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Microsoft Ends Support For Windows Vista; Begins To Roll Out Windows 10 Creators Update 103

Posted by msmash from the microsoft-things dept.
On Tuesday, Microsoft began the roll out of Windows 10 Creators Update, the latest update of the company's desktop operating system. Incidentally, today is also the day Windows Vista, a decade-old OS as well as some parts of Office 2007 hit end of life. Earlier this month we asked Slashdot readers if they would be upgrading their computers to Windows 10 Creators Update. Many people answered with a resounding no.
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Microsoft Ends Support For Windows Vista; Begins To Roll Out Windows 10 Creators Update

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  • Do I have a choice? (Score:5, Insightful)

    by Ostrich25 ( 544788 ) on Tuesday April 11, 2017 @12:18PM (#54214181)
    I somehow suspect that Windows won't exactly give me the option to say 'no' to this update.
    • Just disable the Windows Update service. You'll have to re-enable it eventually to get security updates, but at least this way you can control when the updates occur. I've had to do that since Win 10 keeps installing "updated" video drivers which don't work on my laptop. Every month I enable updates long enough to get the newest security updates (along with everything else Microsoft forces on you), then disable it again and reinstall the "older" working video drivers.

      FWIW, they did let you put off the

      • >> Win 10 keeps installing "updated" video drivers which don't work on my laptop.

        They've published a procedure to fix that permanently so you don't have to keep fighting it.

        https://support.microsoft.com/... [microsoft.com]

        Tldr; device manager, find the device, right-click >> Properties >> Driver Tab >> Rollback Driver.

        That should block future updates to that driver.

        Related topic: can you send a nastygram to your video card manufacturer and ask them not to publish bad drivers to Windows Update? MS i

    • I somehow suspect that Windows won't exactly give me the option to say 'no' to this update.

      I have a question: Why would you? It's quite clear now that these Windows "updates" are nothing more than bundled security fixed with minor app updates. If anything this update will reduce the amount of telemetry collected if you already run an unadultered version of Windows 10.

      Frankly I have yet to find a single reason someone with Windows 10 would not want the Creators update. I say this ironically as I just disabled windows update as I'm on a shit slow internet connection and my youtubing takes priority

    • I somehow suspect that Windows won't exactly give me the option to say 'no' to this update.

      I believe to get it you first have to log into an account with administrative perms so you can be prompted about something. So if you stick to a standard user account m you'll never be upgraded.

    • I somehow suspect that Windows won't exactly give me the option to say 'no' to this update.

      That's right, going forward they're trying to keep everybody up to date. It's much easier to address security and stability issues when the operating system is the same on all the systems, especially given the millions of different possible hardware configurations.

      But this is hardly a new thing, my Macs don't forcibly update but they certainly constantly ping me to tell me I should install and prompt to allow auto updates because keeping the OS up to date is generally a good thing. If you consider it an afr

  • XP 4 Ever (Score:1)

    by Anonymous Coward

    I'll use XP till it won't run anymore. M$ can go stuff it.

  • Can the update work on a Dell system? (Score:3)

    by __aaclcg7560 ( 824291 ) on Tuesday April 11, 2017 @12:23PM (#54214235)
    Does it seem like Dell systems have a problem installing the Windows 10 Anniversary update? I had to do a clean install on my own Dell laptop. A friend's Dell desktop can't install the Anniversary update and may require a clean install.

  • ... ended the day it was born.

    Not as bad as ME, but a fucking bitch for the workplace.

  • I tried installing a few times over the weekend and get a BSOD during the update process on a pretty modern PC I use for gaming. Getting the Anniversary update working well from a clean install was a painful as well. Pre-anniversary Win 10 worked fine on that PC, so it isn't a hardware issue. Microsoft needs to get their hands dirty and fix the core issues with the OS. Getting Gears of War 4 to install ridiculously difficult, too 5 or so tries to finally get it installed without resetting the download. I'm

    • Do you have an NVIDIA GPU on the 381.65 drivers? NVIDIA's latest Creators Update drivers can cause BSOD issues, especially with laptops. On my laptop, installing the drivers and rebooting causes Windows to never make it to the login screen. I have to system restore back to an earlier version.

      I would try rolling back drivers first before attempting to upgrade.

      • Re: (Score:2)

        by dstyle5 ( 702493 )
        Thanks for the feedback. I have an RX480 actually and haven't checked what version of drivers I'm running (should be pretty recent), maybe there is an issue with it too. I also have some VPN software installed for connecting to the office, was thinking of uninstalling it and trying again.

        One of my BSOD errors was "WHEA UNCORRECTABLE ERROR", which according to Microsoft is hardware related. Unfortunately their "solution" for this error is do a windows update or rollback to a previous version of Windows. T

  • Just installed it (Score:3)

    by Espectr0 ( 577637 ) on Tuesday April 11, 2017 @01:14PM (#54214889) Journal

    So far, doing good. I installed by mounting the iso and just upgrading.

    Some notable changes:

    1. win+x doesn't show control panel or command prompt anymore
    2. regedit shows full address of current key on top. Nice for copy and pasting
    3. Revamped installer. Allows you to disable some of the ads
    4. Speaking of ads, there are lots more to disable this time around. There's a helpful article over at howtogeek that explains how to do so
    5. You can actually uninstall onedrive now at it is listed under programs and features, no need to use the command line
    6. More windows update options are available
    7. Edge has some more features, and right now it's the better choice for Netflix (at least when using a browser)
  • You won't be upgrading, huh? Isn't it an unstoppable mandatory update?

  • https://freedompenguin.com/art... [freedompenguin.com]

    --If you have an old Vista rig that has a 64-bit CPU, at least 1-2GB RAM and would like to make it more useful... Turn it into a ZFS+Samba file server

  • Service pack 4 for Windows XP was a big hit. I hope someone provides all the available updates for Vista, too.
    • Unless I'm mistaken, there were only 3 XP service packs?
      • Someone else took all the released patches after Service Pack 3 and created an unofficial service pack 4 for XP. I was wondering if someone planned on doing the same thing for Vista.
        • Interesting. Do you know if this just a collection of all the security updates up to that time, or did it add additional functionality? Or maybe I should just Google it. ;)

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