Commander Strax
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Why worry....no one gives a shit about you.
Windows 10
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BarnBuster
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Windows 10 upgrade starting automatically – and it happened to me
Posted on March 12th, 2016 at 06:28 woody
I’ve seen more and more reports in the past 24 hours of the Windows 10 upgrade kicking off spontaneously: People using Windows 7 suddenly find that their machines are upgrading to Windows 10, without any input or interference from them.
I can now report that it’s true. I watched it first-hand, on my own machine, overnight.
Here’s what happened.Win10 upgrade checked and ready to run
As couple of weeks ago, I built a test Windows 7 Pro virtual machine using Hyper-V in Win10. Brought it from SP1 through all of the updates (a long process), not checking or unchecking any options. It’s a clean machine, used for testing all sorts of things.
Last night, I cranked the machine up and saw the GWX icon in the system tray.Oh boy.
Looking at Windows Update, I saw that the “Upgrade to Windows 10 Pro, version 1511, 10586” box was checked (see screenshot). Of course, this is a Win7 Pro test machine. The last thing I want to do is change it to Windows 10.1.
I unchecked the box, and left the machine running overnight. Win10 upgrade failed
This morning, I woke up to a notice that Windows 10 couldn’t bee installed (see screenshot), failing with an error 80007000E-2000C.
Usually error 80007000E means one of the installation files is scrambled. Sure enough, the C:\Windows\SoftwareDistribution folder has 1.7 GB in it.
When I run “Check for updates,” the old “Upgrade to Windows 10 Pro, version 1511, 10586” is listed, and its box is checked. Windows Update now tells me “Upgrade to Windows 10 / Start installing the newest version of Windows now.” The only button on the dialog says “Get Started.”
If this were a real, working machine, I would’ve run GWX Control Panel long ago. But it’s a test machine, and I don’t want to flip those bits.
I tried deleting the \SoftwareDistribution folder and couldn’t — “The action can’t be completed because the folder or a file in it is open in another program.” Meh. A little trial and error revealed that I could delete everything except the subfolder \DataStore and the ReportingEvents.log file – a total of 1 GB.
I’ve unchecked the “Upgrade to Windows 10 / Start installing the newest version of Windows now” box again, and will use the VM for more testing today. Let’s see what happens.
IMPORTANT: As AW notes in the comments, if this happens to you — if Windows 7 or 8.1 suddenly decides to install Win10, all on its own — you still have one fallback point. The very last step in the new installation sequence involves clicking “Accept” on the EULA, the End User License Agreement. If you click “Decline,” the whole update unwinds and your system should be restored to its original Windows 7 or 8.1 state. (Note the operative term “should.”)
If you or someone you know made a mistake and clicked “Accept” on the EULA, they’re running Windows 10 now.
http://www.askwoody.com/2016/windows-10-upgrade-starting-automatically-and-it-happened-to-me/
http://www.askwoody.com/2016/windows-10-upgrade-starting-automatically-and-it-happened-to-me/
Diabolical666
Well-Known Member
win 10?!?! Im still on 3.1
RM3
Well-Known Member
Microsoft introduced a lot of new features in Windows 10 such as Cortana. However, most of them are violating your privacy.
From here,
https://www.privacytools.io/
- Data syncing is by default enabled.
- Browsing history and open websites.
- Apps settings.
- WiFi hotspot names and passwords.
- Your device is by default tagged with a unique advertising ID.
- Used to serve you with personalized advertisements by third-party advertisers and ad networks.
- Cortana can collect any of your data.
- Your keystrokes, searches and mic input.
- Calendar data.
- Music you listen to.
- Credit Card information.
- Purchases.
- Microsoft can collect any personal data.
- Your identity.
- Passwords.
- Demographics.
- Interests and habits.
- Usage data.
- Contacts and relationships.
- Location data.
- Content like emails, instant messages, caller list, audio and video recordings.
- Your data can be shared.
- When downloading Windows 10, you are authorizing Microsoft to share any of above mentioned data with any third-party, with or without your consent
From here,
https://www.privacytools.io/
dgthumb
Well-Known Member
Fuck no, 85% would die off from starvation because they can't order take out.
old news they announced long ago windows 10 would do this to your computer
you can turn off the automatic upgrade i have.
still get a pop up every other day to upgrade though
Gregor Eisenhorn
Well-Known Member
Damn, Google, Microsoft, Youtube etc. all do it to you. They track the shit out of what you do, so don't worry, you're already knee deep in shit.
On the other hand Windows 10 must have some dodgy configurations (or maybe my machine is just too weak to run it), but when I press calendar or the start button for example, it takes about 1 second to react (compared to Win7 were everything ran smooth as butter). Yeah I know, first world problems, if only mankind had to deal with Win10 running at a 1 second delay, what a world we would be in.
On the other hand Windows 10 must have some dodgy configurations (or maybe my machine is just too weak to run it), but when I press calendar or the start button for example, it takes about 1 second to react (compared to Win7 were everything ran smooth as butter). Yeah I know, first world problems, if only mankind had to deal with Win10 running at a 1 second delay, what a world we would be in.