Windows 10: When will the Microsoft team start seriously considering Windows 10 users' automatic update...

Why does Microsoft think that it has the right to reboot my PC any time that it #!$& pleases them? Is it because of all of the sleazy (and self-serving) legal language that Microsoft puts into the EULA?


At best, this program policy is impolite and inconvenient. However, from my vantage point, I think the policy is malicious, militant, arrogant, socially irresponsible, inconsiderate, and intolerable. And it's a form of THEFT. Microsoft has cost me more lost time than any security breach or hacker ever has or ever will. I dream of a day where a class action lawsuit is brought against Microsoft--because it seems that short of that day, unless they loose massive amounts of market share, they will never give a rip about what the end user really wants.


This auto-update-roulette costs me time and always results in lost work. Now, multiply that number my HUNDREDS OF MILLIONS OF DOLLARS and count the cost to humanity (as same thing is happening to users around the world all of the time) and to your customers - who you are supposedly serving (in theory trying to satisfy). How many people advocate for this level of micromanagement of out computers by a third party outside source? I never thought that I would say this, but I am beginning to think that the best way to fix this problem is to buy a Mac.


I've decided to post this under "Performance & System Failures" instead of under "Windows Update, Recovery, and Backup". Why? Because Windows auto update is by far the highest frequency "system failure" that my PC experiences.

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Microsoft to push automatic Windows 10 upgrades in 2016

"Microsoft has announced that Windows 10 will be automatically rolled out next year to all users of its older operating systems who have selected to receive updates.

Until now, users of Windows 7 and 8 have needed to register to upgrade to Windows 10. But that's about to change: soon the OS will be listed as an 'Optional Update' and -- from 2016 -- a 'recommended' update that will automatically install itself, if users have opted to receive updates in that way.*Shadedshun :shadedshu:

You can opt out of automatic updates to avoid this, but Microsoftsays that "we strongly discourage this in today’s connected world because of the constant risk of internet threats". You can also change your Windows Update settings to install critical updates but not recommended ones. Although it's still going to be possible to avoid installation, Microsoft seems quite determined for everyone to be using Windows 10 in near future.


The roll-out of reserved updates was initially staggered but, according to Microsoft, now Windows "will automatically kick off the upgrade process once you have made a reservation".

As an intermediate stage, Microsoft says that it will "soon" publish Windows 10 as an optional update, not installed by default, but accessible to all users."

http://www.wired.co.uk/news/archive...rade-to-be-rolled-out-automatically-next-year

 

Vista Automatic Updating Error

Automatic Updates isn't currently running.

 

Vista Automatic Updating Error

Resolution Suggestion:

# To resolve this problem, make sure that BITS and the Automatic Updates service are started..

A simple solution but one that works in most circumstances!

1. Click Start, click Run, type services.msc, and then click OK.

2. In the list of services, right-click Automatic Updates, and then click Properties.

3. In the Startup type list, click Automatic, and then click Apply.

4. If Service status is set to Stopped, click Start, and then click OK.

5. Right-click Background Intelligent Transfer Service, and then click Properties.

6. In the Startup type list, click Manual, and then click Apply.

7. If Service status is set to Stopped, click Start, and then click OK.

http://www.updatexp.com/0x80070422.html- source *Smile hope that helps.