I hate Microsoft (well today anyway)
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Windows 10 updates are driving me insane. Previously I had several hours wasted, once in front of a potential client, while I waited for updates to complete. Today Microsoft excelled themselves (oh dear, unintentional pun). While my PC was in the middle of building a very large database the computer shut down and started doing an update. Result, half an hour later I logged back in to find a totally corrupted database. Worse than that, it had also corrupted the system database and now I have to rebuild everything. Yes I did get a notification to tell me a restart was scheduled. But it did say it would happen in the wee small hours when the PC would not be in use. I suppose 1800 hours in Malaysia equates to 0300 in California. Why don't they use PC time for the restarts I wonder? Bah!!! Now where did I out that Linux disc?
We're philosophical about power outages here. A.C. come, A.C. go.
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Windows 10 updates are driving me insane. Previously I had several hours wasted, once in front of a potential client, while I waited for updates to complete. Today Microsoft excelled themselves (oh dear, unintentional pun). While my PC was in the middle of building a very large database the computer shut down and started doing an update. Result, half an hour later I logged back in to find a totally corrupted database. Worse than that, it had also corrupted the system database and now I have to rebuild everything. Yes I did get a notification to tell me a restart was scheduled. But it did say it would happen in the wee small hours when the PC would not be in use. I suppose 1800 hours in Malaysia equates to 0300 in California. Why don't they use PC time for the restarts I wonder? Bah!!! Now where did I out that Linux disc?
We're philosophical about power outages here. A.C. come, A.C. go.
Herbie Mountjoy wrote:
I did get a notification to tell me a restart was scheduled
What ? Since when does the computer decide when a restart has to be done ?
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Herbie Mountjoy wrote:
I did get a notification to tell me a restart was scheduled
What ? Since when does the computer decide when a restart has to be done ?
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Windows 10 updates are driving me insane. Previously I had several hours wasted, once in front of a potential client, while I waited for updates to complete. Today Microsoft excelled themselves (oh dear, unintentional pun). While my PC was in the middle of building a very large database the computer shut down and started doing an update. Result, half an hour later I logged back in to find a totally corrupted database. Worse than that, it had also corrupted the system database and now I have to rebuild everything. Yes I did get a notification to tell me a restart was scheduled. But it did say it would happen in the wee small hours when the PC would not be in use. I suppose 1800 hours in Malaysia equates to 0300 in California. Why don't they use PC time for the restarts I wonder? Bah!!! Now where did I out that Linux disc?
We're philosophical about power outages here. A.C. come, A.C. go.
How to Set “Active Hours” So Windows 10 Won’t Restart at a Bad Time[^]
"There are three kinds of lies: lies, damned lies and statistics." - Benjamin Disraeli
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Windows 10 updates are driving me insane. Previously I had several hours wasted, once in front of a potential client, while I waited for updates to complete. Today Microsoft excelled themselves (oh dear, unintentional pun). While my PC was in the middle of building a very large database the computer shut down and started doing an update. Result, half an hour later I logged back in to find a totally corrupted database. Worse than that, it had also corrupted the system database and now I have to rebuild everything. Yes I did get a notification to tell me a restart was scheduled. But it did say it would happen in the wee small hours when the PC would not be in use. I suppose 1800 hours in Malaysia equates to 0300 in California. Why don't they use PC time for the restarts I wonder? Bah!!! Now where did I out that Linux disc?
We're philosophical about power outages here. A.C. come, A.C. go.
No, that is not how it happens anymore. 10 days ago, it happened to me too, my laptop restarted on itself without asking me anything about it. If this is the case, that you were in the middle of an important work, then personally I would suggest updating the work hours and set it to the timing where your work is about to be done. Windows won't restart during that time.
The shit I complain about It's like there ain't a cloud in the sky and it's raining out - Eminem ~! Firewall !~
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Since Windows 10. Worst feature in years without the possibility to switch this off...
V.
(MQOTD rules and previous solutions)
I have had windows 10 @ home since the very beginning, and I cannot remember any forced restart. Or maybe I switched off Windows update :-D
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Windows 10 updates are driving me insane. Previously I had several hours wasted, once in front of a potential client, while I waited for updates to complete. Today Microsoft excelled themselves (oh dear, unintentional pun). While my PC was in the middle of building a very large database the computer shut down and started doing an update. Result, half an hour later I logged back in to find a totally corrupted database. Worse than that, it had also corrupted the system database and now I have to rebuild everything. Yes I did get a notification to tell me a restart was scheduled. But it did say it would happen in the wee small hours when the PC would not be in use. I suppose 1800 hours in Malaysia equates to 0300 in California. Why don't they use PC time for the restarts I wonder? Bah!!! Now where did I out that Linux disc?
We're philosophical about power outages here. A.C. come, A.C. go.
