Originally Posted by
Octane
So what on earth is going on? We need the internet but as long as we are connected, it seems we are at the mercy of Microsoft? Is it that bad?
As I understand it, Microsoft removed the ability to not install updates from consumer versions of Windows 10. So you're stuffed.
My girlfriend was complaining the other day because she plugged our Windows 10 PC into the Internet and it suddenly rebooted to install updates while she was in the middle of using it. Because installing updates is far more important than anything people might be using the computer for, apparently.
(That's a cheap box we bought just for scanning and iTunes, so it's not connected to the Internet if we don't need it to be)
(please no "go to Linux" type advice)
Come on. You know you want to...