G D it Bill Gates

JPG · Post by **JPG** » Sun Dec 16, 2012 10:45 am

Again!!!!!!!! Snort!!! Pant!!! Pant!!!! Fume!!!

Creating a post this morning and those arrogant S A folks from Redmond again decide to shut MY computer down so THEY can 'update' and 'reconfigure' it!:mad:

How in tarnation can I get that to stop??? I thought I only had updates enabled at 0400.

This really irritates(the polite term) me. Since I typically have several firefox iterations 'active' and other applications as well, this 'intrusion' makes me start all over again. Much time wasted getting back to near where I was when 'dumped'!

Yes Farmer, Linux on future Sunday mornings is looking ,much more likely!!!

If I had been near the end of a long effort and lost all of it, I would be incensed!!!!

heathicus · Post by **heathicus** » Sun Dec 16, 2012 11:06 am

Go to your auto update options. You can tell it to only notify you of updates, only download, but not install updates, or download and install. You probably want option 2 there. It will go ahead and download the updates, notify you, then you can install and reboot when you're ready.

rpd · Post by **rpd** » Sun Dec 16, 2012 12:23 pm

JPG40504 wrote:Again!!!!!!!! Snort!!! Pant!!! Pant!!!! Fume!!!

This really irritates(the polite term) me. Since I typically have several firefox iterations 'active' and other applications as well, this 'intrusion' makes me start all over again. Much time wasted getting back to near where I was when 'dumped'

For the Firefox part. I have Firefox running all the time with many tabs so I can easily check my regular sites. If I have to reboot or even restart Firefox (because it occasionally loses the plot), when I restart Firefox I click History/Restore Previous Session and it restores all the tabs as they were when I shut it down. Do this first before you open any new pages.

reible · Post by **reible** » Sun Dec 16, 2012 12:28 pm

heathicus wrote:Go to your auto update options. You can tell it to only notify you of updates, only download, but not install updates, or download and install. You probably want option 2 there. It will go ahead and download the updates, notify you, then you can install and reboot when you're ready.

That is how I'm setup. Otherwise if the pc is unattended it will install and reboot if required without saving open stuff. If you are at the pc it warns you that it will reboot in ? minutes or you can delay it, your option.

You can turn auto updates off but then you have to remember to check for them on a timely bases.

Ed

dgale · Post by **dgale** » Sun Dec 16, 2012 12:47 pm

Switch to a Mac - you'll never look back

skou · Post by **skou** » Sun Dec 16, 2012 7:43 pm

heathicus wrote:Go to your auto update options. You can tell it to only notify you of updates, only download, but not install updates, or download and install. You probably want option 2 there. It will go ahead and download the updates, notify you, then you can install and reboot when you're ready.

I set mine (Win7) machine to never look. Of course, I can look any time I want. (I usually do it every sunday.)

W2K was my favorite OS, but it didn't have the safety of XP. W7 is almost as goodas W2k. I'm not trying W8. (Part of my Windows good, bad, good, bad... theory.)

steve

db5 · Post by **db5** » Sun Dec 16, 2012 8:21 pm

which it surely will, go to seppuku.com. That will be then end of your problems.

damagi · Post by **damagi** » Sun Dec 16, 2012 9:43 pm

Bill Gates has very little to do with the company anymore in general...really only oversees certain projects.

As for updates - reducing required restarts, being more predictable, being more seamless, etc is one of the key aspects of each of the last few versions of windows. Its easy to criticize new versions for being different, or for not having features that the average person might find compelling. However, these sorts of changes are the ones that don't make good news reports but do improve satisfaction overall. windows 8 has a lot of improvements in this area.

tcbetka · Post by **tcbetka** » Sun Dec 16, 2012 10:10 pm

Windows updates are indeed annoying, but you almost have no choice BUT to do them regularly to minimize vulnerabilities. But the idea of checking manually on a regular basis is a very good one--although that implies you will actually remember to do it.

But Mac is definitely a good way to go, although they are a bit on the pricey side. Of course you could always build your own "Hackintosh" machine, using a version of OS X you pay for and download from the Apple store. There's a whole world of people out there doing this, using PC hardware. I've done it myself, and it's really no big deal. But you have to be computer literate. Otherwise, an iMac or even a Macbook Pro is a great option. The hardware is pricey though, but I love my Macbook Pro.

I also use Linux too, and Ubuntu seems to have become much more non-flaky with the last couple of updates. I haven't tried 12.10 yet though, but 12.04 is very stable for me. This works very well on "liberated" Windows hardware, and of course it's free.

JPG · Post by **JPG** » Sun Dec 16, 2012 10:12 pm

Thank Y'all for pointing me to the right place.

I had lost track of where to define update action.

I am still getting used to W7 HP from XP Pro.

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