In the good old days you could just say yes to all the Windows updates that came along, because they were fixing stuff and providing security updates.

Now, when you see Updates Available, on your Windows 7 machines, you're like, oh crap, I have to go in and check each one to see which ones I don't want to install.

I allowed one machine to get updated to Windows 10. It's a machine I only use to Fold Proteins for the Stanford Folding At Home cancer research project. It runs 24/7. Well, after updating to Windows 10, a couple of days later I noticed my Points and Work Unit numbers were low. I checked the Windows 10 machine and there was a stupid message on the screen, something like:

"Hey, we updated and rebooted your computer because we know you are too stupid to take care of this, but don't worry, all your files are right where you left them." WTF???

#-o

I reformatted that hard drive and put Windows 7 Enterprise on it. I would fully go Linux if the Folding project had better support for it.

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Just ran outta XP machines. I hate window 7

Theres not enough booze in the world for MAC to go for him.

http://www.cigarbid.com/FORUM/c/posts/647144/Windows-10 

I have 3 for my work. =d>

After saying no over and over, last week it popped up and said that the upgrade was automatically scheduled for tomorrow, and I could do it right now if I wanted. Mixed in under the "reschedule" option was the cancel button. These dirty SOB's were going to run the up date anyway.

Last time I updated a window OS version, lot of stuff stopped working. And the printer had to be replaced, because there was not driver available for it.

I wonder why they are pushing Windows 10....

could be sky net...

+1

Been using them since 1985......never looked back.

Back in the day I had a souped up IIci. I used that thing daily, for over 11 years, and it never failed, and nothing broke....ever........and often it was left on for months at a time.

Started out as my main machine, then became back-up machine, then server, then a scanning station, then I finally donated it to a school. May have run for a few more years for all I know.

Vintage Apple hardware was simply amazing.

Well, but I have 6 machines that are folding proteins.

Now if somebody wants to fund me . . . $$

o:)

Donor         bs_texas
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tell em about the blinky lights and stuff..............

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Not sure what the hate's about, I have had 0 problems with it.

It didn't force me to upgrade though, I just did it.

Both at home and at work.

You can disable all the bs that is turned on by default, then what you're left with is pretty clean.

I always did this with every version of Windows I've used...

Go through all the services, startup options, privacy crap (most of it only relates to their applications... which I don't use).

Macs and Linux have their fair share of problems too.

If you guys are truly concerned about privacy and security, use a BSD flavor OS.

For my gaming box that I'm on now, all I use it for is games and browsing the internet (and I don't use IE or Edge or what ever the hell they're calling it these days).

Actually, I'm not sure you can control when the OS will automatically update and reboot your machine.

That's a bad thing for me.

Not sure where you get the "kool aid drinker" thing though. It's just an OS, not a political party rofl.

Working on moving the work computers to Win 10 and Server 2012. Many many issues 😞