Is Windows 7 going to go the way of Windows XP? I really don't want the new bullshit in Windows 10 and my laptop has a discrete GPU that Linux can't detect.
>>52378751
>he didn't disable the buttnet updates
>>52378824
How do I do that?
>>52378856
Lurk moar
>>52378856
>>52378888
>>52378751
delete
1/2
KB3065987
KB3075851
KB3083324
KB3112343 - Windows 7 to W10 bullshit
KB3102812 - Allows background downloading of W10
KB3102810
KB3083710
KB2999226 - More Win10 compatibility bullshit, will allow you to run Windows store / desktop apps
KB2505438
KB3046480
(KB2670838 – Windows 7 Only (corrupts AERO and blurry fonts on some websites))
KB2952664 – prepares system for upgrade to Windows 10 (sends a bunch of telemetry data to M$, reported to corrupt system files)
KB2976978 – prepares system for upgrade to Windows 10; Windows 8 only
KB2977759 – prepares system for upgrade to Windows 10, installs telemetry
KB2990214 – prepares system for upgrade to Windows 10
KB3021917 – prepares system for upgrade to Windows 10
KB3022345 – installs diagnostic tracking service, reported to corrupt system files
KB3035583 – pitches the free Windows 10 upgrade
KB3044374 – prepares system for upgrade to Windows 10
KB3050265 – supposedly fixes an issue with windows update, but also changes system files to support upgrade to Windows 10
KB3050267 – prepares system for upgrade to Windows 10
KB3068708 – installs telemetry service, prepares system for upgrade to Windows 10
KB2922324 – (reportedly pulled, uninstall it anyway if already installed)
KB3014460 – affects windows 8 only
KB3015249 – adds more damn telemetry
>>52381242
2/2
KB3065987 – makes “improvements” to the windows update client (really just more Win10 bullshit)
KB3075249 – adds yet more telemetry, This update adds telemetry points to the User Account Control (UAC) feature to collect information on elevations that come from low integrity levels.
KB3075851 – makes “improvements” to the windows update client (really just more Win10 bullshit)
KB3080149 – adds yet more telemetry, The diagnostics tracking service collects diagnostics about functional issues on Windows systems that participate in the Customer Experience Improvement Program (CEIP). CEIP reports do not contain contact information, such as your name, address, or telephone number.
KB971033 - Description of the update For Windows Activation Technologies
cmd:
sc stop Diagtrack
sc delete Diagtrack
Task Scheduler Library: delete
Everything under "Application Experience"
Everything under "Autochk"
Everything under "Customer Experience Improvement Program"
Under "Disk Diagnostic" only the "Microsoft-Windows-DiskDiagnosticDataCollector"
Under "Maintenance" "WinSAT"
"Media Center" and click the "status" column, then select all non-disabled entries and disable them.
services.msc:
"Remote Registry" to "Disabled" instead of "Manual".
>>52381242
>>52381254
Just hack my shit senpai
>>52381242
>>52381254
Add the newest update KB3035583 to the list
>>52377075
>>52377075
>>52381311
And KB2990214, it directly says it's gonna upgrade to W10
>>52381242
>>52381254
Where can I find up to date lists that include botnet upates disguised as important updates? I havent installed any important update for a month now since they tried to push their shit as a critical update.
>>52381242
>KB2670838 - Windows 7 Only (corrupts AERO and blurry fonts on some websites
that breaks IE you mongoloid. Do not delete that update
>>52381369
Check the out yourself.
Security updates are mostly safe to install, as they just patches vulnerabilities.
In the bottom you'll find Windows X updates that contains new and fixes to features.
Screw optional updates, they are optional for a reason.
>>52381414
fuck IE
>>52381369
That list is the most updated one, updated it yesterday. I keep it for myself
Better just to install security updates and nothing else
>>52381311
>>52381324
Added
>>52381414
who the fuck gives a fuck about IE in the fucking current year
>>52381468
>>52381434
A lot of software uses IE besides IE itself, if you fuck up IE you break a lot of other programs.