Herbie Mountjoy wrote:
While my PC was in the middle of building a very large database the computer shut down and started doing an update. Result, half an hour later I logged back in to find a totally corrupted database. Worse than that, it had also corrupted the system database and now I have to rebuild everything.
You know, we should really get together for a class action lawsuit against Microsoft and this BS. Marc
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I have had windows 10 @ home since the very beginning, and I cannot remember any forced restart. Or maybe I switched off Windows update :-D
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How to Set “Active Hours” So Windows 10 Won’t Restart at a Bad Time[^]
"There are three kinds of lies: lies, damned lies and statistics." - Benjamin Disraeli
The problem with that is that you need to get an update so you can tell your machine when it is allowed to get updates. Anyone else see the irony in that?
Cheers, Mick ------------------------------------------------ It doesn't matter how often or hard you fall on your arse, eventually you'll roll over and land on your feet.
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No, that is not how it happens anymore. 10 days ago, it happened to me too, my laptop restarted on itself without asking me anything about it. If this is the case, that you were in the middle of an important work, then personally I would suggest updating the work hours and set it to the timing where your work is about to be done. Windows won't restart during that time.
The shit I complain about It's like there ain't a cloud in the sky and it's raining out - Eminem ~! Firewall !~
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The problem with that is that you need to get an update so you can tell your machine when it is allowed to get updates. Anyone else see the irony in that?
Cheers, Mick ------------------------------------------------ It doesn't matter how often or hard you fall on your arse, eventually you'll roll over and land on your feet.
Not really, I need to update pacman and the keyring on my Arch machine in order to even continue receiving updates. Same with any linux distro I've dealt with. It's functionally the same thing.
"There are three kinds of lies: lies, damned lies and statistics." - Benjamin Disraeli
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Personally I see that more as a workaround, than a real solution :confused:. they should allow users to switch the forced shutdown/restart off if they want to.
V.
(MQOTD rules and previous solutions)
V. wrote:
Personally I see that more as a workaround, than a real solution
Prior to Windows 10 1607, there was a solution where you could defer the updates to a week or more. Since 1607, this is the only solution not a workaround.
V. wrote:
they should allow users to switch the forced shutdown/restart off if they want to.
Of course they should. I liked the previous way of deferring the updates to a week, or more, until when I was ready. Now, that option is gone and work hours is provided.
The shit I complain about It's like there ain't a cloud in the sky and it's raining out - Eminem ~! Firewall !~
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Windows 10 updates are driving me insane. Previously I had several hours wasted, once in front of a potential client, while I waited for updates to complete. Today Microsoft excelled themselves (oh dear, unintentional pun). While my PC was in the middle of building a very large database the computer shut down and started doing an update. Result, half an hour later I logged back in to find a totally corrupted database. Worse than that, it had also corrupted the system database and now I have to rebuild everything. Yes I did get a notification to tell me a restart was scheduled. But it did say it would happen in the wee small hours when the PC would not be in use. I suppose 1800 hours in Malaysia equates to 0300 in California. Why don't they use PC time for the restarts I wonder? Bah!!! Now where did I out that Linux disc?
We're philosophical about power outages here. A.C. come, A.C. go.
Odd - no posts from the fanboy's, yet. Perhaps they didn't get a chance to read this thread because they were being updated? It would be a good time to ask them "are we having fun, yet?"
"The difference between genius and stupidity is that genius has its limits." - Albert Einstein
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Odd - no posts from the fanboy's, yet. Perhaps they didn't get a chance to read this thread because they were being updated? It would be a good time to ask them "are we having fun, yet?"
"The difference between genius and stupidity is that genius has its limits." - Albert Einstein
"If you are searching for perfection in others, then you seek disappointment. If you are seek perfection in yourself, then you will find failure." - Balboos HaGadol Mar 2010
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Odd - no posts from the fanboy's, yet. Perhaps they didn't get a chance to read this thread because they were being updated? It would be a good time to ask them "are we having fun, yet?"
I very much doubt there's anyone in the world that doesn't see the Windows 10 update debacle as, well ... a debacle. That doesn't, however, necessarily mean that Microsoft are evil incarnate; that they started it all by invading Poland or that they deliberately invented the Ebola virus to distract the world from Windows ME. Equally, it doesn't mean that Apple or those in charge of the home-brew UNIX clones have never got anything wrong either. Chances are, they have. It is what it is (an utterly annoying and cr@ppy thing) but it doesn't mean we have to have one of those boring "my multi-trillion dollar corporation is better than your multi-trillion dollar corporation" things that such discussions always seem to turn into.
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W∴ Balboos wrote:
Odd - no posts from the fanboy's, yet. Perhaps they didn't get a chance to read this thread because they were being updated? It would be a good time to ask them "are we having fun, yet?"
