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: 5, Informative) by Gravis on Saturday August 08 2015, @10:44AM
If you have windows, it's become increasingly clear that you do not own your computer.
So, who owns your computer? Are you going to just let Microsoft to continue stepping on your face or are you actually going to do something about it?
There are many OSes out there and lots of them are free, so why would you continue to cling to one that does not have your best interest in mind? Transitioning might be a bit rough but it's a small price to pay for freedom.
(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.
(Score: 4, Informative) by NezSez on Saturday August 08 2015, @01:29PM
Corporate botnets are apparently good because they "improve services" by exposing your personal data.
The windows 10 EULA (as the windows8 EULA and maybe previous versions as well) states that you are not buying the software but purchasing a right to use the software.
So you pay them to let them use the hardware and network services you paid for so they can cash in on sharing your personal data.
In return you get to watch pointless videos in your spare time, and software that will screw up even the best planned services when you actually need them :)
windows-10-to-support-peer-to-peer-downloading-of-apps-and-updates [arstechnica.com]
http://windows.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/preview-privacy-statement [microsoft.com]
and further down the document this gem:
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(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Saturday August 08 2015, @03:13PM
"The windows 10 EULA (as the windows8 EULA and maybe previous versions as well) states that you are not buying the software but purchasing a right to use the software. "
That's what basically every software EULA ever said.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Saturday August 08 2015, @05:35PM
And they'd all be null and void in any sane legal system.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Saturday August 08 2015, @06:35PM
How can I immigrate to this sane country?
(Score: 2) by Phoenix666 on Saturday August 08 2015, @06:40PM
Thanks for posting that. I've been on linux exclusively for 16-17 years and generally don't have a good impression of Microsoft, but those terms surprised even me. They're outrageous. Is it that people aren't generally aware how draconian they are?
They may as well have printed the following:
"Microsoft reserves the right to endlessly fuck you. Fuck you. Fuck you. Fuck you..."
Washington DC delenda est.
(Score: 4, Informative) by Jeremiah Cornelius on Saturday August 08 2015, @04:58PM
If you have Windows 10? It's not just your computer. Here's a list of other things Microsoft copies, catalogues and indexes for their own uses:
Your documents
Your messages
Your emails
Your photos
Your media metadata and usage
Your browser histories and passwords
Your Facebook activity
Your network encryption secrets
Your mobile number
Your microphone and camera - remotely activated
Your present location - linked to all the above
Windows 10: Resist now, or don't say later that I didn't tell you.
You're betting on the pantomime horse...
(Score: 2) by darkfeline on Saturday August 08 2015, @09:24PM
>it's become increasingly clear that you do not own your computer.
In other words, Richard Stallman was right.
Join the SDF Public Access UNIX System today!
(Score: -1, Troll) by Anonymous Coward on Sunday August 09 2015, @01:11AM
He is the Messiah!
Follow The Shoe!