Windows 10 Nagging Increases again!

[owsf2000]

Really not very surprising I guess, but 'Get Windows 10' Turns Itself On and Nags Win 7 and 8.1 Users Twice a Day.

Essentially if you have been rewriting registry settings to stop the windows 10 nag on your 7/8 boxes, the new update now looks for manually edited register settings and "corrects" them, then proceeds to nag you if you're eligible for a free Windows 10 upgrade - after downloading the 6gig update.

Seriously, with how hard Microsoft is trying to obsolete their older software, I can't help but wonder exactly what benefits they're REALLY getting out of all the datamining they do on Windows 10.

In related news, I've been testing out Linux installs. The Ubuntu 14 upgrade from 12 didn't work very well - functional but some errors. I'm sure things would work fine with a pure 14 install instead of an upgrade, but I've also got a few other distros downloaded and burned to DVD to try out.

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[dmjewelle.livejournal.com]

I downloaded and installed Windows 10 on my laptop, and it took me the entire day to make it usable. Sure they said they kept everything in its place and reformatted nothing, but the system slowed down, I restarted the computer 4-5 times after each update, and programs it CLAIMED wasn't working worked just fine. At this point I'm not even sure what the difference is, save for the odd times when it won't log me into MY OWN LAPTOP.