Word to the wise - Windows 10/11

[Anonymous]

Microsoft seems to be pushing out a lot of updates for forcing systems to windows 11 even if you have auto updates turned off. If you leave your PC on overnight, you may get a nasty surprise that it is upgrading without you choosing or getting a notice that it is about to upgrade.

I'm reading horror stories all over the place of auto updates even if your PC doesn't meet Win 11 requirements and then PC's running Windows 10 having problems after the forced updates.

Rollback and restores aren't always working correctly from the forced upgrade.

Some people's MS Office software has stopped working claiming their subscription has not been paid even though they outright purchased it several years ago.

Your system may not be able to handle Windows 11 also. The main requirements are a processor that's generaltion 8 (for Intel) or newer and a motherboard that supports TPM. There are other requirements, but these are the biggies.

Do yourself a favor. Back up your critical files sooner rather than later. Have a path if your system suddenly has major problems. You always should anyway, but this would be the time to be diligent with your data.

Start reading around on the internet for awareness of the forced upgrade.

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The hack below may be able to stop you from getting a forced update to Windows 11....

To disable updates in Windows 10 using the registry, open the Registry Editor by typing "regedit" in the Start menu.

Navigate to HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Policies\Microsoft\Windows\WindowsUpdate\AU,

create or modify the NoAutoUpdate value, and set it to 1.

I just do security updates manually.

[Anonymous]

Big tech is such a scam, constantly making you use newer and newer tech just to access much of the clear web.

Meanwhile there are still people on Windows 95 on the dark web.

[Anonymous]

Thank God I have a mac.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Thank God I have a mac.

. Amen.

[Anonymous]

I am so happy with my choice to be a Gentoo Linux user (over 15 years now). Gentoo is a rolling release having no “versions” to have to install. You start with a skeleton system and build only what you want. No bloat and no trial-ware but there is a learning curve.

I use IceWM as my desktop: fast and customized to my taste.

OpenBSD Unix is what I use on a traveling laptop.

[Anonymous]

I'm glad i mostly switched to linux, It works much better than windows on my 18 year old laptop.

[Anonymous]

My laptop is one that apparently is incompatible with Windows 11. I keep getting messages that I'll need to buy a new one if I want to get Windows 11 and that Windows 10 will no longer be supported.

Do I actually need to buy a new laptop, or can I just continue on with Windows 10? I'm not a techie so I don't understand what kind of "support" I will be doing without by not upgrading.

[Anonymous]

How old is it? You might just need to enable TPM and/or secure boot and/or UEFI boot in the BIOS.

The "support" is mostly the lack of security patches, but the result of that is that other software that requires regular updates (e.g. web browsers, Zoom client, etc.) will soon enough stop supporting Windows 10, and may not run on that platform. So, yes, you can continue to run Win10 for a bit with minimal impact (assuming that you aren't a high-value security target or something), but that the platform has been deprecated and other software will eventually fail to support it.

There is an option to pay MS for extended support, which costs something like $50/year for the first year, but then goes up significantly if you need it longer than that. This is a valid option and one worth considering if Win11 absolutely will not run on your hardware. It does not solve the above-noted problem with other software dropping support for the platform.