Windows 7 - No More Choosing Updates
Just read that as of Oct. 1st, Windows 7 & 8 users will no longer be able to select which updates to install. It's all or nothing. This is so Microsoft can force those of us who heretofore, who've be...
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braindead0 wrote:
FUD. Windows 7 update still functions as before. You can block the get windows 10 app easily, and you can also turn off OS upgrades both achieved via registry or windows policy settings.
We still sell new machines to our customers with Windows 7 installed (provided by Dell no less).
Though I'm not involved in desktop support at work, that's all we buy for our enterprise environment. DELL WIN 7 Pro or Enterprise. Even though WIN 10 has now been approved for use on our enterprise network.
DELL provides us pre-imaged PCs to our specs, though tend to already be out of date, requiring our desktop support staff to re-image all new PCs.
I've modified my Dell office PC by adding a faster SSD, and nVidia GeForce GTX-750 overclocked card. Which is running perfectly stable under the stock DELL 280-watt P.S., using only PCI bus power. Vastly improves media encoding speeds, bumping the WIN index to 7.4. Though primarily use the DELL PC for office tasks, and remote SSH client to servers. Graphics work on an iMAC.
