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Re:Windows 7 computers are automatically starting the Windo... by deciplex on Monday March 14, 2016 @11:31PM (#11287262)
Yes. Pretty much this. You do need some updates though, and Microsoft hardly does a good job of describing what each update does from WU itself, so hope you like looking up each individual update on the MS website.

Eventually they'll just start obfuscating what an update does on the website as well, if not lying outright.

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Re:Windows 7 computers are automatically starting the Windo... by wmccullough on Tuesday March 15, 2016 @12:46AM (#11287510)
If not lying outright?

There's no grand conspiracy here. Put the tinfoil hat away...

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Re:Windows 7 computers are automatically starting the Windo... by deciplex on Tuesday March 15, 2016 @01:49AM (#11287700)
Well, they already say within WU itself that KB3035583 is to resolve "important issues in Windows" which is a lie. But lying about what the update does on their page for the update at microsoft.com is somehow a stretch?
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Re:Windows 7 computers are automatically starting the Windo... by kefka on Tuesday March 15, 2016 @10:11AM (#11289716)
I really don't care why they chose to do this hijack-update.

When I'm lied to about updating, and it takes bloody forever normally, it pisses me off. When you start trying to hijack my machine for your purposes "for Win10", you can collectively fuck off.

I'll set on my Windows Machine (yes singular, all others are Linux variants) for No-update Windows 7. And I'll also switch everyone I know to no-update as well.

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Re:Windows 7 computers are automatically starting the Windo... by CamperBob2 on Tuesday March 15, 2016 @01:22AM (#11287601)
The time to make jokes about tinfoil hats is long past. It's no longer debatable that we're seeing either incompetence or malice on Microsoft's part.

I don't know which, and don't really care. Either way, there's a case to be made for disabling updates entirely.

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