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OriginalGriff1-Jun-15 2:16

1-Jun-15 2:16

Links help! I assume you mean this one: http://www.theguardian.com/world/picture/2015/may/31/eyewitness-sumatra-indonesia[^]

Bad command or file name. Bad, bad command! Sit! Stay! Staaaay...

90823651-Jun-15 2:31

9082365

1-Jun-15 2:31

I'm not sure that links help at all in this case. All the pertinent information was included in my post - I didn't intend it as click bait; there's more than enough of that!

OriginalGriff1-Jun-15 2:39

1-Jun-15 2:39

I dunno - without the picture you get the impression of lemmings trying to tweet pictures of the wall of red hot lava that is about to engulf them.
With it...they're pretty safe at the moment, and likely to be using the only transport they can to GTFO of there! Laugh | :laugh:

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90823651-Jun-15 3:22

9082365

1-Jun-15 3:22

Kinda missed the point though. The caption as written in the quote gives the impression that it is the volcano that is travelling by public transport! That was why I thought it worthy of mention.

James Lonero3-Jun-15 13:37

James Lonero

3-Jun-15 13:37

Cloudy with a chance of ash.

CDP18021-Jun-15 2:34

CDP1802

1-Jun-15 2:34

I also travel to work with public transportation every day and have not yet met a volcano there. I already wanted to get one of those[^] to protect myself from all kinds of viruses and diseases, but I will need something more resistant if I need to protect myself from travelling volcanos.

The language is JavaScript. that of Mordor, which I will not utter here

This is Javascript. If you put big wheels and a racing stripe on a golf cart, it's still a f***ing golf cart.

"I don't know, extraterrestrial?"
"You mean like from space?"
"No, from Canada."

If software development were a circus, we would all be the clowns.

OriginalGriff1-Jun-15 2:40

1-Jun-15 2:40

That suit will not protect you from travelling volcanos.
However, in the times I have used public transport, they would have come in handy to protect from the other passengers... Unsure | :~

Bad command or file name. Bad, bad command! Sit! Stay! Staaaay...

CDP18021-Jun-15 2:45

CDP1802

1-Jun-15 2:45

That was my intention, but I did not know that there may be travelling volcanos.

OriginalGriff1-Jun-15 2:50

GWX.exe: Get Windows 10 - Terrible Microsoft

1-Jun-15 2:50

Oh yes! Obligatory Dilbert[^]

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newton.saber1-Jun-15 1:58

1-Jun-15 1:58

I saw a process I had never seen running on my PC called GWX.exe.
I googled and found two articles that explain the adware that microsoft seems to have installed via Windows Update. That is way too much, Microsoft. Way!

http://answers.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/forum/windows_7-security/suspicious-new-folder-windirsystem32gwx/e3661a2f-93f5-4d7c-a83f-2fcc25ed7ac2[^]
You'll also see a suspicious folder related to the process at:
C:\Windows\System32\GWX

http://www.infoworld.com/article/2903005/operating-systems/what-we-don-t-know-about-mystery-windows-patch-kb-3035583.html#tk.rss_all[^]

Griff also mentions this so I guess it is driving everyone crazy.
http://www.codeproject.com/Messages/5067124/Oh-gawd-its-started.aspx[^]

EDIT: FYI --- Successful uninstall of the offending KB3035583
http://www.codeproject.com/Messages/5067374/Re-GWX-exe-Get-Windows-Terrible-Microsoft.aspx[^]

modified 1-Jun-15 8:52am.

CHill601-Jun-15 2:22

CHill60

1-Jun-15 2:22

Two elephanting instances of it when I just checked!

No wonder my system has been acting up.

*Reaches for the Domestos*

newton.saber1-Jun-15 2:27

1-Jun-15 2:27

I've just uninstalled update KB3035583 and I'm happy to report GWX.exe and the window in the tray are gone.
Yes, it takes a reboot. argh!!
Why didn't MS provide a simple uninstall?
You have to go to windows updates...find KB3035583 and all that.
The poor helpless user will not even know.

IMPORTANT

While typing this message Windows Update popped up and told me there is :
1 important update.

You got it, KB3035583. Terrible. Dead | X|

It is marked as update for Win x64. Nothing else. Mad | :mad:

OriginalGriff1-Jun-15 2:44

1-Jun-15 2:44

Even more annoyingly, if you do click on the windows flag and register...it doesn't go away. D'Oh! | :doh:

Bad command or file name. Bad, bad command! Sit! Stay! Staaaay...

newton.saber1-Jun-15 2:50

1-Jun-15 2:50

Man, this thing is honestly terrible.

I went ahead and right-clicked the update and said "ignore" so I am no longer bothered by it.
Can't believe MS decided to be that intrusive.
Who owns this computer I work on anyway?
"...the rights to use Microsoft Windows..." I know I don't actually own the software just the license to use it. They can do whatever they want to me. Confused | :confused:

THIS IS THE YEAR OF THE LINUX DESKTOP!!! Big Grin | :-D

glennPattonWork31-Jun-15 2:23

glennPattonWork3

1-Jun-15 2:23

Microsoft are in danger of 'peaing' off the people who made it number one, since Gates left & Ballamer (?) took over they have been focused on trying to get the trendy web based Apple using crowd (no offense!) crowd to jump ship over to Windows which is why we have the cluster elephant of Win 8 & Win 8.1. The PC is a work machine, it does work, not a life style like Apple. That is why XP is still hanging around (personally I would still be using it, but my XP PC died! Sigh | :sigh:

)

Do not escape reality : improve reality !

Rage1-Jun-15 2:27

Rage

1-Jun-15 2:27

Add to it that the Windows update that turned that f***ing thing on completely f***ed upmy father's computer. I tried about anything, but the package won't install for an obscure reason but also cannot be ignored, so it tried to install it, fails and reboot-deinstall it at every startup of the PC. Sigh | :sigh:

All that for installing this GWX.exe, which is assumed a critical update package by Windows OMG | :OMG:

Aaaarghhh !

HobbyProggy1-Jun-15 2:28

HobbyProggy

1-Jun-15 2:28

Already told you about this issue here[^]

if(this.signature != "")
{
    MessageBox.Show("This is my signature: " + Environment.NewLine + signature);
}
else
{
    MessageBox.Show("404-Signature not found");
}

DaveX861-Jun-15 3:52

DaveX86

1-Jun-15 3:52

Thanks for the heads up. I don't automatically install updates so I was able to look it up in the list and do the 'hide update' thing.

newton.saber1-Jun-15 5:35

Anyone installed the Google Search App on 8.1?

1-Jun-15 5:35

Glad to help.

OriginalGriff1-Jun-15 0:45