Yeah, mine are off. I only get notified if they are available. Now that's one more pain in the pahooty - I have to vet all the updates first.

But the first linked article said to not install the KB3075249 and KB3080149 updates; well, they apparently downloaded & installed when I accepted the opportunity to have the upgrade at some point in the future, before I knew about all this.

So I uninstalled those two last night. They re-installed themselves! I un-installed them again, and went to bed. I'll have to see if they come back again tonight. I may have to go the full route outlined in the second link.

I'm wondering if I could get into M$ banking accounts and transfer $10 billion or so to my account - I'm not taking it, I'm just transferring it in case I need to take it... and keeping watch on what all they are doing with their finances in the meanwhile.


(Ok, maybe a poor analogy, but I could use a billion or two for retirement! Like a congressman chided his pork-barrel cohorts once - "C'mon guys! A billion here, a billion there - pretty soon we're talking real money!)

Seems like they have been awful bold lately. Clearly the lack of competition in the OS market has driven them mad.

HumanDrone, after you uninstall those updates, they will show up again so make sure you "Hide" them. Do you know how to do that?

Or you could see it as a sign of desperation and that MS recognises that Linux/Apple may become a real threat in the future. If Valve manage to pull off their Steambox and game devs follow we may see more people considering another OS than Windows - time will tell!

Another thing is the millions of kids hacking (not only kids btw) around with Raspberry Pi and other Linux systems. It's easy to guess what OS many of them gonna use/recommend when they start to work. MS noticed this after the success was a fact and recently released their own OS for Raspberry Pi - inferior to Linux IMHO.

Windows 10 is better than their 8.x disaster because MS noticed that people don't jump as soon as MS says jump any more. Personally I stay with Windows 7 until I see any real benefits to upgrade and the sims I play support DX12...

After the 8.x distaster head started to roll at their headquarter - even if the official versions is different - and are now quite humbled and realise they need to listen to the customers more as well as embrace Open Source.

Edit: Forgott to say that Linux have long way to go when it comes to driver support where MS have done an excellent job in that department.

/KC

Not always. As Cavy57 & I have pointed out, Microsoft also has the power to ruin your company just because they don't want you in the market. It's a shame that a superior product can be undercut in pricing just because the company marketing the inferior product has enough revenue from other sources to starve you out.

Money runs everything, and yes, sound business financial practice is important. But brutalizing your competition just because you're the 800 lb. gorilla isn't fair. We think we've overthrown the kings, and live in a democracy? There is a royal class in America, we just don't see it.

Well I am a firm believer that money doesn't cause you problems.
You already have them and money just allows them out of the closet.
I can't wait to sleep in a oxygen tent and adopt a chimpanzee!

It's not so simple I am afraid....