that’s right kiddos, they’re trying to use automatic updates to force your computer to upgrade to win 10.
Which would be fine and dandy if every windows user in the world ran a standard operating environment but they fucking don’t and this will break a lot of computers.
To stop this for win 7: Go to your control panel, select Windows Updates. Click on Change Settings. Pick any option you like except ‘install updates automatically’ (Personally I use “download but let me choose” as M$ has a nasty habit of breaking things with unnecessary patches, but then again I know this shit backwards, so YMMV)
If you’re running win XP: Stop punishing yourself.
Signal boost for anyone who might have this option on.
I don’t, but I elected to upgrade my Surface to 10 and have regretted it. No way in hell I’d want it on my desktop machine.
P.S.: fuck Canon also for refusing to make drivers for slightly older printers on Win10. Win10 acts like it has all the answers drivers, but it doesn’t. Even if you want to upgrade, check printer compatibility before you do or you may end up with devices you can’t use with that computer anymore.
Boosting. Windows 10 completely broke my machine because not all of my hardware was compatible with it. Which is a really common thing. If your hardware works with 10, it’s fukkin great. But if it doesn’t, your computer will explode.
Double checked to make sure the install wasn’t on my hard drive at all. It took forever to get all the drivers working when I first got windows 7 that was out for awhile.