[Update] Windows 10 Discussion

[Dave42]

Originally Posted by SnoopZ

Which Antivirus and software Firewall are people finding works with this?

I guess there is still a built in Windows Defender antivirus that still works if nothing else does?

yes windows defender is the default AV just using that one here


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[admars]

Avira works

[BenMcr]

Originally Posted by qasdfdsaq

It can be turned off by administrators either via local group policy or via network/active directory policies. The latter override the former and both have always overridden the user-set options in Control Panel.

I imagine a lot of large enterprises will throw a hissy fit if they even attempt to remove the ability to change those settings.

What I meant was that the whole point of the Technical Preview is to test and provide feedback on the latest builds, so if Microsoft gave an easy way for you turn off updates during the preview and you don't receive the latest builds then what what is the point for Microsoft to offer the program in the first place?

I'm assuming that when the final version of Windows 10 is released, there will be a UI way to turn off updates (even if it's not recommended) in addition to the existing registry / policy options.

[truthspeaker]

am thinking the same. whats the point of disable the updates?

on retail or OEM version you can turn off the updates if you want. which makes no sense.
unless you cracked it or want a virus or you want someone to Hack your computer

[Uncle Peter]

Originally Posted by truthspeaker

am thinking the same. whats the point of disable the updates?

on retail or OEM version you can turn off the updates if you want. which makes no sense.
unless you cracked it or want a virus or you want someone to Hack your computer

It makes perfect sense.

In a managed, enterprise environment there are other ways of propagating Windows updates.

Many secure environments do not allow client machines direct connections (make that any connection whatsoever) to the public internet therefore allowing machines to auto update would be pointless.

[Stuart]

Originally Posted by truthspeaker

@qasdfdsaq
windows 10 updates Automatic.
you can't change the update setting because Microsoft won't let you.
and it seems working very great. plus its free for win 7 and win 8 users.

It makes sense for Microsoft to lock down Windows Update access in this version of Windows 10. Remember, this is beta software, even though they are calling it a preview. It makes sense for them to remove user's ability to disable Windows Update because they need to ensure that every user who submits a bug report is running the latest update.

Be interesting to see if they lock it down in the same way on the actual release version. There are legitimate reasons people would want to block Windows Updates. Large scale enterprise deployments, for instance. If you are deploying software to tens of thousands of PCs, you want to stop user access to it until you've tested it as thoroughly as you can, to ensure it doesn't break something that is critical to the enterprise.

[heero_yuy]

I like to have any updates on "ask me" so I can decide whether to allow them or not and also whether a full backup at that point especially of the registry would be wise seeing the number of updates on things that have gone horribly wrong. If it's done automatically you might have trouble restoring the previous good state.

[gba93]

Originally Posted by admars

Avira works

As does Malwarebytes

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Does anyone know how the next release(s) of Win10 are likely to be released - will we get an email, will it be done automatically?

[Dave42]

Originally Posted by gba93

As does Malwarebytes

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Does anyone know how the next release(s) of Win10 are likely to be released - will we get an email, will it be done automatically?

it be done by windows update the next build

[BenMcr]

Originally Posted by heero_yuy

I like to have any updates on "ask me" so I can decide whether to allow them or not and also whether a full backup at that point especially of the registry would be wise seeing the number of updates on things that have gone horribly wrong. If it's done automatically you might have trouble restoring the previous good state.

Which fine for a finalised OS - but this isn't.

There are lots of warning to say that any of the updates may involve a full re-install and / or loss of data, so not to put it onto a production machine or use it as your primary OS.

[gba93]

Originally Posted by Dave42

it be done by windows update the next build

Thanks

[truthspeaker]

My windows 10 is on my primary machine.
I did windows 10 upgrade on top of windows 8.1
Running good. I think I need 8Gb RAM now.

[Ken W]

I am thinking of trying the Windows 10 beta on my old laptop, it is a 1.73 Centrino with 2 Gig of RAM 60 Gig hard disk, is that high enough spec to try it on.

[SnoopZ]

Originally Posted by Ken W

I am thinking of trying the Windows 10 beta on my old laptop, it is a 1.73 Centrino with 2 Gig of RAM 60 Gig hard disk, is that high enough spec to try it on.

Here are the minimum specs, basically if it can run Windows 8 you should be ok.

http://www.neowin.net/news/windows-1...e-as-windows-8

[admars]

uninstall latest virtualbox and got old version 4.3.12 which isn't working, but the vm isn't kernel errors, which google provides lots of answers for, so hopefuly can fix it.

one strange problem I have is when I turn on this pc, network is unavailable, I reboot, and networking is fine, even if I leave it a whiel after switching on before logging in, still have this issue on turning on, so have to bounce it!