Prevent windows 10 from upgrading to a new build + rant.

Or you could just use this to disable the windows to autoupdate: forums.mydigitallife.net/threads/windows-10-update-disabler.72234/

(And yes it really does disable windows updates so if you really depend on the minor ones than the feature ones then tbh your mileage may vary, you can install it or not but believe me it works like a charm in Anniversary Update)

I completely agree with you. It's sad to see what Windows has become compared to what it once was.

As I've said many times now, Microsoft has been slowly removing the user's ability to customize and control Windows since Vista. However Windows 10 was a bigger leap in that direction than any version before it. From 2006-onward, Microsoft has been mostly doing one of two things: either they've been removing certain features altogether, or they've been changing existing ones in a way that makes them less customizable.

But Windows 10 is different. Windows 10 is the first version of Windows where I truly feel like I have no control over the OS. And it goes beyond removing control over the UI (which don't worry, they excelled in that regard too). The two biggest contributing factors to this feeling are the updates and the telemetry.

As far as the updates go, I realize that auto-updating can technically be disabled, but you still can't cherry pick which updates you want to install through the UI. That's still a certain level of control taken away from the user. And for those who wish to keep updates enabled, they've become more intrusive than ever.

The telemetry, however, is by far the worst thing about Windows 10 to me. Hands down. I won't lie, I actually do like Cortana as a feature, but I won't use her because I'd prefer to have as little information of mine sent to Microsoft as possible if I can help it. And that's the thing. With a lot of Windows 10's telemetry, you really CAN'T help it. The fact that Windows 10 reportedly ignores the user's hosts file for certain IP addresses is really telling to me. Honestly, the only version of Windows 10 that I'd feel even remotely safe using on a day-to-day basis would be Windows 10 Enterprise, as you actually can control how the OS tracks you. And from what I've heard, it actually does respect your settings (feel free to prove me wrong on this, but I haven't heard any complaints about it).

I don't think Windows 10 S will take off, and I seriously hope it doesn't. Having an OS that's basically just UWP-only would be terrible, and one step closer to the walled-garden Microsoft clearly wants. If you buy a surface that comes with it, upgrade it to a version of Windows 10 that's actually useful. Windows 10 S should just die like Windows RT.

And don't get me started on those Edge notifications. I was actually in disbelief when I first saw one of those. It's ridiculous how much Microsoft nags you to use the computer that you spent your hard-earned money on a certain way. Instead shoving benchmarks from a couple of years ago in the user's face, try to actually seriously compete with Google. People seem to forget that there was a time when Internet Explorer was innovative, and actually set a lot of the web standards we know today (which is ironic, considering nowadays IE has a reputation for ignoring a lot of standards). But that time is long gone. If Microsoft wants to get their name back in the web browser world, they've got a lot they need to change. And UWP isn't helping it either (even though Edge kind of cheats at being a UWP app anyway, but that's a whole other topic).

It's really surprising to me that so many people are just OK with all of Windows 10's problems, even to the point of defending them. There are legit issues with Windows 10 that should absolutely be addressed, so it really rubs me the wrong way when such a large number of people turn a blind eye to them. Without criticism, how can you expect to improve? I'm not sure how many of these people are fanboys, and how many of them are just flat out shilling for Microsoft. But I really wouldn't be surprised by either one. I'm hoping that Microsoft will actually make a really good Windows release again, but I kind of doubt that's ever going to happen anytime soon. They seem pretty set in the direction they're headed, and that's really a shame.

Also, 1507 felt like a beta build. Just thought I'd say that.

I blocked updates last week. Used a combination of Win10Privacy & DoNotSpy10. No idea if they will actually block Windows from updating, but had no more crappy Apps installing against my will, so who knows.

its all true

Cry me a river man we already got the best of the best top of the line hack the planet windows open source modders on winclassic what stops you from doing this?

  




spitfirex86 was kind to make this taskbar for us then classicshell then use 7 taskbar tweaker metro apps even if installed wont even budge =)
But i removed mine at start then always properly disable automatic updates in services.msc that would cover it now when we got a full classic ui fixed with opensource patchwork we dont need win8 .
But i agree about  Nadella that guy should be brought to a firing squad for his crimes about taking away the classic UI from us like that under our noses

It's been in Alpha for over 20 years, don't bank on it happening anytime soon.

also microsoft or google might be paying them to halt development and break things since reactos 0.3.9 many cpl are broken dont work

That's good news to hear. Hopefully it releases soon in a stable fashion and I can try it on one of my rigs.

They haven't broken it. The desk.cpl wasn't even designed to be used on vista, 7, 8 nor 10 in first place, but on ReactOS itself (and possibly Windows NT 5.1/5.2). Besides, don't even deny that you're delusional since you yourself have moaned about ReactOS being sabotaged by Microsoft.