AVOID THE WINDOWS 10 OCTOBER 2018 UPDATE OR RISK LOSING ALL OF YOUR PERSONAL FILES

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voxiferous:

mamoru:

mamoru:

Posted Oct 5th, 2018

Many users are reporting massive data loss following the October 2018 Windows 10 update. Personal files are being deleted and hard drives are being corrupted in addition to several performance glitches. Users who have received the update are reporting all of their personal files such as documents, music, pictures, and videos being deleted following the update.

Some people have lost hundreds of gigabytes of data. These files are completely disappearing following the update – they do not wind up in the recycle bin, they are completely gone. Other users are reporting their entire hard drives or SSDs becoming corrupted, making rollback and recovery of said deleted files impossible.

In addition to the file deletion, devices with 6th generation Intel processors and newer are reporting awful battery life and CPU usage following the update.

Long story short, hold off on the October 2018 update for now. There are too many glitches and way too much to lose. If you attempt it,

BACK UP ALL OF YOUR FILES FIRST.

More information:

Digital Trends

Forbes

Cnet

ZDnet

In case you missed it, this is bad!

UPDATE: “Microsoft have confirmed this issue and paused the Windows 10 October
1809 update until the bug can be resolved.”

(Source is the linked Forbes article.)

SADLY THOSE BASTARDS MANAGE TO DEACTIVATE MY UPDATE BLOCK ALL THE TIME WHENEVER I DEACTIVATE AUTOMATIC UPDATES

So yeah, I hope they freaking correct it!

This makes me want an external hard drive even more. I can’t even imagine what I’d do if I lost all of my research data at this point, let alone everything else on my computer.

Microsoft Auto-Scheduling Windows 10 Updates

plebcomics:

risinginsurgency:

ryliceracc:

derangedhyena:

fluffmugger:

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.

There’s also a third party app called GWX Control Panel that you can use to just stop it.

^

reblogging this here because i dont want yall to have to go through what i did a few nights ago

which was spend several hours trying to un-fuck my computer because windows 10 insists on raping my harddrive

Microsoft Auto-Scheduling Windows 10 Updates

jesicaoblackart:

lil-miss-eidi:

So people are freaking out about Windows 10′s “Wi-Fi Sense” app.

The assumption that Tumblr is taking as fact because that’s what Tumblr does:

“Wi-Fi Sense gives your wi-fi password to your Skype friends list, your Facebook friends list, your AIM friends list, and every other friends list on your computer; all without you knowing. Please be informed and follow this tutorial to turn it off.”

The truth:

– Wi-Fi Sense has to be manually downloaded, first off.

– Secondly, it doesn’t give your wi-fi password out. It gives access to your network to anyone on your Skype/Facebook/whatever buddy lists, so they don’t need you to TELL THEM your password.

– The purpose of this is simple: If your friends come over with their laptop and they wanna use your internet, you can passively give them access because you have them on your Skype buddy list. This way, you don’t have to give them a receipt with blue sharpie on it that has a fucking 480 character password on it so they can get into your wi-fi.

– The password isn’t stored anywhere on their computer, it’s stored on yours, just as it’s always been, just as it always will be. All Wi-Fi Sense does is give them access to your wi-fi without a password.

– Therefore, Wi-Fi Sense is actually leaps and bounds more safe and secure than just normal wi-fi usage. You literally don’t have to tell anyone your password. Like ever. Hell you don’t even have to tell it to your own family, you can just select their computer on the network and allow or deny them access remotely.

I’m not gonna ask everyone to spread the word here because it’s gonna fall on deaf ears once it hits the Anti-Win10 crowd, but if you’ve been seeing the BS about Wi-Fi Sense going around, don’t believe it. Once again, Tumblr is extremely misinformed and didn’t take the time to search Google for about 12 seconds.

Good info!