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

Wed Jul 12 14:08:49 EDT 2017

Good Call Ron, I originally thought that option only existed for wireless
networks, but just checked my Ethernet adapter and there is an option to
make it metered, as well

Steve Strowbridge, aka
The Original Gamer Stevie Strow
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On Wed, Jul 12, 2017 at 12:25 PM, Ron Klein <ron at kdomain.org> wrote:

> 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
> > Website/Merchandise/CoCo links page:
> > http://ogsteviestrow.com
> > Email:  ogsteviestrow at gmail.com
> > Get your "Game Play Goodnes" fix of CoCo and retro videos at:
> > http://youtube.com/ogsteviestrow
> >
> >
> > 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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