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Some people dual boot 8.1 and 10. They would not want the 8.1 OS updated to 10, since they already have 10.
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Some people run Windows 7. They would not want the 7 OS updated to 10, since they already have a better one installed... 
Bad command or file name. Bad, bad command! Sit! Stay! Staaaay...
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Oh Griff! - Not you too! Of all people I was sure you would be happy with 10!
Get me coffee and no one gets hurt!
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I'm still using it, but...
Win 7 was prettier - Win 10 is one ugly sucker.
Win 7 was more "together" - Win 10 is still schizophrenic between is desktop roots and the "metro" cr@p applications it's unsuccessfully trying to replace them with. (Look at "Settings" versus "Control Panel", and "Mail" versus "Live Mail" for example.)
Win 7 didn't try to shove ads at you - if "try Oriffice 365" appears as a new notification once more this week I shall not be responsible for my actions.
Win 7 didn't have Cortana and a search system tied to Bong (and seemingly designed by an engineer after a few too many hits on one).
Win 7 never disabled my network card with a "silent update".
Bad command or file name. Bad, bad command! Sit! Stay! Staaaay...
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To respond to your points:
Quote: Win 10 is one ugly sucker
Granted. But you grow to love ugliness. My mother always said she loved me!
Quote: Win 7 was more "together" - Win 10 is still schizophrenic between is desktop roots and the "metro" cr@p applications it's unsuccessfully trying to replace them with. (Look at "Settings" versus "Control Panel", and "Mail" versus "Live Mail" for example.)
I only use Office Home & Business 2010. So this does not affect me.
Quote: Win 7 didn't try to shove ads at you
I use the HOSTS file to get rid of pop-ups and other pests. So it doesn't bother me: Blocking Unwanted Connections with a Hosts File[^]
Quote: Win 7 didn't have Cortana
Cortana? I disabled the b*tch when I installed 10. Never met her!
Quote: Win 7 never disabled my network card
10 installed the right driver for my network card from the get go. Never had any network issues.
Remember the grace period to get 10 for free expires next month. Good luck with 7!
Get me coffee and no one gets hurt!
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It is not about working or not, but much more about to let us choose...Th OS, our privacy, our updates and on and on...
And it seems, that most of us do not think that 'the end justifies the means'...
Skipper: We'll fix it.
Alex: Fix it? How you gonna fix this?
Skipper: Grit, spit and a whole lotta duct tape.
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One of my customer just informed me that the only PC that updated to W10 is now unreliable, failing to connect to network and corrupting databases.
They were happy when attempts to rollback to W7 failed to restore previous behavior, and they will have pay me 1 full day to reintall the PC and app as it was before.
Patrice
“Everything should be made as simple as possible, but no simpler.” Albert Einstein
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Every time I upgraded from 7 or 8 to 10, I had a variety of issues. When I followed that up with a clean install, all the issues went away.
To get 10 to activate, you have two options:
1) Do a regular upgrade or update to 10. Make sure 10 is activated. This means your machine is registered with Microsoft as eligible for 10. Then do a clean install and 10 should activate without an activation code.
2) Some users say you can skip the upgrade and go straight for a clean install, provided you use the 10586 build disc. Then you have to manually activate it with the activation code of Windows 7 or 8 that used to be on the machine. However I have never tried this, so you do this at your own risk!
Get me coffee and no one gets hurt!
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Funny this would be posted just now - not sure when it launched but nextdoor.com allows you to organize your communities, etc. Very useful for alerts, ideas, and suggestions, but this morning there was a very ribald rant against MS and forced Windows updates. Now this guy is apparently tech savvy and listed the 3 KB articles to remove and hide to avoid MS "helping" you. I won't bore you with all of the neighbors' comments.
