Last Night I did Something Really, Really Stupid

dunno whether to kick myself or just book into the looney bin

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Not sure whether I was bored shitless or high because of my meds.

Whether I was completely out of my cotton pickin' mind and suffered with temporary insanity...

Or had somehow been influenced by external forces and had behaved in a way I otherwise wouldn't.

Like there I was, minding my own business... and other peoples, when I came across this webpage about free upgrades to Windows 10 for people on Win 7 and 8.1 who are using 'Assistive Technologies'.  Now being I wouldn't have willingly done this, I must have fallen into a trance or something - like MS had hidden subliminal 'gotta get it' messages in the page - because the next thing I knew I came to and was running Windows 10 on what was a Win 8.1 only machine.

Hang on, still a bit hazy so I'm gonna double check.

Damn, danm and double damn!  Fech, fech and double fech it! 

Yup, I'm running fechen horrible Win 10 on my beloved AMD big beastie.  See, I knew MS wasn't done forcing Win 10 down peoples throats.  Couldn't palm it off on enough people during the advertised 'free period', so they come up with another scheme to 'suck' people in... with a webpage that hypnotises people with subliminal messages saying "ya gotta get it", "ya gotta get it".  I mean, people who resisted for the whole year in the first 'free period' wouldn't do it of their own accord, would they... and I know I was hynotised because I came to with a huge headache. I always get a huge headache after being hypnotised. 

Can you imagine it, going to sleep with Windows 8.1 and waking up with Windows 10?  Twice?  It happened on my HP 2-in-1 laptop as well... and I don't even like Windows 10.

Yeah, I know!  A lot of you are going to say, "There he goes again, starkers and another of his conspiracy theories", but I swear it's true.  I have the huge headache to prove it... not to mention an OS I don't like. 

So let this be a warning to you. Don't go to that free Windows 10 page for users with Assistive Technologies unless you are impervious to hypnotism and subliminal messages.  Seriously, I read that a very large number of visitors to the page end up leaving with Win 10, so it's not just a coincidence.  THEY ARE OUT TO GET YOU!

I suppose, though, if you really want Windows 10 for free still, you'd probably want to get over to that page sooner rather than later cos it mightn't be there long. However, if you don't want Win 10, avoid that page like the plague.  Don't do as I did, "oh look, glossy stuff" and fall for the glossy advertising, cos it will ensnare you.

And it won't be a case of 'oh look, you have Windows 10', it'll be a case of Windows 10 has you.

:grin: ;P :-"

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Reply #1 from WinCustomize Forums Top

Better you than me as I'll run W7 till its not supported anymore.

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Reply #3 from WinCustomize Forums Top

I guess I'm the only one using Win 8 now. People see the word "Free" and their brain goes blank. 

Yes you were brainwashed by Microsoft.  :wulf: - :sheep:

Reply #4 from WinCustomize Forums Top

Quoting WOM, reply 1

Better you than me as I'll run W7 till its not supported anymore.
End of WOM's quote

And I'll run Win 8.1 on my Intel machine until it's no longer supported.  I don't like Win 10, but some programs I use were updated for 10 and no longer run too well [or at all] on Win 8.1... even when using 'Windows Compatability Settings'.

Quoting fictitiousfellow, reply 2

Hope you made a system image backup!!! ;)
End of fictitiousfellow's quote

Yes, and I do have the option to roll back if I want to.

Quoting ALMonty, reply 3

I guess I'm the only one using Win 8 now. People see the word "Free" and their brain goes blank. 

Yes you were brainwashed by Microsoft.  :wulf: - :sheep:
End of ALMonty's quote

See, I knew somebody 'd believe me. ;)

 

However, it had nothing to do with the word 'free'.  No siree!  It'd have to be better than free.  Like MS paying me to take it.  That's never gonna happen, though.  No, it was the glossy advertising that mezmerised me.  Well that's my story and I'm sticking to it.

:-" :grin: ;P

Reply #5 from WinCustomize Forums Top

I am running Windows 7, 8.1 and 10 on the same desktop. Not once have I been forced to upgrade my Windows 7 or 8.1 to Windows 10.

Reply #6 from WinCustomize Forums Top

Reynold's Wrap stat to NSW, Australia, Garçon.   :grin:

Reply #7 from WinCustomize Forums Top

I guess I'm the only one around who prefers 10.

 

I currently own around 25 PC's and laptops. All but one are running Windows 10. I love it!!

Reply #8 from WinCustomize Forums Top

Quoting RedneckDude, reply 7

I guess I'm the only one around who prefers 10.

 

I currently own around 25 PC's and laptops. All but one are running Windows 10. I love it!!
End of RedneckDude's quote

Is that 25 PC's in your house or a business?

Reply #9 from WinCustomize Forums Top

Basically Win 10, despite all it's faults, is one I like to play with. Even though I want to shoot it sometimes. Dl'd the ISO and mounted it in explorer then clicked the .exe for a clean install. Redid all my programs and back up and running in less time than I thought. There's been two updates since then. The first one changed the icons back to default, IP changed 'em back. Second update went smooth as glass, nothing was affected. So yeah...I'm kinda likin' it.

