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from the now-THAT-is-what-I-call-a-DDoS! dept.
The problem is affecting domain-attached Windows 7 PCs not signed up to Windows Server Update Services (WSUS) for patches and updates, but looking for a Microsoft update instead.
The upshot is PCs, ranging from 10s to hundreds at a time, simultaneously chowing down on the 3GB-plus Windows 10 load, killing business networks.
[...] And it’s all happening despite Microsoft promising – here – that it wouldn’t.
[...] Users have logged urgent enquiries with Microsoft’s helpdesk but in the meantime have resorted to triage to stop the problem.
That means blocking traffic at the firewall stage that would normally have gone to Microsoft Update. Another option is to switch settings to the WSUS server.
Any Soylentils run into this problem? What have you done to cope with it?
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Saturday August 08 2015, @10:58AM
Not much choice for gamers. [Probably due to DRM] a lot of the games I like to play are exclusive for Windows. I wish game studios and a lot of indie developers that I care about would get with it - not to mention the sorry state of certain video drivers (AMD especially, grr) in Linux.
I have absolutely no use for Windows except using it as a proper gaming console with a mouse and keyboard, and yeah it's frustrating. GTA V doesn't run in Linux, and I'm willing to bet that Fallout 4 isn't going to either when it's released in November. Even Quake Live went Windows-only.
(Score: 2) by Nerdfest on Saturday August 08 2015, @02:00PM
Unfortunately it's a long term game. Let developers know that you want games for Linux and reward those that put them out. Things are already getting much better.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Saturday August 08 2015, @05:31PM
A lot of the games you like to play are also likely proprietary user-subjugating software. Even if the developers made Linux versions, you wouldn't truly be better off.