Windows 10 Home has no way to stop automatic updates BUT you can stop it
auto-restarting your computer.
Settings - Update & Security - Windows update - Advanced options. Choose
Notify to schedule restart.
About once a month I find Install and Shut down instead of Shutdown in
the Power options.
If you don't want updates happening in the dead of night, then turn your
computer off when you're not using it. With fast restart it's not
actually turning completely off but closing programs and going into a
different kind of sleep mode. It's enough to shut down internet
connections etc. I wouldn't dream of leaving my computer on overnight.
I've had a computer since 1984 and have always turned them off.
I agree the way computers are updating to Windows 10 at the moment
without people realising is appalling.
I'm thankful that my friend seems to have come through that process
unscathed. It's people like her that they're "helping". She rarely has
the confidence to agree to an update of any thing however many times I
walk her through it.
There are ways to block Windows 10. My husband uses GWX Control Panel
from http://ultimateoutsider.com/downloads/
I love Windows 10 but had a clean install done so I wouldn't inherit any
underlying issues. Got all the bloatware off my laptop at the same time.
:-) Lovely.
Cathy
Joyce Herzog wrote:
I use Firefoz as my browser & Foxit Reader for my PDF reader. i really
like it!
On Sat, Jun 4, 2016 at 6:42 PM, CE WOOD <wood...@msn.com
<mailto:wood...@msn.com>> wrote:
__ __
“Brad Chacos____
Senior Editor, PCWorld____
__ __
May 27, 2016 9:01 AM____
__ __
Microsoft stepped on the gas in its quest to drive Windows 7 and 8
users to Windows 10 over the past couple of weeks, rolling the
upgrade out as a Recommended update. Watch out! The only behavior
that could deny the Windows 10 upgrade before—closing the pop-up
by pressing the X in the upper-right corner—now counts as consent
for the upgrade, and worse, the upgrade installation can
automatically begin even if you take no action whatsoever.____
__ __
It’s nasty business, and it’s tricking legions of happy Windows 7
and 8 users into Windows 10. Over the past week, I’ve received
more contact from readers about this issue than I have about
everything else I’ve written over the rest of my career combined.
But beyond merely burning bridges with consumers, these forced,
non-consensual upgrades could have more insidious consequences.”____
__ __
__ __
CE____
__ __
__ __
*From:*LegacyUserGroup
[mailto:legacyusergroup-boun...@legacyusers.com
<mailto:legacyusergroup-boun...@legacyusers.com>] *On Behalf Of *Stan
*Sent:* Saturday, June 4, 2016 3:13 PM
*To:* 'Legacy User Group' <legacyusergroup@legacyusers.com
<mailto:legacyusergroup@legacyusers.com>>
*Subject:* Re: [LegacyUG] [Legacy] Ancestor Book Report Issue____
__ __
Hi Ronald____
Not sure if it still happens but Microsoft did install software
on my computer without my knowledge or explicit agreement with
disastrous consequences.____
__ __
I was silly enough to allow Microsoft to install Windows 10 on my
computer very shortly after its release. All went well for a
couple of days. I quite liked it____
__ __
I gave it no permission to apply updates automatically. I may have
had the ability to opt out but certainly the fact that it was
going to update without my permission was not drawn to my
attention. I was surprised to note that while I was asleep the
night after installation it downloaded over 100Mbs of update
sand installed them without my express permission. I actually
looked quickly for a setting to prevent that but did not locate
it, Windows 10 was all new at that stage,____
__ __
2 days later “in the dark of night” it was again updating without
my knowledge or when the power went off during a storm and my hard
disk was corrupted. It had to be reformatted____
__ __
The local Computer shop that restored the system (but none of the
files that I hadn’t backed up externally) advised that there were
4 other computers that had been brought to them with the identical
problem following the power outage. None had specifically agreed
for Microsoft to update their computer whilst they slept____
__ __
Whether it still does or not I don’t know. But Microsoft did
install software on my computer in the dark of night without my
known agreement or permission .____
__ __
__ __
Cheers Stan____
*From:*LegacyUserGroup
[mailto:legacyusergroup-boun...@legacyusers.com] *On Behalf Of
*Brian L. Lightfoot
*Sent:* Sunday, 5 June 2016 7:54 a.m.