So, MS has been pestering me to upgrade, and I'm just not going to do it to my dev machine. If it isn't broke don't elephant with it. So, I removed the three innocuous KB articles and proceeded to reboot. And went to:
"Configuration in process. DO NOT TURN OFF YOUR MACHINE"
got some coffee, drank it, still working...
went upstairs, brushed teeth, etc came back - still working...
about this time I'm thinking, "Oh #$#$%#, MS is doing something evil to me."
after 45 minutes, it finally shutdown and booted. Ai Ai Ai 
I'm not against Win10. I have it in a VM, but no, not my breadwinner.
Charlie Gilley
<italic>Stuck in a dysfunctional matrix from which I must escape...
"Where liberty dwells, there is my country." B. Franklin, 1783
“They who can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary safety deserve neither liberty nor safety.” BF, 1759
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Thank gawd the Rude Awakening arc is over, one can only take so much fourth wall.
veni bibi saltavi
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I've started keeping my small change in the freezer – I like cold, hard cash.
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That one should go back from pence it came.
"the debugger doesn't tell me anything because this code compiles just fine" - random QA comment
"Facebook is where you tell lies to your friends. Twitter is where you tell the truth to strangers." - chriselst
"I don't drink any more... then again, I don't drink any less." - Mike Mullikins uncle
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I'm so poor I can't even pay attention to that.
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Frankly, I didn't peso much attention either.
"the debugger doesn't tell me anything because this code compiles just fine" - random QA comment
"Facebook is where you tell lies to your friends. Twitter is where you tell the truth to strangers." - chriselst
"I don't drink any more... then again, I don't drink any less." - Mike Mullikins uncle
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Spare me the change from dollars to peso, or I'll charge you.
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Sounds like your yen and yang is out of balance.
"the debugger doesn't tell me anything because this code compiles just fine" - random QA comment
"Facebook is where you tell lies to your friends. Twitter is where you tell the truth to strangers." - chriselst
"I don't drink any more... then again, I don't drink any less." - Mike Mullikins uncle
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Nah, just want to stay up to date on current affairs.
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I dream of being run over by a Rolls Royce.
I can only afford to be run over by buses, these days.
(Spike Milligan, paraphrased only because I can't remember the exact wording.)
I wanna be a eunuchs developer! Pass me a bread knife!
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Apparently he is the author of the funniest joke of all time:
Two hunters are out in the woods in New Jersey when one of them collapses. He doesn't seem to be breathing and his eyes are glazed.
The other guy whips out his phone and calls the emergency services. He gasps 'My friend is dead! What can I do?' The operator says: 'Calm down, I can help. First, let's make sure he's dead.' There is a silence, then a shot is heard. Back on the phone, the guy says 'OK, now what?'
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He's the author of thousands of the funniest jokes of forever.
I had the chance to meet him, many years ago, on a trip to Oz, but other priorities (which were really nowhere near as important to me) took precedence.
He died, soon after, so that chance could never be repeated. I could have had a private meeting with a true genius, but passed on it.
Talk about "Regrets, I've had a few".
I wanna be a eunuchs developer! Pass me a bread knife!
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If I forget to put it in the freezer, is that a cache miss?
... such stuff as dreams are made on
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 Of these posts, we do hereby put a freeze on (er, right where) your assets of your depositing them and will bill you for expense of our time spent exchanging responses to the same, however culpable we may be in all this transactional fodder. 
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If you take out the money and put them in your pocket, do you get cold feets then?
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"Icy what you mean", to coin a phase.
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| "The difference between genius and stupidity is that genius has its limits." - Albert Einstein | | "If you are searching for perfection in others, then you seek disappointment. If you are seek perfection in yourself, then you will find failure." - Balboos HaGadol Mar 2010 |
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Just got off the phone with the DVLA, allegedly I should get the form today/tomorrow but the 5-10 days is just in case the post is playing up...
... then they ask me ...
... "Have you filled in this other form? No? Don't worry I'll send you one."
Aaaaaaahhhhhhhhhh!!!!!!!!!
veni bibi saltavi
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