{"id":5755,"date":"2017-09-19T20:11:34","date_gmt":"2017-09-20T00:11:34","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/benies-blogs.com\/general\/?p=5755"},"modified":"2017-09-20T05:17:15","modified_gmt":"2017-09-20T09:17:15","slug":"delaying-the-inevitable-windows-10-some-more","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/benies-blogs.com\/general\/2017\/09\/19\/delaying-the-inevitable-windows-10-some-more\/","title":{"rendered":"Delaying the inevitable (Windows 10) some more…"},"content":{"rendered":"

Going by the title, yep I’m still with 7. Though, last night I got done writing a step by step guide (to myself) of how to go about grabbing the update (using this video<\/a> who’s using the assistive technologies download). Going to be throwing this on my phone.
\nI discovered from a few sources, that 10 cannot be clean installed until I use the ‘Reset my PC’ option in 10, where there I have the option to wipe out everything on the drive. There’s these two options where I can ‘Just remove my files’ or ‘Remove files and clean the drive’.
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\nAccording to the 2 minute 10 second point of this video<\/a>, which goes over this step, the person claims that the first option is used “for most users”. However I’ve been getting a few conflicting statements that cleaning the drive is actually better(especially when not using the download, but an ISO on a thumb drive).<\/p>\n

With the first video, I learned what needs to be switched off that has to do with “privacy” (which is pretty much everything). The only thing the guy didn’t switch off was this ‘SmartScreen’ thing. From what Tulsi tells me, it’s to protect you against certain Start menu apps that might use malicious code. Since I’ll likely turn them off (to remove the ‘touch screen feel’), I dunno if I’ll need it on.<\/p>\n

I also learned Microsoft’s “attempt” to help curb the major complaints of forced Windows Updates… and they did a half-ass job. Instead of allowing the user to choose when to install the updates, all updates are delayed from downloading for 35 days, and then<\/strong> ramming them down your throat even if you’re ready or not.
\nHow..is this helpful in the slightest? This is NOT what people wanted!
\nThis would only be useful if I could say “OK, store the updates for 35 days, but let me choose<\/u> when I’m ready to install them”. No! There’s NO option for that!! Either, I get them rammed down my throat NOW, or rammed down my throat 35 days from now! BULLSHIT!! HOW IS THIS FUCKING FAIR for the end user?!?
\nBut another way to look at this, is that whole WannaCry fiasco (and how a lot of Windows 7 users had Windows Update disabled and became infected). This is likely Microsoft’s way to avoid being liable for the damages (by forcing updates down their users throats).
\nIt should be up to the user, not<\/em> Microsoft, to make that call. \ud83d\ude1b<\/p>\n

.
\n*sigh*… as much as I want to hug Windows 7 tightly and say “never leave me…*points at Microsoft while holding 7* Windows 10 is EVIL and SCARY!”, I know I cannot do it forever. Just like saying goodbye to a loved one who has passed..I got to say goodbye to my beloved OS.
\nBut, oh how I’ve forgotten back in January 2010, when I still had Windows XP. Windows 7 64-bit was the way to go back then, and looking at those old posts(and my really bad writing skills), I was saying that “I’ve used XP for years”..just like 7.
\nHowever, it wasn’t XP losing support in a few years that eventually brought me to 7, but Fallout 3’s Game of The Year edition causing BSODs. That feeling of not wanting to upgrade, just to fix one issue.
\n…But unlike Windows 10, Windows 7 wasn’t forced upon us(and even attempting to ram the upgrade down our throats). It was an optional<\/u> $100 upgrade.
\nAnd eventually, I did go with 7..and I never looked back. My games ran better. 7 felt like “this is my new OS”. Everything felt clean. And now, literally 7 years later, that time to upgrade to the next Windows OS has.. come again.<\/p>\n

Windows 10, compared to 7 and even XP, looks like it’s completely changed from the ground up. It looks barely recognizable to either of those OS’ (only having the Start button). But having to left click on a gear to go to Settings, instead of Start\/Control Panel? Having Cortana(something that didn’t exist back then). The stupid Windows 8-like ‘touch screen’ app menu. And then finally, the forced Windows Updates.
\nThis entire shitbag is what has kept me from upgrading for years. However, thankfully most of these annoyances can be ‘dealt with’ overtime.<\/p>\n

So… all there’s really left to do, is make sure what I have backed up when I was going back to my FX 4350 back in May, matches with what I have now. Then once I have that list written down, I’ll be pretty much ready.
\nTulsi meanwhile is preparing me a workaround, for that off-chance scenario that my Windows 7 activation key decides to not work anymore, by giving me a clean Windows Toolkit and an ISO to burn onto my old 32GB USB Stick that I used for my PS4 videos.
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\nHowever, I don’t think I’m going to need it. Because according from what I saw of the video that used the download to start the upgrade, the key is only checked once and Windows is activated using it, with no fuss. Hopefully that’s what actually happens.
\nThough, I also forgotten when I originally got 7, it was from a website called ‘Facepunch’, and there was a link to a collage kid who managed to get ahold of a bunch of Windows 7 ISO downloads. I also remember the key not working, but I still had access to the internet and was able to eventually get that issue fixed.
\nBut when it comes to next year of once I get the Ryzen 5 and the new motherboard installed (hopefully by myself), I will definitely need that Windows 10 ISO by then.<\/p>\n

One last fear I have since the upgrade showed up, is being ‘stuck’ with 10 (of not being able to downgrade even after using the OEM). I never did this kind of install of Windows in my life. It’s just with how evil Microsoft got in 2015 (with the whole “ramming the upgrade down the user’s throat” thing), it just feels like I’ll see the following;
\n“Hi”, followed by “Enjoy your stay with 10, because you can never leave” as the new welcome screen.
\nYet on the other hand, I find it quite silly how Microsoft could stop my CD drive from running the CD containing 7(and then wiping 10 off of my SSD). I actually hope I don’t have to do that, though (and actually enjoy 10 as much as I do 7).<\/p>\n

And that’s about it for this blog post. Nothing else to say here.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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