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Re:Woman wins $10k judgment against Microsoft for forced Win... by abakker on Monday June 27, 2016 @02:14PM (#11988142)
What about a computer that runs a specific piece of software (say, Mach3 for CNC control) that doesn't have a win10 alternative. It only runs in windows 7 32 bit. There is no good alternative. I would prefer to make the determination that the machine will NEVER update. I just need it to remain the same until mach 3 updates or an alternative comes along.
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Re:Woman wins $10k judgment against Microsoft for forced Win... by tracker1 on Monday June 27, 2016 @03:19PM (#11988697)
Then disconnect it from the internet, and disable automatic updates... easy, peasy.

edit: regarding downvotes... if the software versioning is mission critical for a system, then having automatic updates and being connected to an external network is a risk to that critical system. I wasn't trying to be pedantic, but was being perhaps more terse than some may appreciate.

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Re:Woman wins $10k judgment against Microsoft for forced Win... by oxide on Monday June 27, 2016 @07:02PM (#11990193)
>Then disconnect it from the internet

this is not a solution to a problem. it's incredibly reductive and close-minded.

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Re:Woman wins $10k judgment against Microsoft for forced Win... by eropple on Monday June 27, 2016 @03:50PM (#11988943)
My understanding (I don't keep old OSes around so I can't test) is that Automatic Updates settings are still honored. Is this incorrect?

Past that, is there a reason that system should be connected to the Internet in the first place?

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