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Mandatory Updating, eh? KB3074681 Shows why this is a bad idea.

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Mandatory Updating, eh? KB3074681 Shows why this is a bad idea.

from JoeUser Forums

 

No sooner did we all say that this would be a bad idea, then MS shows us why we were right!

“If you run the latest insider build 10240 of Windows 10 you may have already received update KB3074681 which is a cumulative security update for Windows 10 that Microsoft released on July 25.

The update installs fine on machines running the operating system but seems to introduce several Explorer related bugs at the same time which users may notice when executing different actions on the system.

For instance, when you try to uninstall a program using a double-click in the classic "remove a program" control panel applet, you will notice that Explorer crashes right away.

Others have discovered the same issue when they attempted to disable an active network adapter, and it may very well be the case that there are other crash issues that have not been discovered yet.” – gHacks

There’s a work around in the gHacks article here: http://www.ghacks.net/2015/07/27/kb3074681-highlights-why-mandatory-updates-on-windows-10-are-not-a-good-idea/?_m=3n%2e0038%2e1681%2ehj0ao01hy5%2e1qvp

Martin Brinkmann points out something very true:

“This is not the worst-case scenario, which would be if an update would render the system unable to boot or destroy important files on it, but it highlights why mandatory updates are not a good idea.” – ibid

One hopes MS is listening.

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Reply #26 from JoeUser Forums Top

I don't believe any EULA prevents a judge granting class-action status to a lawsuit in the US.  In the same sense that a doctor is not 100% immunized by Good Samaritan laws against lawsuits for negligence, EULA's can't fully immunize a vendor.  Such 'conditions of use' are also counter to common law and historical precedent.  The lawyers who write the EULA's know that, but they put crap like that in there anyway.

Reply #27 from WinCustomize Forums Top
Quoting Wintercross, reply 25
Quoting Jafo,
reply 1

As I mentioned before...WHEN there's a class action suit against them for system failure or file loss due to 'mandatory' update imposition you will see a total arse-about by MS.



 

Doesn't the agreement they make you accept include a waiver to class actions and such? At least if you're in North America anyway.

End of Wintercross's quote

Consumer Protection Laws require a product be fit for its intended use.  That is above and beyond any 'licence agreement'. The MS EULA reference to the 'waiver' for Nth American users means exactly zilch as the product is for world-wide consumption which would enable any user to join a class action initiated elsewhere.

If MS thinks they can get away with an OS systemic failure simply because it was a freebie they probably should spend a few dollars and repopulate their legal department with someone other than Judge Judy....;)

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Reply #28 from JoeUser Forums Top

Easy, killer.  We could use more Judge Judys.  :)