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Patch reliability is unclear, but widespread attacks make patching prudent. Go ahead and patch, but watch out for potential problems. |
So the other day I was upgrading a Windows 10 home to pro and found it interesting the ‘current’ way one has to upgrade to Windows 10 professional. In
[See the full post at: So you are looking for a Windows 10 pro key?]
Susan Bradley Patch Lady/Prudent patcher
Be careful when buying from NewEgg.
They have a number of third party vendors linked to their site.
We thought that we were ordering a Tripp Lite 2.5” SATA Hard Drive Mounting Kit from NewEgg.
It turned out that we were purchasing it from Foya, a Chinese company and the mount was shipped from Shenzhen City. It took weeks for it to be delivered.
And the product delivered was in a brown cardboard box, not Tripp Lite packaging and carried no Tripp Lite markings. It appeared to be a knockoff.
I did the reg key. It didn’t keep Windows 11 off the machine. This is for a friend that I don’t have direct access to the computer. He’s the one that has had camera issues, monitor issues and finally the machine got cratered while it was using Windows 11. Because I want to KEEP it on 10 I wanted to ensure I had full use of group policy to keep it on Windows 10.
I’ve tried the registry keys and 11 still gets offered up. If you are not savvy, you end up with 11.
Susan Bradley Patch Lady/Prudent patcher
If the Reg keys are being used on Win Home, in the event the (almost) fullscreen “Win 11 is available for your computer” intrusion pops up, and the User is not computer savvy, they can click on the GW11 (as opposed to GWX) option instead of “Stay on Win10 for now.”
If that is the case, the Reg settings mean NOTHING and they get Win11.
If you are not the User, and it is someone you are taking care of, both you and the User will be surprised. There is no alternative in that case but a Rollback if you are lucky or a clean install if the upgrade borked the computer.
It happened to me (even on a Win10 Pro with GP TRV and Product set), with an older person with memory problems, whose computer I take care of. Fortunately, I was logged in remotely at the time and caught the “intrusion.”
That is why Susan is recommending InControl.
Yea, right. MICROSOFT SOFTWARE LICENSE TERMS – Microsoft Support
12. DISCLAIMER OF WARRANTY.The software is licensed “as-is.” You bear the risk of using it. Microsoft gives no express warranties, guarantees or conditions. You may have additional consumer rights under your local laws which this agreement cannot change. To the extent permitted under your local laws, Microsoft excludes the implied warranties of merchantability, fitness for a particular purpose and non-infringement. FOR AUSTRALIA ONLY: You have statutory guarantees under the Australian Consumer Law and nothing in these terms is intended to affect those rights.
LIMITATION ON AND EXCLUSION OF REMEDIES AND DAMAGES. You can recover from Microsoft and its suppliers only direct damages up to U.S. $5.00. You can’t recover any other damages, including consequential, lost profits, special, indirect or incidental damages.
This limitation applies to
It also applies even if Microsoft knew or should have known about the possibility of the damages. The above limitation or exclusion may not apply to you because your country may not allow the exclusion or limitation of incidental, consequential or other damages.
Susan Bradley Patch Lady/Prudent patcher
Microsoft’s licensing has been a mess (and continually regressed) since Vista was introduced. Coupling that fact with the UI functionality degradation, you run into problems like this.
Many times you can still access the same functionality via command line (slmgr.vbs, et. al. or via other API/file access), but it definitely isn’t user friendly for the average user.
Windows traditionally allowed the user to make their own decisions about what they want to do (similar to *nix, but with a more refined UI and product base), but in these later years it feels like they’re trying to follow the path of other OS vendors — dictating their choices and removing freedom 
If my Windows VMs (dev & testing) were to ever auto-update from Win10 to Win11, I’d be done with Windows for personal use. The other updates and increasingly common untested releases are already enough to make one jump ship some days.
Alex, you bring a new meaning to ‘window shopping’
hats off to you 
If the price is too good to be true, it’s too good to be legit.
The reviews say otherwise.
If the price is too good to be true, it’s too good to be legit.
The reviews say otherwise.
My credit card receipt doesn’t count I reckon.
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