Post by Evil Yoda on Mar 6, 2016 11:05:14 GMT -5
Windows 10 Home edition will be on what's called the Current Branch by Microsoft. People on the Current Branch get updates - new features, security patches, and most problematic, drivers - whether they want them or not. There is, for business users, the Current Branch for Business, whose users can defer updates - but not indefinitely.
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The problem Microsoft is trying to solve is people who never apply security patches to their system, or who do so haphazardly. Those systems remain vulnerable to malware, chiefly botnets, which then attempt to attack other systems, degrading the Internet as a whole. It's a laudable goal, but Microsoft has a terrible track record of releasing buggy updates, or updates that don't work on all PCs (since there are so many configurations, this is probably unavoidable). IMO, they need to *first* establish a better track record for releasing high quality updates, and *then* think about forcing their updates on folks.
The good news is: if you by Windows 10 Pro, you can get on the Current Branch for Business and defer your updates. But in order to exercise complete control, you need the Enterprise edition, minimum 10 seats.
It's certain that within a few months of the final version dropping, someone will have figured out how to defeat this and posted that information. Keep your eyes open!
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The problem Microsoft is trying to solve is people who never apply security patches to their system, or who do so haphazardly. Those systems remain vulnerable to malware, chiefly botnets, which then attempt to attack other systems, degrading the Internet as a whole. It's a laudable goal, but Microsoft has a terrible track record of releasing buggy updates, or updates that don't work on all PCs (since there are so many configurations, this is probably unavoidable). IMO, they need to *first* establish a better track record for releasing high quality updates, and *then* think about forcing their updates on folks.
The good news is: if you by Windows 10 Pro, you can get on the Current Branch for Business and defer your updates. But in order to exercise complete control, you need the Enterprise edition, minimum 10 seats.
It's certain that within a few months of the final version dropping, someone will have figured out how to defeat this and posted that information. Keep your eyes open!
