Windows 10 - The Force is rebooting me

[Mar]

See Rule #4

Whoa... I want what he's having...

[Latrobe]

See Rule #4

[Estes]

Latrobe, are you trolling? There are some here that have data back-ups off site (as in another building, across multiple systems and drives). You're preaching to the choir for most here bud.

[Chalenge]

Even so it's still bad advice. Saving to your desktop?  It must be something new. Maybe we can call it 'goofy troll.'

[Skuzzy]

Maybe we need another rule about giving destructive advice? Dragon Tamer don't do that! hehe - had to say it.

Yes, after you install the NVIDIA driver update you should reboot immediately. I'm not sure why Nvidia doesn't just suggest it upon completion of the installation, but if you do not do this then Windows will be in an unstable state and any other installs would really mess things up.

Windows 10 has a "fix all" nuclear option where you can reset the entire OS. That will fix everything, but it will also leave you without any programs installed.

You mean they borked the "Windows Repair Install"?  In previous OS's you could run the Windows Repair install to fix the OS, and it would also keep the programs you had installed.  They fixed that after Windows XP.

Of course, after the Windows Repair Install,. you had to do all the updates again.  Did they get that part fixed?

[Chalenge]

Repair install still works, but if the OS bricks and Repair doesn't work (this already has happened twice this year) you can do the Reset. I believe Reset is new to Windows 10 (I never tried 8, or 8.1). Windows 10 does not even need you to know your Windows key. Reset will restore the OS to a pristine install including all of the updates. It does eliminate your installed programs.

I like Reset, because over time Windows gets to be littered with left over installers and libraries that you don't need. I have seen Windows become really unstable, especially when it came to driver updates. Reset really helps to get rid of those cobwebs and start fresh.

[Bizman]

Reverted back to 8.1 because the X-ray program of a vet didn't work on 10. They still had to let the German company support guy use TeamViewer to fix the registration problem. In a month or two they'll get it working on 10. The same happened with 8, Microsoft simply wants to first launch a new OS and only after that start to advise how to make programs work on the new OS. Oh wow.

[Pudgie]

Update since the initial application of the MS provided Windows registry hacks to stop Win 10 nagware and Win 10 installs on Win 7:

So far I've had no more issues w\ Win 10 trying to invade on my Win 7 boxes.

When I upgraded my current box and finally got all sorted out I installed the registry tweaks in my newly installed Win 7 before I hooked up my Ethernet cable and have ran the dreaded Win 10 install updates to test all out.....registry tweaks are still working and are still preventing the Win 10 nagware from showing up and are still stopping any Win 10 installs to date.

Wife's box w\ Win 7 on it has performed flawlessly as well since I installed these tweaks on her box. It also has passed every test I have run when I intentionally ran the Win 10 updates as well to date.

1 of my wife's friends mistakenly installed Win 10 on her laptop w\ Win 7 and it messed her business up pretty good. She came by and asked if I could get Win 7 back for her, so I went in and restored her laptop back to Win 7 then once I did that I also installed these 2 registry tweaks on her laptop and so far she has been a happy camper since.....going on 6 weeks to date.

So far, so good.....all is still working well w\ these 2 tweaks.

Ongoing..........

 

[Bizman]

Good to hear, Pudgie.

Also, I can confirm that so far the automatic Windows Update on my wife's computer hasn't installed any of those W10 related updates by simply setting Windows Update not to install recommended updates from the very start. It showed 73 recommended updates where I could find 8 of the 10 not wanted updates as per Skuzzy's list. The two missing ones couldn't be found from the installed updates, either.

[Condor]

Intuit is the worst thing you can do to your computer.  I have ranked it passed Norton now.  The last time I tried Intuit software, I had to reinstall the operating system as the computer would not boot after the software was installed.  I'll never trust that virus again.

I've been using Quicken and Turbo Tax since 1997 without a problem. Am I just lucky?

[Skuzzy]

I've been using Quicken and Turbo Tax since 1997 without a problem. Am I just lucky?

Intuit, for some reason, inserts about 4MBytes of registry data into the Windows registry.  Once they do that, it will not be removed, even if you remove the software.

Intuit also requires your computer to be wide open, security wise, so they can run their precious updaters.

Although, the last time I tried Turbo Tax, I had to re-install the operating system as it would not longer boot after the application was installed.  It was the last time I would ever use Turbo Tax.  I got an accountant instead.  Less frustrating.

These are the kinds of things which make me crazy.

[Condor]

I upgraded an 8.1 machine to 10 because I hated 8.1. Windows 10 seems better but I don't like the telemetry issues. Is there a good way to stop Windoes 10 from phoning home. I know Iolo claims to do it in system mechanic but I don't have much faith in such programs.

[Randy1]

I upgraded an 8.1 machine to 10 because I hated 8.1. Windows 10 seems better but I don't like the telemetry issues. Is there a good way to stop Windoes 10 from phoning home. I know Iolo claims to do it in system mechanic but I don't have much faith in such programs.

W10 comes loaded with sharing information with MS but a good many can be turned off easily in settings.  Watch for apps that are set to live and turn those off if you want.  I have no app live.   

Everyone should keep in mind Google as an example grabs everything you do that they can.  Selling information is how they make money.  MS wants a piece of the action.

[save]

I disabled  firewall for outbound telemetry in my W10 laptop.
Let see how long it stays that way....

[save]

There's a good program for killing telemetry for both win7 and win10, Spybot Antibeacon.
I have tested it and nothing in the external firewall since that.

Anyone else have the same results as me trying it ?