*To:* LegacyUserGroup@LegacyUsers.com
<mailto:LegacyUserGroup@LegacyUsers.com>
*Subject:* Re: [LegacyUG] Ancestor Book Report Issue____
__ __
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/steve-peterson/warning-your-computer-may_b_10099208.html____
__ __
__ __
*From:*Ronald Howell [mailto:basketballman0...@yahoo.com]
*Sent:* Saturday, June 4, 2016 11:23 AM
*To:* 'Legacy User Group'
*Subject:* RE: [LegacyUG] Ancestor Book Report Issue____
__ __
While I will agree to the last part of your statement, I have to
disagree with the first part. I know of no software that installs
itself ‘in the dark of night’. It may be a game, a genealogy
program or an operating system but a user has to ‘agree’ to
certain parameters associated with that software.____
__ __
Thanks,____
Joyce Herzog wrote:
I use Firefoz as my browser & Foxit Reader for my PDF reader. i really
like it!
On Sat, Jun 4, 2016 at 6:42 PM, CE WOOD <wood...@msn.com
<mailto:wood...@msn.com>> wrote:
“Brad Chacos
Senior Editor, PCWorld
May 27, 2016 9:01 AM
Microsoft stepped on the gas in its quest to drive Windows 7 and 8
users to Windows 10 over the past couple of weeks, rolling the
upgrade out as a Recommended update. Watch out! The only behavior
that could deny the Windows 10 upgrade before—closing the pop-up
by pressing the X in the upper-right corner—now counts as consent
for the upgrade, and worse, the upgrade installation can
automatically begin even if you take no action whatsoever.
It’s nasty business, and it’s tricking legions of happy Windows 7
and 8 users into Windows 10. Over the past week, I’ve received
more contact from readers about this issue than I have about
everything else I’ve written over the rest of my career combined.
But beyond merely burning bridges with consumers, these forced,
non-consensual upgrades could have more insidious consequences.”
CE
*From:*LegacyUserGroup
[mailto:legacyusergroup-boun...@legacyusers.com
<mailto:legacyusergroup-boun...@legacyusers.com>] *On Behalf Of *Stan
*Sent:* Saturday, June 4, 2016 3:13 PM
*To:* 'Legacy User Group' <legacyusergroup@legacyusers.com
<mailto:legacyusergroup@legacyusers.com>>
*Subject:* Re: [LegacyUG] [Legacy] Ancestor Book Report Issue
Hi Ronald
Not sure if it still happens but Microsoft did install software
on my computer without my knowledge or explicit agreement with
disastrous consequences.
I was silly enough to allow Microsoft to install Windows 10 on my
computer very shortly after its release. All went well for a
couple of days. I quite liked it
I gave it no permission to apply updates automatically. I may have
had the ability to opt out but certainly the fact that it was
going to update without my permission was not drawn to my
attention. I was surprised to note that while I was asleep the
night after installation it downloaded over 100Mbs of update
sand installed them without my express permission. I actually
looked quickly for a setting to prevent that but did not locate
it, Windows 10 was all new at that stage,
2 days later “in the dark of night” it was again updating without
my knowledge or when the power went off during a storm and my hard
disk was corrupted. It had to be reformatted
The local Computer shop that restored the system (but none of the
files that I hadn’t backed up externally) advised that there were
4 other computers that had been brought to them with the identical
problem following the power outage. None had specifically agreed
for Microsoft to update their computer whilst they slept
Whether it still does or not I don’t know. But Microsoft did
install software on my computer in the dark of night without my
known agreement or permission .
Cheers Stan
*From:*LegacyUserGroup
[mailto:legacyusergroup-boun...@legacyusers.com] *On Behalf Of
*Brian L. Lightfoot
*Sent:* Sunday, 5 June 2016 7:54 a.m.
*To:* LegacyUserGroup@LegacyUsers.com
<mailto:LegacyUserGroup@LegacyUsers.com>
*Subject:* Re: [LegacyUG] Ancestor Book Report Issue
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/steve-peterson/warning-your-computer-may_b_10099208.html
*From:*Ronald Howell [mailto:basketballman0...@yahoo.com]
*Sent:* Saturday, June 4, 2016 11:23 AM
*To:* 'Legacy User Group'
*Subject:* RE: [LegacyUG] Ancestor Book Report Issue
While I will agree to the last part of your statement, I have to
disagree with the first part. I know of no software that installs
itself ‘in the dark of night’. It may be a game, a genealogy
program or an operating system but a user has to ‘agree’ to
certain parameters associated with that software.
Thanks,
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