Has this ever happened to you?
I have windows set to notify me of updates but not download or install them automatically. It appears in the tray/taskbar to let me know but doesn't do anything.
Another simple solution is don't press the keyboard to wake your computer up! Wiggle your mouse and you won't accidentally hit any buttons.
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worst feature of windows 10. i did the thing to disable mine from rebooting itself after 3 or so times
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In what program did you write your text document?
As for your browser, I'm fairly sure you can recover closed tabs/last session even after restarting your computer.
Sound software on the other hand, I have no idea. If it works anything like FL Studio, you may be able to recover last backup file.
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ms Word. I was able to recover a couple tabs from my browser (somehow not everything, but that's not such a big deal) and part of the doc I was writing (which is a big deal), most of the work in studio one seems to be gone though.
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Unfortunately sometimes you aren't able to postpone it. At least that was the case last time it happened to me back on Windows Vista.
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My chrome auto saves all tab history even without the extra tab extension I installed :S
Always save any work when you feel like you made a little progress or every few minutes and especially when you get up from your chair! It's a good habit, can never be too careful about power outages or some unnoticed program reboot or natural disaster, you get the idea.
But yeah, always turn updates manually or off on everything, they sometimes have inconvenient computer auto restarts.
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From my experience, Win10 will even shut down while you're actively using the computer, without any notice, to install its updates (due, it seems, to not recognizing some programs as active use, namely certain games and video players). I had it shut down on me mid-gaming a few times: each time I'd thought the power had gone out, except nothing else shut down, and then there was notice that it was updating. This lasted until an update finally broke the update system completely, forcing me to manually update ever since.. not that I'm complaining (especially given how many Win 10 updates have been broken in some way or another at release)
And the 'save more regularly!' commenters are.. let's call it short-sighted. Some things can't be saved regularly [especially anything requiring rendering or compiling], and with updates as abrupt as they are, sometimes you simply don't get the chance- or, worse yet, due to how it doesn't properly close programs down, it will actually corrupt save data, if you're saving at the time it happens. Likewise, sometimes you get up just to use the bathroom or to check on a kid or something else that seems far more immediately urgent, and no matter how dedicated a saver you are, it just slips your mind.
The severity of issues do seem to vary from user to user, though previous threads on the topic seem to indicate it's not as arbitrary as it seems: Essentially, it seems that one specific edition of Windows 10, as well as any Windows versions released within the EU (and perhaps a few other regions), seem to not contain any of the updating issues the other versions have.
In any case, your thread seems fairly familiar to me. :P
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You actually just made my point. We already save obsessively- faulty wiring, computer glitches, power outages.. we've enough reasons to keep it in mind pretty consistently. I for one save any time I complete a specific task- so, for an example, as far as writing fiction, that could be anything from a paragraph to an entire chapter. (No writer is going to break flow if they can help it, even it would be beneficial to do so. :P)
My point is that 'save more often' doesn't really apply for most people. The instances where we're not saving, are ones where we really can't easily do so, or are actively disinclined to do so. Microsoft implemented something which is inherently sabotaging no matter the circumstances, but moreso, which plays off those inevitable moments of laxness or inevitability [especially given that it treats so many programs as non-active, meaning you run quite a risk of it shutting you down in the middle of rendering, processing, compiling, or gaming].
In other words, we should scorn them more for adding to our computing concerns, rather than than less (just because we already have some to begin with).
Moreover, BSODs, etc, happen randomly and rarely, or during reliable instances (ie, power outages during a storm, crashes and lock-ups during heavy computer load). They can be compensated for, or can't. They're easy to understand. Microsoft's approach is to wait for a vulnerability, and then intentionally strike at it without warning.
Finally, a UPS can completely mitigate the risk of outside power interruptions, while, by contrast, BSODs still fall under the scope of things to criticize Microsoft for. Certainly, it's far harder to get such in Linux, and even when you do, you still have options.
Also, as I said, there can be plenty of reasons why you outright can't save, past distractions which would preclude such. For example, the art I work on often requires having a couple dozen files open at once, which can't be saved until they're processed. That's a lot of work to lose all at once, and there's no way to avoid it- nor should I even have to compensate for Microsoft's sabotage to begin with. My only concerns should be "natural computing disasters", nothing more.
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'save more often' doesn't really apply for most people.
I disagree, computers have become too reliable that people get a false sense of security. Just like with backups for hdd faults. Who is doing those regularly.
Not all are so careful like you describe, most average users in fact not. Otherwise we wouldn't see that many threads from people getting caught off-guard by MS' next stupid idea.
BSODs are easy to understand.
oh hell no xD only if you are lucky
BSODs still fall under the scope of things to criticize Microsoft for
nope, 3rd party drivers, heavy oc, faulty hw. MS' side is the most stable there actually.
still have options.
to reboot a computer without corrupting the filesystem.
bajeez, when every reboot poses such danger then I'm glad not to use Linux xD
nor should I even have to compensate for Microsoft's sabotage to begin with
indeed, therefor inform & disable or use an unaffected version
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I lost a text document I was working on
hahahahahahaha. Everyone knows, "If you leave your desk, do a backup".
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happened once right when i killed a boss in a mmo after that i found the task that handles reboot and disabled that using powershell
i like to keep my computers running 24/7 for months
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I have an Acer x3995 (stationary pc). It has a fault where it only shows nothing and then shows the screen for 1-2 seconds. I must start the computer blind, and must then run a heavy game like Dishonored 2 or Far cry 4 and switch to it. I must pray that steam/ubisoft does not need login or update and I must pray that I manage to switch to it. Then the computer shows the screen normally, only blacking out when I dare touch the game.
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Sent in right after I bought it but it was constantly sent between shop, manufacturer and mainteance. I got back that it was OK it worked for 2 days then broke down again. I sent back and the same happened again. I just gave up and accepted in the end the price reduced to 25 dollars. Again this was after being sent back and forth for almost a year.
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After reading this thread i am happy i deleted the free Win10, after the inital "its new hype" and got back to Win7.
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You are right. I have a computer with 8.1 and a computer with 10 I have had an equal amount of headaches with both.
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I have spent like 30 minutes updating windows 10. First time failed, needed to re-update. Then several times restarted itself. Now is working fine but I can't enter steam. I have internet, firewall is okay... But steam isn't working and it seems windows doesn't want to recognize my printer either. What the fuck
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I walked away from my laptop, to get a cup of thee (literally like 3 minutes), went back to my computer, pressed the space bar to wake up the screen, and without any warning whatsoever windows rebooted!!! (for a f*n windows update).
I lost a text document I was working on, and I lost an audio project in presonus studio one, and I lost all my browser tabs in both chrome and Firefox.
Not just did this disturb my work, but I actually lost very important data.
I am here to rant.
Please rant with me.
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