I very much doubt there's anyone in the world that doesn't see the Windows 10 update debacle as, well ... a debacle. That doesn't, however, necessarily mean that Microsoft are evil incarnate; that they started it all by invading Poland or that they deliberately invented the Ebola virus to distract the world from Windows ME. Equally, it doesn't mean that Apple or those in charge of the home-brew UNIX clones have never got anything wrong either. Chances are, they have. It is what it is (an utterly annoying and cr@ppy thing) but it doesn't mean we have to have one of those boring "my multi-trillion dollar corporation is better than your multi-trillion dollar corporation" things that such discussions always seem to turn into.
Rather recently there were other threads on the Win10 Update debacle. And there were supporters of the process - and they said people could just shut them off if they wanted to. Ignoring that it was not a user-available setting and required shutting down the service - which then meant that they weren't offered the updates at all. I've not read the Win10 TOS, but I'd imagine it has an entire section devoted to "if an unwanted updated causes you a problem - well, that's your problem". My comment on those threads really can be summed up as follow: "My upgrade from Win7 is to Linux" (no multi-trillion dollar company there).
"The difference between genius and stupidity is that genius has its limits." - Albert Einstein
"If you are searching for perfection in others, then you seek disappointment. If you are seek perfection in yourself, then you will find failure." - Balboos HaGadol Mar 2010
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W∴ Balboos wrote:
Odd - no posts from the fanboy's, yet. Perhaps they didn't get a chance to read this thread because they were being updated? It would be a good time to ask them "are we having fun, yet?"
I very much doubt there's anyone in the world that doesn't see the Windows 10 update debacle as, well ... a debacle. That doesn't, however, necessarily mean that Microsoft are evil incarnate; that they started it all by invading Poland or that they deliberately invented the Ebola virus to distract the world from Windows ME. Equally, it doesn't mean that Apple or those in charge of the home-brew UNIX clones have never got anything wrong either. Chances are, they have. It is what it is (an utterly annoying and cr@ppy thing) but it doesn't mean we have to have one of those boring "my multi-trillion dollar corporation is better than your multi-trillion dollar corporation" things that such discussions always seem to turn into.
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Herbie Mountjoy wrote:
I did get a notification to tell me a restart was scheduled
What ? Since when does the computer decide when a restart has to be done ?
Since Windows 10. Microsoft are trying to do the right thing but in such a ham-fisted way that it's doing more harm than good.
cheers Chris Maunder
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No, that is not how it happens anymore. 10 days ago, it happened to me too, my laptop restarted on itself without asking me anything about it. If this is the case, that you were in the middle of an important work, then personally I would suggest updating the work hours and set it to the timing where your work is about to be done. Windows won't restart during that time.
The shit I complain about It's like there ain't a cloud in the sky and it's raining out - Eminem ~! Firewall !~
Afzaal Ahmad Zeeshan wrote:
personally I would suggest updating the work hours
Completely useless for me. I use a laptop and carry it around. When I'm working it's open and I'm working on it. When I'm not working it's closed and sleeping. I don't leave my laptop running overnight. Make the screen flash hot pink and green or something. Sound a klaxon. Anything. Just DO NOT RESTART MY MACHINE WHILE I'M TYPING.
cheers Chris Maunder
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Rather recently there were other threads on the Win10 Update debacle. And there were supporters of the process - and they said people could just shut them off if they wanted to. Ignoring that it was not a user-available setting and required shutting down the service - which then meant that they weren't offered the updates at all. I've not read the Win10 TOS, but I'd imagine it has an entire section devoted to "if an unwanted updated causes you a problem - well, that's your problem". My comment on those threads really can be summed up as follow: "My upgrade from Win7 is to Linux" (no multi-trillion dollar company there).
"The difference between genius and stupidity is that genius has its limits." - Albert Einstein
"If you are searching for perfection in others, then you seek disappointment. If you are seek perfection in yourself, then you will find failure." - Balboos HaGadol Mar 2010
No multi-trillion corporation but still a bunch of humans (an over-engineered and over-produced variety of life-form that can generally be relied on to screw something up at some point in time). I'd imagine that every set of T&Cs ever written has a similar "our problems aren't our problems" section. That's pretty much what T&Cs where invented for. I'm not saying that Microsoft could never do anything to drive me to another OS but this one gets them a yellow card rather than a red.
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Since Windows 10. Microsoft are trying to do the right thing but in such a ham-fisted way that it's doing more harm than good.
cheers Chris Maunder
Chris Maunder wrote:
it's doing more harm than good.
In the "every user will learn how to disable permanently Windows Update and will do that by default for the next 3 versions of Windows" way. Considering that once Win7 corrupted itself by not shutting down in order to install updates, on a laptop, without a power supply, that does not come as a surprise to me.
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