Windows 10 is coming - but think twice before upgrading if you use it on a boat...

[ex-Gladys]

The problem for most corporates is that they can be running old applications that will not work with later OS's. It will be interesting to see if MS's promise that app integration with W10 is easier. My company with 28,000 users is mainly through the WIn 7 Upgrade and is going straight to 10. The residual XP users are using apps that should have disappeared with the Ark.

 

[nigelmercier]

This is exactly the sort of thing that makes Windows OS a pain.

Do bear in mind that my suggestion is just a way to force the update, if you are prepared to wait, just do so.

 

[ronsurf]

This may be of some use to someone:
http://new.office-watch.com/2015/windows-10-opening-day-view/

 

[NickC]

Bear in mind you can still turn off Automatic Updates completely in Win 10, just not as simple as in previous versions Two methods which seem to work

1. Using local Group Policy
   Run GPEdit.msc on local win 10 machine
   Navigate to: Computer config -> Administrative template -> Windows components -> Windows Update
   Set 'Configure Automatics Updates: Disabled
2. Stop Windows Update Service
   Control Panel -> Services
   'Windows Update' startup type: disabled
   or from the command line: 'sc config wuauserv start=disabled'

Just remember that these need to be run as a user with local Administrator privileges - both can be run from 'Command Prompt (Admin)'.

Hope that helps someone.

Nick

 

[grumpy_o_g]

I've used Macs for about 12 years now, and they always seem to be about 2 years ahead of Microsoft. Or maybe Microsoft are about 2 years behind Apple, would be a better way of putting it. Using Windows at work is so clunky and time consuming. I can start my mac and check my emails and close it down again in the time it takes for a windows machine to start up and sort itself out.

The joy of Apple's stuff is that you don't need to know about the computer. You push the button and it does what you want it to do. My MacBook Pro is half the thickness, a fraction of the weight and heaven knows how much faster than one of our works laptops. And the battery lasts for 8 hours, compared to just under one hour. Surely this indicates the OS is far more efficient? If that's a fashion accessory, then the fashion for light, fast, efficient and nice to use computers is one I completely endorse. As for the software (or apps as they are now called, a term coined by Apple), I found I need much less than a Windows machine. My works machine didn't even come with software to burn a DVD, ffs. Had to wait until Windows 7 for that! I had DVD burning software on my iBook back in 2003. Mac computers come with so many apps, there are only a few additional apps you need. Plus, they all work! I've never had to download a patch, or another app, or some mysterious bit of code to make any software work. Download it, install it, run it.

Recently I bought a cheap Hudl. This uses Android, and even that is a better experience than windows. As you say, it has a way to go before it's a force to be reckoned with, but the distance it's come compared to Microsoft is astonishing. Admittedly, it's mainly a copy of Apple, but so is Windows.

I hope Windows 10 is good too, I sincerely hope they've covered some ground and reduced the bloated feel of it to make it a pleasant experience.

You just keep drinking that stuff son, you'll be fine...

 

[KellysEye]

>Bottom line is that once Windows 10 is installed on a Windows 7 machine you have to option to mark your 3G connection as "metered", this will prevent updates from dowloading

That's good idea it will stop Windows Defender updating and leave the machine open to malware. Or just download Defender updates.