@Frozenoem wrote:
Did a google search and this popped up.
https://www.computerhope.com/issues/ch000493.htm
Instructions rang a bell, don't ask why but, I think in typical M$ brilliance some had to activate with click in radio box, and then disable -to make fix work.
I think the enable bs was only 1:100. Running less than brilliant Celerons or entry level processors.
Froze
That web page and others like it didn't exist in 2002. It took 5 clicks to get there and and several to get back. Theoretically, it would have been possible to right click the bubble to bring up a context menu that included "disable forever." That would have required a total 2 clicks.
And, Microsoft continues to bury its obnoxious default settings many clicks deep. Every time I install a new Windows OS, I have to spend days getting rid of Microsoft's obnoxious default settings.
The only ergonomic improvement I see in Win 10 is the search form on the task bar to help you find stuff buried 10 clicks deep. And there is obnoxious advertising for things like, Candy Crush, that I spent weeks unsuccessfully trying to remove. Eventually, it disappeared with an update.
@Frozenoem wrote:
There was a common fix for XP Home and Pro versions of that issue but, my XP book isn't on my shelf.
I think it was gifted/borrowed only have a Commodore 64 book where it used to be.
Best I can recall you ran "Desktop Cleanup Wizard,
to uncheck Run cleanup mgr every 60 days and it would go away.
Yes, there was a right click in Properties and an Ok/Save and OK again .
And it disappeared, never to reappear again.
Froze
There is no "Run cleanup mgr" or "Properties" in the "Desktop Cleanup Wizard".
Furthermore, when Win XP was my latest OS, I contacted Microsoft about the problem. I followed their instructions and indeed the bubble disappeared. But, the task bar still popped up with the same popping sound as before and there was no X to click to bring it down.
There seems to be a solution here:
which didn't exist in 2002.
The bottom line is "Don't fix it unless it is broke."
CORRECTION:
If it's not broke, don't fix it.
That said, Windows XP was broken from the start and Microsoft never fixed it with updates. My favorite example is when the task bar suddenly went up, preventing me from reading messages on software status bars, and a bubble appeared with the caption "You have unused icons on your desktop." And, then I would click the X in the bubble and 10 seconds later, the bubble would reappear. And, this would happened even when I had only 5 icons on my desktop! I will never forgive Microsoft for this. The person responsible for this and all the yes men and women who surrounded that person deserve to burn in Hell.
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@aruzinsky wrote:
@WebWiseWoman wrote:"Windows 7 support ended on January 14, 2020"
"How to stop automatic updates on Windows 10" (Note: non-MicroSoft site)
The second article offers both non-technical (temporary postponement) and technical (permanent) steps.
hth
Thanks. I missed that because authors of such articles conflated "turn off" with "delay." Only the permanent solution matters. It is more convenient in Win 7. The rational thing to do is backup Win 10 with updates turned on until something goes wrong and, after restoring from the backup, turn the updates off.
W7..
...perhaps Apple is a better option for some; I personally can't afford the hardware... OS...
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@WebWiseWoman wrote:"Windows 7 support ended on January 14, 2020"
"How to stop automatic updates on Windows 10" (Note: non-MicroSoft site)
The second article offers both non-technical (temporary postponement) and technical (permanent) steps.
hth
Thanks. I missed that because authors of such articles conflated "turn off" with "delay." Only the permanent solution matters. It is more convenient in Win 7. The rational thing to do is backup Win 10 with updates turned on until something goes wrong and, after restoring from the backup, turn the updates off.
