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Microsoft is force installing PC Health Check in Windows 10

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Is this really a problem? It's not like it runs in the background. How is this different to adding, say, a new tab in the Settings app or a new screenshot tool (which they did a while back)?

Agreed - the negative tone in this article confuses me. All operating systems have a bunch of settings UIs, applications etc (except maybe like a bare arch install, or Alpine linux or something).

If this was some game app full of ads or something I'd understand, but it's not.

I automatically got candy crush from win 10. not sure if I should laugh or cry

I just checked my task manager, and it was running in the background. I never manually launched it. No idea what it was doing.

Waiting for a signal to start spamming users with the need to upgrade, I imagine

Indeed, what are they supposed to do? Pretend windows 11 doesn't exist for windows 10 users?

I'd be worried if they started auto updating PCs but we are still not there thankfully.

I'm much more bothered that it has obsoleted some relatively new-ish CPUs. Why was the i7-7700 left out, for example?

I think you're referring to a different piece of software, Windows 11

As noted in the article, PC Health Check's "primary use has been to analyze a device's hardware to check if it's compatible with Windows 11." A wide range of Windows 10 users will see this check permanently and uselessly 'failing' for them whenever they open Windows Update.

Given that Windows 10 is end of life in 3 years, it's not exactly useless.

This tool that is being installed is used to check upgrade compatibility

Microsoft basically does what it wants up to the point where enough backlash starts occuring. "It's easier to ask forgiveness than it is to get permission".

Don't get mad, just stop using Windows.

Just as soon as the tools I use run on Linux or Macs come down in price.

Macs aren't any better in this sense. If you plan to move off Windows then go for Linux otherwise you are just replacing one dictator with another.

Macs still give the user full control over Software Update.

There is a setting for "Install system data files and security updates" and if you turn it off, even critical security updates will not be installed.

Wine? Virtual machines?

Nope.

Just curious, why? Performance reasons? Compatibility? Something else?

Speaking for myself, I run Linux on the desktop and Windows in a VM for office applications and so forth and it works fine. But obviously I'm not running Photoshop or gaming or anything like that (though in the case of the latter, Proton is already great and is poised to get even better)...

Just no pressing need. I don't have any problems with Windows, and trying to get everything working in Wine or virtualization introduces more updates and new problems.

I get the best of both worlds and use both. Windows has no place on my home computer. Im not gaming so Im good

I'm not sure how that addresses the comment you replied to.

Since you have to upgrade, might as well head over to www.apple.com

Also https://distrochooser.de/ or https://ubuntu.com/download/desktop

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