>>52378751
Windows 7 EOL is in 2020, if you don't like the way Windows is going there is no long term solution other than GNU/Linux.
Worst case scenario is that we arrive in 2020 without a critical mass of users and developers on Linux because then we're fucked.
>>52381415
They labeled the updates that add telemetry to track you as a security update. So your theory or whatever that is, is wrong its not safe to install all security updates or recommended updates.
>>52381607
Isn't there likely going to be a new version of windows by this point?
>>52381616
Is that Windows95 Gum?
>>52381628
According to Microsoft no. Windows 10 is a rolling release which they will continuously update and a normal user will have little to no ability to refuse an update that increases the prominence of ads, or that restricts allowed software sources by default.
The idea that there will be a new odd numbered version of Windows is a fantasy much like the fantasies of people in abusive relationships that they can change their partner. Its not going to get better.
>>52378751
>my laptop has a discrete GPU that Linux can't detect.
Challenge accepted. What's the model of the GPU and/or laptop?
>>52381798
Looks like OP is about to get a huge break. Unless he's not here anymore, lol.
>>52381616
Can you make that image smaller
>>52381695
>abusive relationships
Top zo zozzle
>>52378751
>my laptop has a discrete GPU that Linux can't detect
linux everyone
>>52378751
Worry not, Metro is even worse than classic Windows interface, software devs will keep it classic for the next ten years or so, and after that we'll probably all migrate to Linux because of bloatware overkill on proprietary systems.
>>52381254
Why should I care about telemetry?
>>52378751
Which GPU?
I have a discrete GPU which even FreeBSD supports (with a third party driver, but I would have needed it with Win7/8/10 as well).
>>52381242
You forgot the update that kills your kids and rapes your wife
2020 - Year of the ReactOS Desktop
>>52381242
>>52381254
Would just using http://blog.ultimateoutsider.com/
GWX Control Panel be good enough?
>>52383576
Oh wait this doesn't get rid of the telemetry shit yet.
>>52381616
>They labeled the updates that add telemetry to track you as a security update.
Which ones? I haven't noticed a single telemetry update among the security ones.
>>52381242
yay more to the add to the bat file, thankfully the uninstallation is automatic.
command looks like this:
start /w wusa.exe /uninstall /kb:3080149 /quiet /norestart
This shit makes me scared to install ANY updates now and I haven't in a long time because of it. We don't even know what patches are doing anymore and they aren't upfront about it.
>>52383813
Considering that WU service uses more than 250mb ram just by idling, you're really better off disabling it.
Then again, modern day browsers use just as much.
>>52383845
Well actually, since the dawn of this win 10 bollocks they've corrupted the upate service so it consumes upwards of 1GB ram which can suffocate a low RAM system that would otherwise function perfectly.
The entire svchost housing it will be overcome with greed and start stealing ram until you put it down like a sick dog.
I very recently installed a x64 windows 7 ultimate on a machine and within minutes of telling it to begin the update process the mad bastards infested the update service, even now with all the tweaks does it struggle to fight off the madness.
>>52383845
Guess I have 4 years to learn me some more of that linux :)
>>52383923
Or you could just disable the service.
Besides all you need to know for linux is "sudo apt-get install [name]" and how to run it.
Shame ubuntu distro I used few years ago forced you to run terminal instances alongside applications that were executed by it.
>>52383964
you didn't assign them as background processes did you? lookup the jobs command, it's nice.
>>52383964
I guess that's true I do kind of worry though at the fact that I'm not patching anything now how much am I compromised
>>52384007
Welp.
It's not like I have linux installed anymore.
>>52384051
combine it with a terminal multiplexer like screen or tmux and you begin to understand why linux has really comfy (and useful) command line interface shit.
dual boot or something, you're missing out.
>>52384080
>Now let's suppose that you have a program that is hopelessly hung (Netscape, maybe) and you want to get rid of it. Here's what you do:
> Use the ps command to get the process id (PID) of the process you want to terminate.
> Issue a kill command for that PID.
> If the process refuses to terminate (i.e., it is ignoring the signal), send increasingly harsh signals until it does terminate.
