Windows 10

[Graf Zahl]

but certainly think anything on par with a keylogger is both too extreme and a little far fetched.

I think if there was an actual keylogger in the system, someone would have done some proof of concept to access it. Such invasive stuff cannot act so secretly that there's no conclusive proof whatsoever after half a year. The real security experts know how to deal with such things and they wouldn't care keeping silent because Microsoft says so. Of course for conspiracy theorists this must be heaven, that these rumors do not die. For them the lack of proof is proof enough.

The forced updates are another matter - I cannot afford that my system may shut down at random due to a botched update of some third party driver. They should at least make it possible to opt out of those, I very much prefer to install what I deem necessary.

[Zanieon]

So, after using this Windows 10 for fucking 3 months without any problem many people have been complaining, now i faced my first one, and to even enjoy it more, it was a BSoD, YAAAAAAAAY!

[XanderK9]

I actually had my first one right after I updated from Windows 8 the day it was released and then tried to do a refresh. Clean install would have been more appropriate to do first.

[NeuralStunner]

The forced updates are another matter - I cannot afford that my system may shut down at random due to a botched update of some third party driver. They should at least make it possible to opt out of those, I very much prefer to install what I deem necessary.

Agreed. Like you said earlier: "If it ain't broke..." I was taught not to update a driver unless there's an actual problem with it. But what do I know? I don't even reformat my computer once a year, what a dumb.

[Mav3rick]

[wildweasel]

A word of caution for certain manufacturers of laptops: if you had to acquire your computer's drivers through your manufacturer using any kind of "Updater" software (especially Samsung Update/S Agent), be careful that said updater software doesn't quietly re-enable those options!

[leileilol]

The forced updates are another matter - I cannot afford that my system may shut down at random due to a botched update of some third party driver. They should at least make it possible to opt out of those, I very much prefer to install what I deem necessary.

Agreed. Like you said earlier: "If it ain't broke..." I was taught not to update a driver unless there's an actual problem with it. But what do I know? I don't even reformat my computer once a year, what a dumb.

I never had to reformat a system drive for over a decade*. that makes me ultra super dumb computer user


*- yes, leaving linux behind meant leaving 10-20gb partitions unbootable, didn't bother reformatting those either. For posterity.

[NeuralStunner]

*Caveman grunt*

A word of caution for certain manufacturers of laptops: if you had to acquire your computer's drivers through your manufacturer using any kind of "Updater" software (especially Samsung Update/S Agent), be careful that said updater software doesn't quietly re-enable those options!

If you know where they're stored in the registry, you can lock the keys from modification. (Mind you, I do not recommend this, especially if you don't know what you're doing. It'd do more harm than good if there are other settings or subkeys.)

This is aq technique I've had to use against a few programs that like to hijack certain file types/extensions on every run. (Installers that do that without asking are bad enough.)

[YukiHerz]

And suddenly i'm having issues with Explorer.exe being extremely unstable, nothing was installed or executed in the timeframe this started happening.
Guess i'll have to go back to 8.1 for now...

[Rachael]

Windows 10 has the same self-repair tools that Windows 8.1 had. And unless Microsoft really botched a patch within the last couple days, there's no reason it shouldn't be working fully.

If there are other reasons to go back to 8.1 though, I can't say I blame you, but just for sudden Explorer.exe instability doesn't seem to be the right reason. If you were happy with Windows 10 prior to explorer going crazy, I would advise against the downgrade.

This is my "RepairWindows.cmd" - it uses Windows Update to verify the integrity of the Installation store, and then it uses system file checker to ensure the integrity of the rest of your system files. It has come in handy with my hybrid hard drive, which seems to be notorious for corruption when it is shut down incorrectly. Optionally, it can use an install source, which you basically point to a Windows 10 CD or .esd/.wim image.

The commands were taken straight from one of the Microsoft Technet articles.

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@echo off
if "%1"=="" goto online
dism /online /cleanup-image /restorehealth /source:%1
goto sfc
:online
dism /online /cleanup-image /restorehealth
:sfc
sfc /scannow

[YukiHerz]

Malwarebytes didn't detect anything at all, so i'm running the commands you suggested, i'll message back when it's done.

Edit: Seems stuck in 20%, but i'll give it all the time in the world.

[Rachael]

If you do get frustrated and give up on it, if you have the Windows 10 installation media anywhere you can do an in-place upgrade (aka repair install).

If you had the foresight to get the ISO, you can mount it simply by double-clicking on it; installation after that point should be a breeze (hopefully).

[YukiHerz]

It was still going, just the cmd windows not updating progress for whatever reason, but after the first part it shows error 0x800f081f, about not being able to locate the origin files, but it seems its running the rest of the commands.

If nothing gets fixed with than then i'll be hunting down that usb, i know it's here somewhere.

Edit: as expected nothing got fixed, so i went ahead and did a reinstall of Windows 10, allowed me to keep everything that wasn't an installed app, things are fixed and much faster now, this lappy needed it.

[DaMan]

Also, Ballmer was never fired. He instead stepped down as a CEO, dismissing any politics - as I am not sure if the board said he should or he gracefully stepped down.

I'm sure the board was proud of Ballmer's 2% mobile share and Sinofsky wanted a sabbatical after finishing Windows8 and in were in no way pressured to leave. Don Mattrick, having assured MS's victory against Sony after that great XB One launch, wanted a real challenge in turning Zynga around and left MS on his own accord. We're about to elect Fiorina as president because of the great job she did at HP so its obvious these old tech companies are just holding them back.

[Naniyue]

I always wait a few years before upgrading my OS, so that most, if not all of the kinks have been worked out. Same goes for games. I'm not touching Fallout 4 for at least another year or two, as much as I would like to play it now.