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This still isnt always useful. I work in an office that creates and runs CFD software. It often takes days, or weeks to run and the recent windows "feature" of
by rhodysurf 9y ago
This still isnt always useful. I work in an office that creates and runs CFD software. It often takes days, or weeks to run and the recent windows "feature" of rebooting when it wants to update with no way to shut it off has killed so many peoples work in progress. Its insane there is no ability to only update manually.
- masklinn 9y ago> Its insane there is no ability to only update manually. There is.
- Silhouette 9y agoAn officially supported channel that will let you select important security updates to install if and when you want to and not push anything else? Without relying on enterprise management features and the like? That would be interesting news to a lot of people, I'm sure, so please share what you know.
- maturz 9y agoDisable updates then you can use http://www.windowsupdatesdownloader.com/ http://www.windowsupdatesdownloader.com/
- rhodysurf 9y agoHow? Ive tried group policies and the like and nothing seems to stick.
- fwn 9y agoYou can disable the update service. It works since at least Windows 98 and takes maybe 5 clicks.
- TremendousJudge 9y agoI think you can't after the anniversary update
- fwn 9y agoMaybe there is another Windows versions difference I am not aware of. In my configuration this is still working. I went to services.msc and searched for "Windows Update". I stopped the service, went to its preferences and selected "Disabled" as startup type.
- Mithaldu 9y agoPro 10 user here. Windows started wanting to update last week, but isn't because my group policy is set to notify for download and auto install, so all i had for the duration of the conference i was at was a notification. It works fine.
- YeGoblynQueenne 9y agoIt works in Pro, but not in Home and I think not in Enterprise either.
- JorgeGT 9y agoIf your CFD software isn't saving at least the last converged timestep in order to restart the calculation if there's an unplanned interrupt maybe you should implement such a feature! It's been a lifesaver for me many times.
- rhodysurf 9y agoYeah we have some way of saving state but its unreliable as of right now unfortunately. Definitely gunna use this an opportunity to push it back into priority though thanks!
- kstenerud 9y agoThat's right. Blame the victim.
- SimpleXYZ 9y agoIndeed, the blame clearly lies with Microsoft. One of the reasons I choose a PC over a Mac is because I want to decide things for myself. Microsoft's updates seem very Appleish to me. All they need is large text that says something like, "You are more likely to get viruses, malware, randomware, etc if you uncheck this setting." Heck, make them confirm the choice two or three times. Some people want to risk it, some people need to risk it. Let them, it's their machine and their data.
- Arizhel 9y agoThe victim is to blame. Microsoft's behaviors are well-known, so victims are to blame if they continue to use Microsoft platforms. CFD computation does not in any way require a Microsoft OS.
- cartoonfoxes 9y ago"Your shop runs SolidWorks? Don't worry! There's nothing intrinsic to CAD that requires a Microsoft OS. Switch to Linux!" Implementations actually matter. Hordes of us would jump ship if we could, but convincing vendors to port flagship software, or even do something as seemingly straightforward as a license migration is never easy.
- wvenable 9y agoThe pro version lets you update manually; it's a setting and doesn't require you turn off services (I know because that's what I do).
- YeGoblynQueenne 9y agoWhich is actually why MS sucks so much: they make you pay for the privilege of choosing when your computer will restart itself.