Maybe one day, when I am comfortable enough to leave that ever increasingly getting colder windows carriage to explore new environments.
>>52378751
will they still push this win 10 update when its not free anymore. I feel like they will never stop.
>>52384787
They've already sunk to lies and deception, it will not end until windows 8.1 reaches end of life.
Thankfully just as they automate the lies, so too can we automate the purge.
>>52384787
It's free now, will be mandatory later.
Looks like the 2020 EOL date of Windows 7 is pure theory, as by that date any Win 7 install connected at all to the internet will be forcefully "upgraded"..
>>52386704
>by that date
Long before it, actually. Windows 10 will most likely be force-fed into all 7/8.1 installations still in this year, with no opt-out chance.
>>52384882
>>52386704
>They've already sunk to lies and deception
>any Win 7 install connected at all to the internet will be forcefully "upgraded"..
>Microsoft makes a free as in beer OS upgrade
>"Just the next step in an Orwellian utopia"
>"In the future using Windows 7 will be punishable by death"
Grow the fuck up. I get you don't like Windows 10, that's totally fine, but just disable GWX and move on with your life like a fucking adult. If you know Microsoft is evil, why would you use any of their products in the first place?
>>52386844
>just disable GWX
Kekkity kek. Look at >>52386818 to learn that by now they are actively disabling you disabling GWX.
>>52386844
The update descriptions and names are literally lying now to conceal windows 10 shit, some of them will tell you to your face they are windows 10 related, others are tagged important and labeled as entirely unrelated to win10 shit. They do not have a track history of actively doing this besides the odd bout of incompetence.
Based on this, you know Microsoft is evil, so why are YOU using any of their products in the first place?
>>52384165
xkill works too if the program has a gui
Linu-
>my laptop has a discrete GPU that Linux can't detect.
Well damn. What's the model, OP?
You can avoid all the nagging by just installing windows 10
>>52387119
Dont bother, even if he manages to get it detected drivers are shit so it wont bring any beneft just consume more power.
>>52387333
>just consume more power.
https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/bumblebee
>>52378751
Google "windows 7 telemetry updates".
>>52387119
Not him but pretty much anything with NVIDIA Optimus is hackjobbed in Linux.
Also, interestingly enough, the Bumblebee project actually pushed out a batch of code that deleted /usr because they added a space.
>>52378751
>start download, upgrade later
>START DOWNLOAD UPGRADE LATER
if this shit doesn't make you realize that it's time to switch the OS asap then nothing can help you, holy fucking shit.
https://github.com/Nummer/Destroy-Windows-10-Spying
works on 7/8 too
>>52383077
Because if you don't care about telemetry then you wouldn't care enough to make this post. So you are either supporting it or it bothers you.
>>52381242
>>52381254
>doing all this for an outdated OS that won't even be supported during the next US President's term
just upgrade to 10 holy shit
>>52382139
yeah I stuck around but it looks like he doesn't want help
Well, OP, if you ever come back, try out the Architect installer. It has pretty god GPU detection and helps you install your GPU driver.
>>52387999
$0.14 has been deposited into your account
>>52383141
That's the refugees job.
>literally force-upgrading your PC without your permission
Is this shit even legal? Why isn't there a massive outrage about this?
>>52383215
I doubt it. I think the only thing that will save reactos is forking to specifically ignore windows compatibility. At most it should be a feature clone but not a API one because as soon as it gets any popularity, Microsoft will shut it down.
>>52388386
EULA people agree upon.
>>52388419
Does the EULA say you're giving Microsoft the right to upgrade your OS without notifying or asking you?
I might just fucking give up and move to 10
I mean one day I'll wake up and be greeted by a win 10 screen because the Pc upgraded on its own so what's the point
>still letting windows download updates
At this point you have all the security updates, anything they roll out from now on will be windows 10 garbage
Just disable windows update
>>52388512
>I mean one day I'll wake up and be greeted by a win 10 screen because the Pc upgraded on its own so what's the point
Give up because you're a tech illiterate. Meanwhile I'm sitting here with a hard drive loaded with Windows 7 isos from digital river and 8.1 from MS' own creation tools.
