owsf2000's post, my comment.

When I do a check for updates on Windows Update, and if I click the "More information" link in Windows Update for specific updates, and I get a page with a big frowny face and a "This page doesn't exist" message for some of those updates(EDIT)[1](/EDIT) (especially when they're in the "Important" updates section like that second one was), you can ( Read more... )

This is an article from a couple of months ago (which, coincidentally, was when I last bothered to actually install any updates), but it's still relevant now.

Here, I believe, is the take away: "Frankly, I don't think Microsoft is intentionally slowing down Windows 7 updates. But I think it's sufficiently focused on Win10 development that ( Read more... )

God fucking dammit.

Welp, guess it's time to start more seriously thinking about finally getting around to deleting my LinkedIn account, if it's in the hands of Micro$hit now. *weary sigh* I hardly ever used the damn thing anyway, but still, this is annoying as all hell.

(EDIT) Also, say hello to my new "microsoft sucks" tag. It's actually ( Read more... )

Blargh. Said all I wanted to say about this ever increasing horseshit over there.

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Article found via George Takei.

So, you see these people described in the above article? Assuming that even a tiny fraction of those stories are actually true and not made-up bullshit, those are the type of people most likely to be suckered by Micro$hit and the abusive, overly aggressive, malware "upgrade" known as Windows 10, probably without ( Read more... )

Fuck Micro$hit.

That is all.

To repeat: "Free-ish for the first week." Their words, not mine. After that week (which is already over, anyway, as of today), they'll cost $2.99. And apparently, they "couldn't" give it away completely for free on some platforms even during that week, due to arbitrary bullshit ( Read more... )

owsf2000's post, my comment.

Yet more Micro$hit bullfuckery regarding Windows 10. They're now trying to sneak that shit into the security updates for Windows 7 and 8, as well as in the "optional" shit.

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( Here, have some Twitter embeds )

Got my laptop back today. It seems to be working fine. They didn't even need to replace the OS, because all the shit I'd installed on it, including Synergy, was still there. I should look into getting a new (probably free) anti-virus on it at some point, though, because the McAfee trial that came with it has already long-since expired. I've ( Read more... )