Reply #10 from WinCustomize Forums Top

Quoting LightStar, reply 5

I am running Windows 7, 8.1 and 10 on the same desktop. Not once have I been forced to upgrade my Windows 7 or 8.1 to Windows 10.
End of LightStar's quote

Maybe that's because you already have Win 10 on that machine... perhaps?  I don't know why some people had no issues with being forced to Win 10 during the free upgrade period while others had no end of issues.  Put it this way, I know of more people who had issues than those who didn't.  I guess some small minority were lucky.

Thing is, now that the free upgrade period is over, MS has stopped pusshing Win 10 so forcefully and is now offering these free upgrades without the heavy handed approach.  It doesn't make right what they did wrong, but with this new offer, at least users are in control as to whether they move to 10 or not....

.... unless they're susceptible to 'glossy stuff', subliminal messages and hypnotism. :rofl:

Quoting DrJBHL, reply 6

Reynold's Wrap stat to NSW, Australia, Garçon.   :grin:
End of DrJBHL's quote

And while Garcon is at it, I'll have a shrimp cocktail entree, oyster soup and the baked lobster main. :d

Reply #11 from WinCustomize Forums Top

Quoting starkers, reply 10

I'll have a shrimp cocktail entree,
End of starkers's quote

Reply #12 from WinCustomize Forums Top

Been reading the different replies all day.

Windows 10 have no problem with it and it's actually pretty nice. I actually make my Windowblinds on my win 7 machine but again do enjoy the use of win 10. 

Was never forced to upgrade the win7 machine. I knew the few "KP#" not to install when upgrading so nothing was ever forced to upgrade to win 10.

Out of all the different situations people have had to deal with I have one main situation. It's the title of this thread.

 

"Last Night I did Something Really, Really Stupid"

I have been watching Stalkers do this for years so how he can say it was just "Last Night" is beyond me.

Reply #13 from WinCustomize Forums Top

Quoting RedneckDude, reply 7

I guess I'm the only one around who prefers 10.

 

I currently own around 25 PC's and laptops. All but one are running Windows 10. I love it!!
End of RedneckDude's quote

There are some who like it, but I'm not a fan.  However, if MS weren't forcing unnecessary/unwanted updates down my throat each month, most often breaking things that can take a while to fix, I would like it a lot better. 

It took me a while using 3rd party programs to get it more to how I wanted on my HP 2-in-1, not that I'm saying I like it or anything, but I am happier with 10 than I was at the beginning.

Quoting ALMonty, reply 8


Quoting RedneckDude,
reply 7

I guess I'm the only one around who prefers 10.

 

I currently own around 25 PC's and laptops. All but one are running Windows 10. I love it!!



Is that 25 PC's in your house or a business?

End of ALMonty's quote

That 'd be house...with one in every room, as well as the inhouse, outhouse, hen house and guest house... which used to be the old hen house until the wooluf found a way in and was feasting on chicks, young hens, old hens and old boilers.

;P

Quoting Uvah, reply 9

Basically Win 10, despite all it's faults, is one I like to play with. Even though I want to shoot it sometimes. Dl'd the ISO and mounted it in explorer then clicked the .exe for a clean install. Redid all my programs and back up and running in less time than I thought. There's been two updates since then. The first one changed the icons back to default, IP changed 'em back. Second update went smooth as glass, nothing was affected. So yeah...I'm kinda likin' it.
End of Uvah's quote

You are like most users, with a love hate relationship that can become most frustrating at times.... but who knows, maybe MS will get it right one day.  I'm not holding my breath, though.

Reply #14 from WinCustomize Forums Top

Quoting DaveBax, reply 12

Out of all the different situations people have had to deal with I have one main situation. It's the title of this thread.


"Last Night I did Something Really, Really Stupid"

I have been watching Stalkers do this for years so how he can say it was just "Last Night" is beyond me.
End of DaveBax's quote

I didn't claim that it was just last night.  No, it was just the really, really stupid thing in most recent memory, and thus, the only one I could remember.

:-"

Reply #15 from WinCustomize Forums Top

I started writing a lengthy comment. Then I stopped. Weird things usually happen on April Fools' Day. Enjoy Windows 8.1 until 2023, starkers. ;P :-" :thumbsup: :)

Reply #16 from WinCustomize Forums Top

Quoting anotherside, reply 15

I started writing a lengthy comment. Then I stopped. Weird things usually happen on April Fools' Day. Enjoy Windows 8.1 until 2023, starkers. ;P :-" :thumbsup: :)
End of anotherside's quote

Yes, it was April 1st in Europe and the US when I wrote it, but not a lot was left of it here in Oz at the time, so no, it wasn't an April Fool's thing.... though now I sometimes wish it had been.

