How DARE MS shut down my PC automatically to install updates!!

D

David

This sort of behavior on MS's part is reprehensible and outrageous. How
bizarre that MS would elect to shut down users PC's using a timer
function, rather than allow users to choose when to shut down to finish
installation of updates. Brickbats to Gates & Company. No wonder I
cant stand Microsux.

I guess its time that i disable updates. That way I'll not have my
computing interrupted on Microsux's schedule. Scum sucking monopolistic
jerkass company. Any MS apologists here can save their breath--if you
try to excuse the inexcusable, all you do is drop your credibility to zero.

Dave
 
A

Alias

David said:
This sort of behavior on MS's part is reprehensible and outrageous. How
bizarre that MS would elect to shut down users PC's using a timer
function, rather than allow users to choose when to shut down to finish
installation of updates. Brickbats to Gates & Company. No wonder I
cant stand Microsux.
I guess its time that i disable updates. That way I'll not have my
computing interrupted on Microsux's schedule. Scum sucking monopolistic
jerkass company. Any MS apologists here can save their breath--if you
try to excuse the inexcusable, all you do is drop your credibility to zero.

Dave
Click to expand...

Actually, if you wait, a little yellow shield will appear so you can
watch the updates install and then, if needed, reboot your computer
without shutting down. That said, installing the updates outside the
Windows GUI is probably a good idea.
 
L

Leythos

This sort of behavior on MS's part is reprehensible and outrageous.
Click to expand...

You agreed to it and this has been ranted about before. You don't have
to allow automatic updates - it's an OPTION YOU AGREE TOO.

--

Leythos
- Igitur qui desiderat pacem, praeparet bellum.
- Calling an illegal alien an "undocumented worker" is like calling a
drug dealer an "unlicensed pharmacist"
(e-mail address removed) (remove 999 for proper email address)
 
D

David

Leythos said:
You agreed to it and this has been ranted about before. You don't have
to allow automatic updates - it's an OPTION YOU AGREE TOO.
Click to expand...
i already said in my post i'd disable updating, so what is the point of
your post?? basically, you sound like another MS apologist. I'm
impressed! NOT!
 
H

HeyBub

David said:
This sort of behavior on MS's part is reprehensible and outrageous. How
bizarre that MS would elect to shut down users PC's using a timer
function, rather than allow users to choose when to shut down to
finish installation of updates. Brickbats to Gates & Company. No
wonder I cant stand Microsux.

I guess its time that i disable updates. That way I'll not have my
computing interrupted on Microsux's schedule. Scum sucking
monopolistic jerkass company. Any MS apologists here can save their
breath--if you try to excuse the inexcusable, all you do is drop your
credibility to
zero.
Click to expand...

Exactly! I, myself, was on the way to a personal high score at Solitare when
it came time for my nap. Upon return from repose, my score was gone!

I had to go have a lie-down.
 
N

Nick Simpson

You dear sir should have set the solitaire setting that 'saves on close'.
Then, you could still be working on your score.

NS
 
C

Cal Bear '66

These nitwits should stop their bawling and LEARN how to configure Windows
Update.

So, so simple to do...


I Bleed Blue and Gold
GO BEARS!
 
C

Cal Bear '66

And just what is "not so simple" as NOT choosing automatic downloading and
installation of updates? There are TWO other options, no?


I Bleed Blue and Gold
GO BEARS!
 
C

caver1

Cal said:
These nitwits should stop their bawling and LEARN how to configure Windows
Update.

So, so simple to do...


I Bleed Blue and Gold
GO BEARS!
Click to expand...


I thought Blue and Gold was a Macaw. :)
caver1
 
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Leythos

i already said in my post i'd disable updating, so what is the point of
your post?? basically, you sound like another MS apologist. I'm
impressed! NOT!
Click to expand...

And yet it clearly states that the update was installed by the user,
that the user just wanted to be able to delay the restart - so, again,
you picked the update, if you had not done it you would not have had to
reboot.

--

Leythos
- Igitur qui desiderat pacem, praeparet bellum.
- Calling an illegal alien an "undocumented worker" is like calling a
drug dealer an "unlicensed pharmacist"
(e-mail address removed) (remove 999 for proper email address)
 
D

David

you missed the point i made in a subsequent post on this thread. to
wit: i hadn't heretofore HAD ANY ISSUE WITH UDPDATE. Today was the
first day it screwed me over. can u get that through your MS-apologist
skull????
Sheesh!!

No wonder very few issues get resolved on this forum--Vista is too lame
to fix, and posters here posing as useful contributors don't READ and
COMPREHEND complaints. I still have a number of unresolved issues that
no one can come up with a fix for, so refer back to the previous sentence...

Dave
 
C

Cal Bear '66

And...?

This trite "observation" has any intelligent, meaningful, or useful purpose??


I Bleed Blue and Gold
GO BEARS!
 
D

David

Leythos said:
And yet it clearly states that the update was installed by the user,
that the user just wanted to be able to delay the restart - so, again,
you picked the update, if you had not done it you would not have had to
reboot.
Click to expand...
wrong, wrong, wrong. i don't even want to waste further typing (my arm
hurts) any further explanation to you--you are being deliberately
obtuse, or you just can't comprehend the issue.
 
G

Greg Rozelle

This sort of behavior on MS's part is reprehensible and outrageous. How
bizarre that MS would elect to shut down users PC's using a timer
function, rather than allow users to choose when to shut down to finish
installation of updates. Brickbats to Gates & Company. No wonder I
cant stand Microsux.

I guess its time that i disable updates. That way I'll not have my
computing interrupted on Microsux's schedule. Scum sucking monopolistic
jerkass company. Any MS apologists here can save their breath--if you
try to excuse the inexcusable, all you do is drop your credibility to zero.

Dave
Click to expand...


A timer? I never heard of timer to shut down windows.
It usually gives you a choice whether or not to reboot. If Vista does
have that function. There is possible a way to disable it and still
use Windows update.





Greg Rozelle
 
N

norm

Cal said:
And just what is "not so simple" as NOT choosing automatic downloading and
installation of updates? There are TWO other options, no?


I Bleed Blue and Gold
GO BEARS!
Click to expand...
Did you read the article at all? Does ms recommend that automatic
updates be configured to work without user intervention, and do they
also suggest that users run as standard user? Maybe you are more
informed, but I would hazard a guess that most users are not and will
configure (if they do any configuration at all) per recommendations made
by ms. It is a valid complaint, regardless of your attempt to push off
culpability to the user.
 
D

David

Greg said:
A timer? I never heard of timer to shut down windows.
It usually gives you a choice whether or not to reboot. If Vista does
have that function. There is possible a way to disable it and still
use Windows update.





Greg Rozelle
Click to expand...
ah, u havent fallen victim to this yet, eh?? neither had I, until
today. they use a damned timer!!! i saw an icon on my taskbar, ignored
it for a little bit..then clicked on it and the timer was at 2 seconds,
so i couldnt stop it in time. next thing i know windows is shutting
down. dirty bastards, IMO. Just wait until it happensto you! ive use
vista for about 5 months i guess--today was the first timer forced
shutdown.
 
D

Dave

There's no timer that auto shuts down after an update. A windows pops up
and informs you that a reboot is necessary, but you can wait and do it later
at your convenience
This idiot is merely spouting FUD.
 
D

David

you are so clueless. there is indeed a timer for some updates in vista
that will auto reboot. just because u haven't seen that happen on your
machine(s) yet, doesnt mean it isn't happening.
 

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