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I nominate Windows 10 Insanium, as in “Insanity is doing the same thing over and over again and expecting different results.”
Come to think of it, that could be the only version name needed for the last version of Windows… And isn’t that just a little sad…
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Wish I could believe this is more than just a cover-your-a** public relations effort, but given Microsoft’s determination to ram everything to do with Windows 10 down as many throats as fast as possible, I have serious doubts they’ll let a little thing like quality slow them down in any significant way.
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Just to stir the pot…
Perhaps”the tools” to restore missing files are the actual files themselves… uploaded to Microsoft servers via the “telemetry” info they collect?
Or is that just a little too conspiratory?
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This excerpt from
suggests that this is the case:
“What’s worse, it appears that Microsoft may have let this bug slip through testing with Windows Insiders during the preview of Windows 10 version 1809.
As noted by MSPoweruser, Windows insiders hit the exact same snag during Microsoft’s preview phase of the Windows 10 version 1809 when updating from version 1803.”
Windows-as-a-disservice strikes again.
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A well-written, clear and informative explanation.
Microsoft’s probably already fired this guy for breaking company policy!
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Here’s another example of something Microsoft has introduced to supposedly make life easier for users that may actually end up being detrimental because of the way it’s implemented, without warning or explanation from Microsoft:
https://www.zdnet.com/article/this-windows-file-may-be-secretly-hoarding-your-passwords-and-emails/
Talk about lacking transparency…
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They rolled out a second XP security patch on June 13 of last year as well:
Security Update for Windows XP Service Pack 3 (KB4012583)
Details
Version:
4012583File Name:
WindowsXP-KB4012583-x86-Custom-ENU.exeDate Published:
6/13/2017File Size:
1.5 MBObviously not a resumption of regular patching for XP, but it does signify a response to the world as it is, and not as Microsoft desperately wishes it to be.
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Whatever they call them, and whenever they release them, I think Microsoft should subtitle each release with the warning “Here there be dragons”… How’s that for transparency?
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I recently came across another very good guide to Windows 10 Privacy here:
https://www.makeuseof.com/tag/complete-guide-windows-10-privacy-settings/
It strikes me as an accurate and
balanced look at this issue, and ends with this undeniable conclusion:“It seems that in the age of data gathering and intelligence, Microsoft makes clear choices: act first and never ask for forgiveness.”
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Going to need a very-wide-screen monitor to display Pinnochio’s nose properly if this keeps happening.
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The following is from something I posted on Thurrott.com in 2016, when Microsoft was trying to trick people into installing Windows 10 (I’ve added some emphasis this time around):
If you don’t believe Malwaresoft is being deceptive with its latest dialogue boxes, you need to read their own design guidelines:
https://docs.microsoft.com/en-gb/windows/desktop/uxguide/win-dialog-box
The Key phrases are:
“Make sure the Close button on the title bar has the same effect as Cancel or Close.”
“The Close button on the title bar should have the same effect as the Cancel or Close button within the dialog box. Never give it the same effect as OK.”
(With thanks to reader Doktornotor at askwoody.com.)
[Note: The link to the 2016 text is apparently no longer available, but it will take you to the most recent update of these design guidelines – May 31, 2018 – where the same wording still applies.]
That sure doesn’t sound like the X (Close button) was intended to mean “Don’t Care”, and it certainly doesn’t mean “I approve this installation.”
Surely you recall all the press about Microsoft violating their own guidelines to force the installation of Windows 10. Here’s a link to just one of the articles about it, you can certainly find lots more just by searching:
And here’s an excerpt from the above article that again reinforces the widely accepted thought/practice regarding X not meaning “Don’t Care” or “OK” but “Cancel” (again, added emphasis is mine):
In an interview with Windows Weekly, Chris Capossela, Microsoft’s Chief Marketing Officer, called the weeks between Microsoft’s initial patch update and the eventual decision to reverse course on the malware-like installer “very painful.” He continues:
‘We know we want people to be running Windows 10 from a security perspective, but finding the right balance where you’re not stepping over the line of being too aggressive is something we tried and for a lot of the year I think we got it right, but there was one particular moment in particular where, you know, the red X in the dialog box which typically means you cancel didn’t mean cancel.
And within a couple of hours of that hitting the world, with the listening systems we have we knew that we had gone too far…”
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