Africa's conservationists suffered from a Windows 10 upgrade
Voluntary-compulsory update on Windows 10 delivers a lot of problems to users of Windows 7 and 8.1. For many, this is a minor inconvenience, but for some people, Windows 10 causes real damage: “I live in the Central African Republic,” one of the angry users of Reddit complains under the nickname zambuka42. - We pay for the slow satellite Internet and count every megabyte. In total, ONE of our computers secretly downloaded 6 GB of Windows 10 installation files. On these computers, we monitor our rangers and coordinate GPS operations against poachers. F * You, Microsoft! ”.
The user explains that it’s not just the money, but the fact that computers must be guaranteed to be in working condition at any given time: “If the forced update starts and disables the computer at the moment when we coordinate the rangers under fire armed paramilitary poachers ... blood is really on your hands, Microsoft, ”he says.
From the photo album of the anti-poaching division of the Central African Republic
“I just recently arrived at the base as a pilot ... but I have some computer knowledge. The guy who installed these computers did not know how to properly configure them or establish a limit Internet connection. I am very angry, ”writes zambuka42.
From photo albumanti-poaching division of the Central African Republic The
fears of zambuka42 are quite reasonable. We still remember well how the Windows 10 update broke into a live TV show and interrupted the weather forecast .
In another case , a pro-gamer suffered , who conducted a live broadcast of the match through Twitch to a thousand audience - his computer suddenly began to update.
Unfortunately, not all users have installed software that blocks the GWX module and prevents Windows 10 installation files from being automatically downloaded. For example, the GWX Control Panel programor Never10 , which edits group policies in the system settings (see detailed explanationthat does Never10).
Note . Satellite communications in remote areas of Africa are charged at $ 5 per megabyte . Thus, the “free” update on Windows 10 cost the anti-poaching unit of the Central African Republic approximately $ 30,720.