[Coco] A WARNING about Windows 10 Updates...

Wed Jul 12 12:25:21 EDT 2017

Hi Steve,

Not sure if this still applies, but you can tell Windows 10 you are on a
"metered" Internet connection and disable the automatic updates:

https://www.howtogeek.com/226722/how-when-and-why-to-set-a-connection-as-metered-on-windows-10/

It's worth a look for those who would like to stop that behavior.

On Wed, Jul 12, 2017 at 10:46 AM, Steve Strowbridge <ogsteviestrow at gmail.com
> wrote:

> I've had a few trials and tribulations with Windows 10, starting with the
> Creator's update, then I foolishly opted in for the rapid release program,
> which broke VCC, and even after going back to the Stock creator's update,
> within less than a month certain drivers stopped working, and I had to nuke
> the system and load from scratch again.
>
> That was last weekend, so far, a week later, things are still smooth, it's
> not a bad OS, however how it handles drivers and updates are not how I
> would prefer, unless you are running a Pro or Enterprise version, you can't
> even turn off automatic updates.
>
> I actually teach classes on how to get Microsoft certified, and the
> Creator's update wreaked havoc throughout my class, and after certain
> updates, Hyper-V, which is their own virtualization technology would
> actually lose all it's settings, more than once.
>
> Good times.
>
> I still like the OS and will continue to use it, but yea, it's got plenty
> of Microsoft "isms"
>
>
>
> Steve Strowbridge, aka
> The Original Gamer Stevie Strow
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>
> On Tue, Jul 11, 2017 at 8:21 PM, David Ladd <davidwladd at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > James,
> >
> > That article you posted reminds me of this quote from Star Trek made by
> > Scotty:
> > Scotty: The more they overthink the plumbing, the easier it is to stop up
> > the drain.
> >
> > Never fails does it?
> >
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> > On Tue, Jul 11, 2017 at 5:30 PM, James Jones <jejones3141 at gmail.com>
> > wrote:
> >
> > > This isn't about updates, at least not recent ones... but it turns out
> > that
> > > somewhere between Windows 7 and Windows 10, there was a change that
> > forces
> > > all exiting threads to acquire a lock that only one thread can have at
> a
> > > time, making it a bottleneck for Windows performance. More info here:
> > > https://randomascii.wordpress.com/2017/07/09/24-core-cpu-
> > > and-i-cant-move-my-mouse/
> > >
> > > On Tue, Jul 11, 2017 at 4:10 PM, Steven Hirsch <snhirsch at gmail.com>
> > wrote:
> > >
> > > > On Tue, 11 Jul 2017, Joe Schutts via Coco wrote:
> > > >
> > > > I've been a faithful Windows user since Windows 3.0 and before that
> DOS
> > > >> 3.0. I just discovered a FLAW or BUG in their UPDATE Process and I
> > > wanted
> > > >> to warn EVERY Windows 10 User out there about it before it ruins
> their
> > > day.
> > > >> If you're like me I tweak EVERY setting for optimum setting (making
> > > >> everything run faster), the only thing I DO NOT tweak is the Clock
> > > Speeds
> > > >> of my CPU, I just buy the fastest CPU out there available. Recently
> I
> > > had
> > > >> an update preformed and I noticed that my Ethernet Adapter seemed to
> > be
> > > >> running much slower than normal. I then went into the Device Manager
> > and
> > > >> checked out the settings. I found out the the JUMBO FRAMES on all my
> > > >> Ethernet Adapters had all been changed from 9KB MTU to a new setting
> > of
> > > >> DISABLED (and therefore slowing down all my Ethernet Adapters). I
> have
> > > yet
> > > >> to check out my other settings and am in the process of doing so
> now.
> > My
> > > >> advice is for everyone to check out their settings to see IF
> anything
> > > has
> > > >> been changed in any negative way. Why MicroSoft did this (or even IF
> > > they
> > > >> are aware of this, I do not know. But it is something to be aware of
> > and
> > > >> check out for yourselves.
> > > >>
> > > >
> > > > Is it possible that at some point you were connected to a router or
> > other
> > > > device that didn't support 9k frames?
> > > >
> > > >
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