schwit1 shares this angry commentary from a CNET senior editor:
Maybe you’re delivering a presentation to a huge audience. Maybe you’re taking an online test. Maybe you just need to get some work done on a tight deadline.
Windows doesn’t care.
Windows will take control of your computer, force-feed it updates, and flip the reset switch automatically — and there’s not a damn thing you can do about it, once it gets started. If you haven’t saved your work, it’s gone. Your browser tabs are toast. And don’t expect to use your computer again soon; depending on the speed of your drive and the size of the update, it could be anywhere from 10 minutes to well over an hour before your PC is ready for work. As far as I’m concerned, it’s the single worst thing about Windows. It’s only gotten worse in Windows 10. And when I poked around Microsoft, the overarching message I received was that Microsoft has no interest in fixing it.
The editor recalls rebooting his Windows laptop while listening to a speech by Steve Jobs in 2010. (The reboot locked his computer for 20 minutes while updates were installed, “the first of three occasions that a forced Windows update would totally destroy my workflow at a critical moment.”) He shares stories from other frustrated Windows users, urges readers to send him more anecdotes, and argues that Microsoft has even begun “actively getting rid of ways to keep users from disabling automatic updates.”
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