It's not hard to block shit updates.
>>52388306
>>52388306
>That's the refugees job.
I'm pretty sure not all of us have jobs yet though.
Hate to support a fucking lawyer, but even they probably have more scruples than M$, so here's this:
http://microsoftclassactionlawsuit.com/
>>52388306
>>52388475
Nobody knows what the EULA says because nobody reads it.
But, apart from the upgrades it also says , in effect, all data on a Windows PC is available to Microsoft for whatever purpose.
Spend a quiet day filling in all the o's in the EULA if you can'r bring yourself to actually read it.
>>52378751
>your files will be right where you left them
Yeah, bullshit. W10 wiped my entire SSD when I installed it because of """"compatibility issues""""
>>52381242
>>52381254
All the bullshit you spergs go through to keep windows 7 you could have just upgraded and stopped jerking off to children
>>52389875
You, Sir, should expat to IsRaHELL
What do you all think would have to happen for MS to retract all their tracking and spyware bullshit? COULD anything happen that is bad enough for them to consider it? I feel like even if people gain access through one of their spyware updates and creates massive crashes throughout their userbase, MS will just say "No, we're keeping the spyware. We'll just look for the hole and patch it."
>>52389875
>only pedos avoid spying
Boy, I sure want to use windows 10 now.
It would prove I'm not a pedo, not into anime, not a terrorist, don't have a neckbeard, don't spend all my time ricing, and am a productive person.
Golly gee, why wouldn't I sell my soul to M$ or Google. It's not like corporations would ever do anything unethical.
I installed windows 10 then completely disabled tracking.
Whats weird is Linux fan base gets so butt hurt over this statement. They cannot fathom that people on the Internet, including an anti spying company, would make custom software to fix these holes.
Or maybe Linux fans do know that is true, and that spying can be disabled, but they're working under the table to suppress Windows users from spreading the information that spying can be disabled.
Anyway, use Spybot Anti Beacon and Windows will no longer spy. You can also use disablewintracking to remove some bloat.
>>52391280
You shouldn't have to use third party software in the first place, the options to disable tracking should be right in there. But until you block everything related to microsoft at the router level you will still get tracked regardless of what you have turned off or not.
>>52391280
until the next update
see:
>>52377075
>>52391315
See what I mean? "no its impossible to disable tracking! You must be wrong." Linux fans just can't wrap their heads around it. I've checked router logs, and with these software patches on the OS there is no data sent to Ms.
But no, they don't believe me, because somehow I must be wrong. It's like a cultists who can't be convinced that their warped view of the world is factually incorrect.
>>52391369
Do you even know what anti Beacon does? It checks every reboot to see if the stuff is still blocked and reapplies immunizations if anything's been altered.
>>52391380
M$ can put anything on your computer anytime they want.
It's the very definition of botnet.
Unless you disabled updates?
>>52391450
And Spybot anti Beacon can disable any updates that violate my privacy.
>>52389875
What is all this but a fundamental trust in the experience of being watched? Our trust is so strong that it seems to have found its own protective rationality, deeply rooted in Western consciousness. It's an addict's rationality, by which we're unable to refrain from making public a stream of intimate details of our lives and those of children too young to consent. One must wonder about the subtle, unspoken fear of the consequences of refusing to participate in systems of surveillance, or even to critique them seriously. This would be to risk isolation. It would be a trifle paranoid to reveal less -- a little eccentric, not quite rational.
>>52391420
>>52391476
>tracking data can't be stored to u/l at some other time
Face it, when the NSA said they were putting data retention in the hands of the private sector...
>>52391490
The tracking software has been removed anon. And the addresses that it sends to have been blocked.
>>52391484
I don't think it's trust so much as laziness.
>fuck it, I'm going to do what's convenient.
It shows with the win10 nagging. People are lazy and "upgrade" because it's easer than fighting back.
>>52391533
Even if what you say is true, what about the next "security upgrade" where they hard code IP's?
>>52391621
Then that too will be blocked.
>>52391652
So, you check for upgrades to the "block windows spying" constantly?
