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Skybird · 11-24-16, 07:21 AM

The writing is on the wall.

Its dead, its just dying a slow death. There will be no Windows version 11 after 10. Windows 10 is in agony, as the many disasters, failures, broken updates show. Talk to company administrators - they HATE W10, it gives them nothing but troubles and overtime hours. Microsoft has given up on wanting to do a proper OS, they focus on cloud and server market, they even have given up their resistenace to open source OS like Linux, and now support that by membership in a bid to gain influence there - that is as if Apple would invest into Google to make Chrome a stronger competitor to their own iOS. -

See HW3'S thread and the article he linked here: http://www.subsim.com/radioroom/showthread.php?t=228433

Or read here: LINK: Linux Won.

In 4-5 years you will not recognise the market for OS anymore.

The long lasting trend towards mobiles and notebooks/netbooks/laptops, does not help Windows either. Microsoft failed on the market for mobiles. And their own hardware? Ask owners of Surface books why they think surface books lay heavy like lead on the shelves. Surface's failure has been explained. Many times.

And if you allow Windows 7 to run Windows updates, you by now already operate a Windows-10-in-disguise. You maybe just do not know it. The full telemetry and snooping suite of W10 has been engineered into W7 by now, if people were trustign Microsoft too kindly. Of course they did not say it that clearly - but that is what they have done.

The new update regime that got enforced on W7, is the tobmstone on Windows 7's grave.

Heck, even business and industry have started to use non-Windows depending platforms now, I repeatedly read this year. Some right because of Windows. Some because alternative platforms work as well or better for them, for their business foci and purposes.

Die hard, Windows. But dying you do.

There have been reports on OEM versions of W7 not installing anymore for thousands of people around the globe. Microsoft switched it off, so to speak, at least some of the OEM numbers. For the time being you are only safe if having a full version of W7, if you want to reinstall.

I recommend to use a oatch archive from disc, that you got before the messy year of 2016 arrived, and preferrably from a source not being a live Wndows Update server. Thats what I did one year ago, and so my W7 installation is of patch status SP1+patches until late summer last year. Since then, evertyhing I warned of what Microsoft would add in evils and pains, has come true. Everything.

This reminds me of that I wanted to come to terms with a VM in which to run W7. Forgot about it the past weeks. If I could get that running, I could leave Windows pure installation behind as well and then can be done with Microsoft forever. Man, I turn lazy at my age.

11-24-16, 07:21 AM	#7
Skybird Soaring Join Date: Sep 2001 Location: the mental asylum named Germany Posts: 42,702 Downloads: 10 Uploads: 0	The writing is on the wall. Its dead, its just dying a slow death. There will be no Windows version 11 after 10. Windows 10 is in agony, as the many disasters, failures, broken updates show. Talk to company administrators - they HATE W10, it gives them nothing but troubles and overtime hours. Microsoft has given up on wanting to do a proper OS, they focus on cloud and server market, they even have given up their resistenace to open source OS like Linux, and now support that by membership in a bid to gain influence there - that is as if Apple would invest into Google to make Chrome a stronger competitor to their own iOS. - See HW3'S thread and the article he linked here: http://www.subsim.com/radioroom/showthread.php?t=228433 Or read here: LINK: Linux Won. In 4-5 years you will not recognise the market for OS anymore. The long lasting trend towards mobiles and notebooks/netbooks/laptops, does not help Windows either. Microsoft failed on the market for mobiles. And their own hardware? Ask owners of Surface books why they think surface books lay heavy like lead on the shelves. Surface's failure has been explained. Many times. And if you allow Windows 7 to run Windows updates, you by now already operate a Windows-10-in-disguise. You maybe just do not know it. The full telemetry and snooping suite of W10 has been engineered into W7 by now, if people were trustign Microsoft too kindly. Of course they did not say it that clearly - but that is what they have done. The new update regime that got enforced on W7, is the tobmstone on Windows 7's grave. Heck, even business and industry have started to use non-Windows depending platforms now, I repeatedly read this year. Some right because of Windows. Some because alternative platforms work as well or better for them, for their business foci and purposes. Die hard, Windows. But dying you do. There have been reports on OEM versions of W7 not installing anymore for thousands of people around the globe. Microsoft switched it off, so to speak, at least some of the OEM numbers. For the time being you are only safe if having a full version of W7, if you want to reinstall. I recommend to use a oatch archive from disc, that you got before the messy year of 2016 arrived, and preferrably from a source not being a live Wndows Update server. Thats what I did one year ago, and so my W7 installation is of patch status SP1+patches until late summer last year. Since then, evertyhing I warned of what Microsoft would add in evils and pains, has come true. Everything. This reminds me of that I wanted to come to terms with a VM in which to run W7. Forgot about it the past weeks. If I could get that running, I could leave Windows pure installation behind as well and then can be done with Microsoft forever. Man, I turn lazy at my age. __________________ If you feel nuts, consult an expert.