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Old 24th May 2016 | 10:58
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Loose rivets
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From: Walton on the Naze Essex.
I'm pressing on with my PC on W10, mainly because I got a free upgrade to 64bit, but all in all, I've joined others in thinking Ten is not in the customer's best interests. There are some features that I'd miss, but really not worth the learning curve and the day to day interference with what should be the most private and secure possession we own. Cue for a jolly good laugh.

The other night, my pal's daughter suddenly found W10 on her machine. She was at the latter stages - the last hours - of swatting for a final exam in her profession. It was her great fortune that her dad had got used to Ten, but still a PITA.

My i7 Vaio ran W10 well, apart from there being no drivers. Sony have "sold Vaio to a group of investors", and a backup call to the States confirmed the sorry tale. 'That's why we're not investing in writing drivers for older computers'. Older? I suppose. But an i7 high-end machine?!?!

So, a total fresh W7 load. It was soon up to date and Authenticated but last night, I had the first of the W10 evil dæmons leaping onto my screen. More time spent I suppose going through the treads of how to stop them but in the meantime updates and/or the wifi switch will be off.

Oh, and one more thing. My trick for not accepting updates when on the Shutdown Button, was to Restart, and then pull the plug in the off moment. Now, it will show the Shutdown or Restart!!! FFS! What if you're working on a problem and have to reboot? The nerds show no mercy.
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