Seriously, though, it hasn't been too bad thus far, with nothing of major consequence having gone wrong thus far. Thing is, I wanted/needed to run some programs that weren't working properly on Win 8.1, and I couln't go back to Win 7, so my decision was based on need and practicality.... though I still think Microsoft was behind it

:grin: ;P :-"

Reply #17 from WinCustomize Forums Top

Misery loves company! Welcome to Windows 10. :/

Reply #18 from WinCustomize Forums Top

Dont feel too bad Starkers, you're not the only one that has done the upgrade unwillingly. Same thing happened to me a while ago. Ended up doing a fresh install of Win 7. I am now extra careful on what "upgrade" links I click on.
:grin:

 

Reply #19 from WinCustomize Forums Top

 

 

Quoting ALMonty, reply 8
Quoting RedneckDude,
reply 7

I guess I'm the only one around who prefers 10.

 

I currently own around 25 PC's and laptops. All but one are running Windows 10. I love it!!



Is that 25 PC's in your house or a business?

End of ALMonty's quote

I refurbish PCs for resale. I also build gaming rigs, repairs, virus removal, etc. I have a shop. Currently I have 5 eight core rigs, 2 six cores, 5 quads, and a bunch of dual cores. Not to mention laptops, tablets, and all in ones.

I have a salesman to whom I pay a commission. He posts ads on Facebook, Craigslist, etc.

 

 

Reply #20 from WinCustomize Forums Top

Wow! Didn't know that. If I'm ever in that neck of the woods, unlikely lol, I'll make sure to bring my laptop.  

Reply #21 from WinCustomize Forums Top

Quoting codewar65, reply 17

Misery loves company! Welcome to Windows 10. :/
End of codewar65's quote

Strangely, I don't feel that miserable.  I should!  But I don't!  Give it time, though.  When MS starts sending down updates that break shit, well that's when I'll get the screaming ad-dabs, cuss, rant and rave, curse and swear 'til the cows come home.

Quoting Apocalypse_67, reply 18

Dont feel too bad Starkers, you're not the only one that has done the upgrade unwillingly. Same thing happened to me a while ago. Ended up doing a fresh install of Win 7. I am now extra careful on what "upgrade" links I click on.
:grin:

 
End of Apocalypse_67's quote

The first time I got Win 10 was 100% unwillingly.  That was when I went to bed and had Win 8.1, then woke up to find I had Win 10.  I was not impressed!  However, this time it was more a 'don't want to' and somewhat reluctant transition, but with several paid for programs not working too well on 8.1 after recent updates, it was a case of 'see what happens'.  If I don't like it and the programs still don't run, well I can simply roll back.  Fortunately, the updated programs run well on Win 10, which saves me having to roll back and needing to reinstall the older versions that ran properly on Win 8.1.

Quoting RedneckDude, reply 19

I refurbish PCs for resale. I also build gaming rigs, repairs, virus removal, etc. I have a shop. Currently I have 5 eight core rigs, 2 six cores, 5 quads, and a bunch of dual cores. Not to mention laptops, tablets, and all in ones.
End of RedneckDude's quote

Oi, wots tha big idea, advertising 'ere on my thread?  And now it ain't just tha salesman yer haves ter pay cummission to.  I reckuns 20% be a fair cut, an' I expects fer tha cheque ta be in tha mail no later than yesterday.

:grin: ;P :-"

Reply #22 from WinCustomize Forums Top

LOL

Reply #23 from WinCustomize Forums Top

Quoting DaveBax, reply 12

"Last Night I did Something Really, Really Stupid"

I have been watching Stalkers do this for years so how he can say it was just "Last Night" is beyond me.
End of DaveBax's quote

It's the opening line in one of those mystery novels.....

Like....

"It was a day just like any other day....."

 

 

 

BTW....."stalkers"? .....;p

Reply #24 from WinCustomize Forums Top

The cap'n's secret is out! :(O :P

Reply #25 from WinCustomize Forums Top

Quoting Jafo, reply 23

"It was a day just like any other day....."
End of Jafo's quote

Well it was... until I clicked on that upgrade button.

It was a night like any other night... until the driving rains came with fierce howling winds and the evil Win 10 riding on its coat-tails. Panic and alarm ensued as the occupant of the small and isolated house feared the worst.  What would Ten do to him this time?  Would it again force unwanted, unneeded updates on him again and again?  It was going to be a tenuous relationship at best, strained and tense at every turn, but the Occupant was determined and vowed to not be defeated by this insidious Ten, that he would prevail and become master over it... even if that meant enlisting the services of third party developers, who would in all earnest seriously disrupt Ten in its quest to know all about the Occupant.

Yup, it was a night like any other night. :rofl:

As for stalkers, well he's a distant relative of mine, and one I'd rather not know.  He kept following me everywhere I went, the antagonistic bastard.  It got so bad that I had to leave the country under a psuedonym and in disguise, so as not to alert him of my imminent and urgent departure.

So no, I didn't come to Australia as a 'ten pound tourist', but rather it was under a secretive programme similar to witness protection but more hush-hush.

:grin: ;P :-"

Quoting Uvah, reply 24

The cap'n's secret is out! :(O :P
End of Uvah's quote

No it isn't!  Nobody knows who I was... or who I could be if they ever found out.  Which is highly unlikely. 

Not even Win 10 can dig that deep. :-"