Windows 10: Windows vent thread, frustrations with updates and onedrive

Windows is great, but I'll never use it unless I have to. Unfortunately, the majority of my work requires windows software. For anything that doesn't require it, I am using my mac laptop.There are an assortment of things im nitpicky about with UI, but there are 2 things that brought me here to write this and I am just so entirely fed up with it.The forced updatesI cannot express how much I despise this policy. I know there are reasons for maintaining security against malware and what not. But it was pretty awful to find that a script i had intended to run for 3 days had been curtailed by an ov

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Windows 10 - OneDrive

Right click on the app and one of the properties has an option to not automatically start it. Uncheck, restart the computer, and it should stop. If you want to go another step further, find the OneDrive app in the start menu, right click on it and uninstall.

If that is still insufficient, there is a batch uninstaller for OneDrive available online. I can copy the code here if you need it.

 

Upset with Windows 10 - Need to vent


Yes of course, none of these suggestions work. Not sure what it does, but it certainly doesn't stop the update.

I don't have access to the Local Group Policy Editor because I am using the Home edition. However the other suggestions result in a non-bootable system. That means hours of effort to format and re-install Windows 10, not to mention loss of data.

Anyway not looking for solutions any more, I just wanted to vent and let all this frustration out.

 

Upset with Windows 10 - Need to vent

Uninstall the driver update and then do a manual check for updates in Windows Update and choose to hide it when it shows back up. Then it will not install and you can use the driver you want to.