Windows 10 users rejoice: There are ways to stop automatic updates

Less than a month after rollout of Windows 10, Microsoft has shared that its new operating system had already been installed on 75 million devices.

Announced as a flagship feature of Windows Phone 8.1 past year, Cortana is Microsoft’s take on Apple’s Siri, and Google’s Google Now assistants. Many users have been startled to learn, for example, that the OS records and stores what they type on their computers and periodically uploads the keystrokes to Microsoft.

As usual, Microsoft hasn’t commented on the possibility of adding transparency to Start menu/Start screen live tiles, but with new updates being released on a regular basis, more such tweaks could be implemented at any given moment.

Most of these features get turned on when you set up Windows 10 with the “Get going fast” option. With the patch, Microsoft is finally giving Windows 10 Home edition users the ability to disable or delay automatic app updates through the Windows Store. Windows 7 has been there for quite some time, and Microsoft is also providing support till 2020, so Windows 7 is more established system in the enterprise.

The biggest issue with the CEIP and the new Diagnostic and Telemetry Tracking service being pushed onto older operating systems is the fact that it’s still not clear exactly what is being collected and sent. It also collected data for third party applications that use the Application Insights service.

It also provides one application hub for managing all apps, whether they’re in physical or virtual environments.

But the reality is that Windows 10 is not the only service that’s keeping tabs of what you do and where you are.

These updates can be removed from Windows 7 and 8 using the control panel. Although Windows share overall dipped slightly on Steam, Windows 10 adoption has exploded into double digits. Microsoft has removed the necessary Infra Red stack from its latest operating system, causing IrDA USB dongles to no longer work.

We reached out Rob Enderle, founder of the Enderle Group, who told us that Microsoft very likely isn’t interested in what users write, but rather how they write.