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NancyMarsh22
Windows 10 has cost me two computers that will no longer boot, countless hours of wasted productivity trying to keep things running and now a third is on it's way out.
Windows 10 Update behaves like malware. It can't be turned off and it runs without permission. I've tried stopping the update service and set it to manual - and it still runs the next time I reboot! Tell me Microsoft, what is your definition of malware?
There's no choice when I go to shut down my computer (I have to update) but if I don't shut down my computer, it updates when I'm not at the computer. Except, wait, I come back to a failed update - usually a black screen or a frozen screen somewhere around 80%. It will eventually restore previous version but it seems to have to fail 3 times minimum - which can take hours!
I have 3 workstations that are cough/cough/puke "running" Windows 10.
Two of them were upgraded from Windows 8 (who wouldn't want to get out of that train wreck??). When I started running into this issue with Windows Update failing, I had Windows 10 installed clean on each of them. Already hours of wasted time, then even more to setup the computers again so we can continue with that work I mentioned.
Since that time, one does not boot at all - after Windows Update repeatedly ran even when all configuration said it should not run - and after 4 hours spent on the phone with support and absolutely no way to get it working again, short of installing a new motherboard. The second is now experiencing the same issues. Down 2 otherwise perfectly operational machines so far.
The third machine is now at risk - similar symptoms.
Then there's the continuous networking nightmare. I spend hours to set up a peer-to-peer network (hours you might ask? I'm wondering why it's so hard too). But one of the three machines can't see one of the others. Until after the weekend - then miraculously it can see the third machine (with no change being made) but the second computer now can't see that third one. And after a week of working fine, the first machine now can't see that third one anymore no matter what I do. The second computer is now down for the count. I mean, hello? It's not rocket science. It was easier and far more consistent to setup peer to peer networking with Windows 3.1. It's totally unacceptable.
So tell me, how do I get compensation? I calculate that over the past year, I've wasted at least 100 hours in trouble shooting, researching, waiting for computers to be reinstalled, reconfiguring them and looking for a solution that doesn't involve Microsoft. At my normal charge out rate, Microsoft has caused me to lose $12,500 CDN - that's over $200 per week. Small potatoes for a multi-billion dollar company like Microsoft.
And I am down 2 computers with one on the way the same direction. That would be at least $3000 plus more time to re-configure the new machines.
Shame on you Microsoft.
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Windows 10 Update behaves like malware. It can't be turned off and it runs without permission. I've tried stopping the update service and set it to manual - and it still runs the next time I reboot! Tell me Microsoft, what is your definition of malware?
There's no choice when I go to shut down my computer (I have to update) but if I don't shut down my computer, it updates when I'm not at the computer. Except, wait, I come back to a failed update - usually a black screen or a frozen screen somewhere around 80%. It will eventually restore previous version but it seems to have to fail 3 times minimum - which can take hours!
I have 3 workstations that are cough/cough/puke "running" Windows 10.
Two of them were upgraded from Windows 8 (who wouldn't want to get out of that train wreck??). When I started running into this issue with Windows Update failing, I had Windows 10 installed clean on each of them. Already hours of wasted time, then even more to setup the computers again so we can continue with that work I mentioned.
Since that time, one does not boot at all - after Windows Update repeatedly ran even when all configuration said it should not run - and after 4 hours spent on the phone with support and absolutely no way to get it working again, short of installing a new motherboard. The second is now experiencing the same issues. Down 2 otherwise perfectly operational machines so far.
The third machine is now at risk - similar symptoms.
Then there's the continuous networking nightmare. I spend hours to set up a peer-to-peer network (hours you might ask? I'm wondering why it's so hard too). But one of the three machines can't see one of the others. Until after the weekend - then miraculously it can see the third machine (with no change being made) but the second computer now can't see that third one. And after a week of working fine, the first machine now can't see that third one anymore no matter what I do. The second computer is now down for the count. I mean, hello? It's not rocket science. It was easier and far more consistent to setup peer to peer networking with Windows 3.1. It's totally unacceptable.
So tell me, how do I get compensation? I calculate that over the past year, I've wasted at least 100 hours in trouble shooting, researching, waiting for computers to be reinstalled, reconfiguring them and looking for a solution that doesn't involve Microsoft. At my normal charge out rate, Microsoft has caused me to lose $12,500 CDN - that's over $200 per week. Small potatoes for a multi-billion dollar company like Microsoft.
And I am down 2 computers with one on the way the same direction. That would be at least $3000 plus more time to re-configure the new machines.
Shame on you Microsoft.
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