Let’s kick off this week’s show with Stephen ranting against Windows 10. In the news we talk about how the Google Pixel 2 XL is burning in, how Canada has a useful malware tool and Richard Branson’s future plans.
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This Week’s Hosts: Stephen Jondrew, Chris Ferrell and Stargate Pioneer. This episode was recorded LIVE on Monday, October 23, 2017 at www.Geeks.Live.
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I have had the same issues with Windows 10 when I used to work I.T. so when I updated at home to Build 10586 (Last October-ish), I disabled my Windows Update, Update Assistant, etc. Because I discovered Windows 10 to be deactivating and uninstalling programs I used because they decided I didn’t need them and Windows doesn’t play well with them. I backup my Fonts folder because I have 1000’s of fonts. My laptop has Windows 8.1 with Classic Start Menu (Win7) and my tower has a over a year old Win10 version to keep it from updating. I hate the updates and they have disabled the original way of turning off Windows Update. The newer versions actually make you schedule updates and will not let you opt out. I’ve had to hack the registry and install programs to block updates and deleted the Upgrade Assistants continuously. I only started having issues after I mentioned the things I did to people on Twitter and miraculously updates started to TRY to force themselves on me. I’ve used a MAC for college in Media Production but it wasn’t ideal for me. Microsoft resets settings, takes more control and removes things you won’t realize until you go to use it. OTHER Than that, Win10 runs awesome and fast on an SSD Harddrive.