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Windows 10
09/03/2015, 19:43:30

    Elf writes:

    Just wonder if anyone else has experienced all the hours of pain and frustration that Papa Elf has in installing the free Windows 10 upgrade? Personally, I think Homer (or whoever) had it right when he said, "Beware of geeks bearing gifts!"




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Timeo Danaos et dona ferentes, they say in Latin.
09/03/2015, 20:26:30

    Ramillies writes:

    And as for the Win 10, I don't have any experience (being a Linux power-user for the fifth year now), but I wouldn't certainly bother. Everybody in my family takes the utmost caution not to click that "Upgrade to Windows 10" button.

    (To be honest, I'm glad that the Win 8 and 10 are turning out to be a disaster, secretly hoping that M$ stops making OSs when they blow in their face too many times.)

    P. S.: Many geeks would feel offended when interchanged with Microsoft this way ...





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I think I've found a way to stop the thing, at least temporarily.
09/04/2015, 04:25:29

    Peter2 writes:

    First of all, the critical update is KB3035583. If it's installed itself so that icon for installing the upgrade appears on your task bar, get rid of it by doing the following:

    1. Click on the Start (bottom left corner of screen) and then on Control Panel
    2. In the next window, click on Programs (or Programs and Features if that's what its called on your set-up)
    3. In the left-hand panel of the next window, click on View Installed Updates
    4. Wait until the list populates (marked by the progress of the green bar across the top), and then locate the update of number above. (You can use the Search function at the top right if necessary.)
    5. Click on that update to select it, and then click on Uninstall, above the right-hand panel

    After you've uninstalled it (you'll have to reboot to complete the job), the update will eventually (probably the following day) be re-sent to your computer. What you do then is:-

    6. Click on the Start button, and then click on Windows Update
    7. If the update is there waiting to be installed, there will be a little box on the left with a tick in it. Just untick the box. Don't delete the update, just leave it there.

    I did this yesterday, and the icon calling on me to install Windows 10 did not reappear this morning. Whether it will reappear later when I reboot to install other updates, I don't know.





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Nice to see that it is possible to rid yourself of it so conveniently.
09/04/2015, 10:14:40

    Ramillies writes:





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I rebooted earlier today and it didn't try to reinstall, so I'm still hoping that's cracked it.
09/04/2015, 15:53:08

    Peter2 writes:

    The acid test will come when I switch the machine on in the morning. I'll let you know . . .




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Nope. It didn't work.
09/05/2015, 06:59:49

    Peter2 writes:

    I switched the computer on this morning, and there the damned thing was again. Back to the drawing board . . .




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Sad. It would be nice if there was an easy way to do it.
09/05/2015, 19:41:04

    Ramillies writes:





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This is what MS has to say about it:
09/05/2015, 20:40:14

    Ramillies writes:

    (I haven't tried it, of course. Just thought that it would be nice to see what is the M$'s opinion on this.)




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*Confused* Should there have been a link on the post above?
09/07/2015, 09:13:10

    Peter2 writes:





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*Confused as well* There should, and I cannot say why there is none.
09/07/2015, 13:46:25

    Ramillies writes:

    Let's try it again. Even my browser remembers that I really put the link and the description in the according text boxes ...




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Okay, the third attempt. It began with https ... maybe that was the problem?
09/07/2015, 13:51:54

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Many thanks!
09/07/2015, 14:21:03

    Peter2 writes:





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You're welcome. (Does it work?)
09/08/2015, 12:23:26

    Ramillies writes:





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Dunno yet.
09/08/2015, 16:43:22

    Peter2 writes:

    I'm rushing like crazy to get all my work done before I take off on holiday, and after taking a month off, I'll have to rush like crazy again to catch up. I don't expect to have time to play with those aspects of the computer until early December. There are considerable pluses to running one's own business, but it does have the disadvantage with some things that if I don't do it, it don't get done . . .

    As I remarked wryly some years ago, I can afford to die, but I can't afford to fall ill





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Well, good luck then!
09/10/2015, 07:48:57

    Ramillies writes:

    As for dying and falling ill, please don't do either.




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Again, many thanks.
09/10/2015, 14:41:52

    Peter2 writes:

    I shall do my utmost, believe me!




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Came here to see if there was a thread on this topic...
09/18/2015, 07:38:33

    AussieAmazon writes:

    (Hi people I haven't seen for years and years and YEARS! Glad to see you're still hanging around!)

    I'm still none the wiser. I'm assuming Windows 10 is currently not allowing MM6 to be played?





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So far so good
09/19/2015, 00:08:38

    AussieAmazon writes:

    Went back to GOG and found a copy of the game which runs on Windows 10. No dramas yet, fingers crossed it continues to work for me.




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And the answer is emphatically "YES!"
09/04/2015, 06:19:05

    Peter2 writes:

    Everybody of my acquaintance who has tried it has had endless trouble, and the one who actually managed to get it working found his computer was running 37% slower than under his original Win8.1. He has now reinstalled Win8.1.

    I guess it'll be fine as a clean install on a brand new computer, but as for upgrades, leave well alone.

    Remember the old adage "IF IT AIN'T BROKE, DON'T MEND IT."





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i am happy i decided to wait
09/05/2015, 08:30:48

    Krshna das writes:

    you have one year for free re-install for 8.1 users .
    They will patch it ,of course, in few monthes




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Yes, I fully accept that
09/05/2015, 14:41:04

    Peter2 writes:

    But in my opinion, what they're asking us to do is act as inexperienced unpaid testers for a new system, and some of us are going to screw it up. I use my computer for work, and I cannot afford to have it screwed up.

    I'll get whatever's going when I replace my computer, and not before.

    [What really seriously annoys me is to have an icon there which every so often pops up a window that says, in effect, "Please install Windows 10", and I can't get rid of it. I don't WANT Windows 10! Or at least, not yet. Sorry about that — rant over! ]





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Windows 10 is a boondoggle
11/17/2015, 12:00:39

    Kiwi writes:

    They want to nickel and dime everyone endlessly once the rubes all fall into the trap!

    (How long has it been? A long time. I booted into a copy of WindowsXP to satisfy the old software with an HP iPaq PDA, and "Lo & Behold!" there was a bookmark in Firefox for this place.)

    I still use Vista on a couple of PCs, and the newest I've used is Windows7. You know how most Old Folks hate changes, apparently Papa Elf being an exception . .





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Welcome back, Kiwi!
11/17/2015, 12:13:56

    Bones writes:





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I fly through the place a couple of times a year, wintertime more often . .
12/15/2015, 11:19:34

    Kiwi writes:





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