Windows 7 and 8.1 updates switching to cumulative

This is great news for us win7 users that want to reinstall or any new users that want to install win7, all updates in one pack

Of course it sounds like it will take a full year for all updates but still its better than what it is now.

I still have my windows 8.1 update set to off because of the constant windows 10 harassment I had to deal with last year. I currently have a very low opinion of MS  and will continue to have updates disabled, at least until it's known whether or not MS is making this change in order to sneak the Windows 10 like telemetry into not Win 10 systems.  Conspiracy theory maybe, but articles like this do not help.

http://www.infoworld.com/article/2972298/microsoft-windows/10-reasons-you-shouldnt-upgrade-to-windows-10.html

Its really not a conspiracy theory alci and windows isn't the only people doing it. Google has been logging your data for years.

Why do you think they are giving windows 10 away for free? because its meta data collection only works when they get everybody on the same OS. Their tactics of forcing people to upgrade have resulted in lawsuits against them.

Its a bit exhausting going back and forth with people who insist that because hey haven't seen it on 60 minutes that people aren't collecting their data and storing it in data farms to use against you later. Its definitely going on and its definitely wrong. They just get away with it because most people will jus dismiss it as conspiracy rather then doing the research themselves.

Look Snowden is correct about this. Nothing you do electronically anymore is not monitored. Windows 7 is mostly absent of these logging tools and for this they keep trying to force and push people to upgrade, but there is no reason to.

Don't believe me? res the 2000 page EULA for windows 10. Buried in it is passages that allow Microsoft full access to all your pictures, videos, music, e-mails and they monitor what programs you use, how long you use them etc. also everything you do online is tracked already. Also there are passages saying Microsoft can refer you to local authorities if they deem your use of windows illegal or if you are doing illegal things in windows. Its like nightmarish stuff. Look it up yourself, by agreeing to install win 10 you effectively give away any privacy you had left digitally.

Originally posted by DST4ME While I'm no win10 fan, I found that article just bash win10, there are plenty of people on this forum that use win10 that don't suffer from some of the stuff this article cries about. You can get ride of win10 nag, otherwise the trade off is that your win8.1 is vulnerable right now to hacks and attacks much easier then a patched win8.1. I don't like win10 simply because its not a reliable OS, and by that I mean that I don't trust the win10 techs to know it and have tested it enough to release updates that don't create more headaches then they create yet. forget Cortana, like that is a reason I would chose one OS over the other. When they get these assistants to the point where they are AI properly then talk to me, till then count me out. Or onedrive, do I care onedrive does not work? NO, I can keep going on and on about that article, but I won't. Again I'm no win10 fan nor do I want to use it on my pc yet. but as I mentioned that is because its not reliable. I feel really bad for all the people that have to deal with all the headache of win10, the only thing I can say is clone your drives before updates, so that if you don't like an update, you can just go back to your clone and not install that particular update.

DST4ME, can you explain cloning your drives a bit more. I usually just put stuff I don't want to use on an external hard drive but I've seen you and a few others talk about cloning or building an external system with your own drives to hold your info. Thanks

Thanks seems pretty straight forward. I currently down own a ssd but have one on this build thanks to you. Is it better to save your OS and all your programs your using and your games to the ssd? Are there things you don't recommend to the ssd and just using the hdd drive for those. I want to keep my system as fast as possible for as long as possible. I also prefer to keep sone things off my PC and just on an external drive.

Thanks I did see the list of recommended apps I plan on using most of them. I want a healthy PC with minimal issues. Good thing the PC I'm having built is all about fun and not work so I should be able to keep most of the junk off it. Thanks again DST I'm sure I will have a question or two when I actually get the PC.