to provide a easy, trap-free OS, one where you wouldn't spend weeks with a bomb-defusal kit, looking at the upgrades blowing up systems. Well at least the victims of the landmine dont have to worry about shipjumping converts of the holy church of the foreboding fruit snapping at them for heresy.

eikenberry 10y ago

Small companies like this usually don't have an IT person at all, let alone a manager.

wtallis 10y ago

> I should probably reference the single small command that stops the bugging notifications and upgrade. Temporarily stops; that update didn't reliably stay dead.