I got a really cheap eee 10 inch laptop from woot.com. Would not connect to wifi. Did a search on the message and it was a bad wifi driver. Downloaded another Linux distribution and installed.
On Sun, Jun 25, 2017 at 6:51 AM, Bill Wilkie <[email protected]> wrote: > The choices you get are UPDATE AND RESTART or UPDATE AND SHUTDOWN. But you > must install the updates. > > > I learned later after having numerous crashes that you can set the METERED > CONNECTION and it will stop the automatic updates. But even that comes with > some quirks. For example, I set it on my wife's machine but when she tried > printing it said she may exceed her time so it wouldn't print. I had to > remove the metered connection, do the print and turn it on again. I worry > about the day when I need to enable it again. > > > I am not against the automatic updates. I am against the ones that cause > crashes. > > > For example, they clobbered my WIFI driver after one update and I couldn't > connect. I had to hardwire to the Comcast box to be able to keep working. > When I had time, I did some searches and found they clobbered my WIFI driver. > I found where to download the new driver and it worked again. But I pity the > number of people who didn't know how to fix it and ran to Best Buy or Staples > and spent a fortune. > > > The worst part is when they tell people they need a new machine and Microsoft > makes yet more money. And nobody is saying a word about it, and IMHO it is > the biggest RIP OFF of the century. > > > Another one was It didn't come up after the updates. I researched that and > finally found that it was because you couldn't have anything plugged into a > USB port, so even the wireless mouse stopped it from coming up. On a restart, > I was only seeing those circular dots, the ones that give you a stomach ache. > I used my wife's machine to Look It up and removed the USB devices and it > came up. I asked the guys at Best Buys and Staples how much they must be > making from Windows 10 updates killing machines and they said a fortune. > > > Bill > > ________________________________ > > > From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List <[email protected]> on behalf of > Clark Morris <[email protected]> > Sent: Saturday, June 24, 2017 8:11 PM > To: [email protected] > Subject: Windows 10 Pro automatic update: was Re: Eliminating the systems > programmer was Re: IBM cuts contractor billing by 15 percent (our else) > > [Default] On 24 Jun 2017 12:43:13 -0700, in bit.listserv.ibm-main > [email protected] (scott Ford) wrote: > >>Guys, >> >>I am a bit different. We run z/PDT on OpenSuse Leap 42.2 x64..running z/OS >>2.2 . >>But we us Windows and Linux for our LDAP with are STC agents on z/OS. I am >>basically all alone with other developers. >>My laptop runs Windows 10 Pro with a Tn3270 client and use ssh. > > Does Windows 10 Pro have the forced automatic update? Is the ability > to say that normal working hours are 00:01 to 24:00? Do you always > have the choice of Shutdown without update? > > Clark Morris >> >>I am seeing a lot of customers who lack knowledge in a lot of areas ...so I >>get pulled in .. >> >>Scott >> >> >> >>On Fri, Jun 23, 2017 at 4:19 PM John McKown <[email protected]> >>wrote: >> >>> On Fri, Jun 23, 2017 at 2:58 PM, Bobbie Justice < >>> [email protected]> wrote: >>> >>> > "As I am reading this, all I can think of is Windows 10 and Automatic >>> > updates. Since accidentally going to Windows 10, I have crashed my laptop >>> > at least 10 times and spent many days and a lot of money trying to >>> recover. >>> > Be careful what you wish for." >>> > >>> > Ditto on windows anything. I've had quite enough of windows automatic >>> > updates, system restore, reboot, safe mode, reload the entire operating >>> > system, reload various drivers, reload various apps, reboot again, etc. >>> etc. >>> > >>> > No thanks. >>> > >>> >>> ?At home, I have Windows 7 Professional which I run in a VM under Linux - >>> Fedora 25. The _only_ time that I use this is to log on to work. It is >>> _required_ because work eliminated our VPN in favor of using "Microsoft >>> Terminal Server Gateway". This decision was made during the height of the >>> "We are going 100.00000% Microsoft! If it's not MS, we will refuse to run >>> it!" to the sounds of cheering by the Windows support staff.This was >>> immediately after our business-oriented CIO retired and the Windows >>> Infrastructure manager was promoted to CIO. That person is gone, but parts >>> of his "legacy" remains. >>> >>> >>> >>> > >>> > Bobbie Jo Justice >>> > Senior z/OS Systems Engineer >>> > >>> > >>> -- >>> Veni, Vidi, VISA: I came, I saw, I did a little shopping. >>> >>> Maranatha! <>< >>> John McKown >>> >>> ---------------------------------------------------------------------- >>> For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, >>> send email to [email protected] with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN >>> > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, > send email to [email protected] with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, > send email to [email protected] with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN -- Mike A Schwab, Springfield IL USA Where do Forest Rangers go to get away from it all? ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [email protected] with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
