Please, add the option to disable Opera autoupdate
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blackbird71 last edited by...
Nope. It may be that my Windows 8.1 update was later than those that proved problematic, but I was okay. No BSD for me. Now I will admit that what I do on the computer is relatively unimportant. I don't obsess over what is on my computer and I don't spend much time on it either... probably an hour at most per day. ... I can appreciate that those whose livelihood depend on their computers might be a bit more concerned about having it freeze or lock up on them. it's just that I'm not one of them. Good luck to you both.Well, some users running Win X-P/POS2009, 7, and 8.1 have all had various problems with 4 or 5 of the August MS updates (blue screens, etc) and the out-of-cycle update (2993651), just released recently to supposedly fix some of the August problems, has been itself now found to "brick" Windows Update functionality, among other things, for some users. Apparently, you're one of the fortunate users who've avoided all these fiascos. Unfortunately, those who have been hit have had no end of frustration in trying to fix things... "system restore" doesn't even fix some of the problems, and no two users seem to have the same results with any other given solution path.
Even though Microsoft will eventually sort all this out, my main point is that there are many users who studiously try to lower their exposure to all this kind of auto-update grief. Computers and their software have become incredibly complex with all their myriad of digital interactions... so it becomes extremely hard for any software coder to take it all into account, even in their extensive "lab" testing. Those of us who value system stability above all else need the capability, within each piece of software, to be able to block the automatic updating whilst we monitor the experiences of other users acting as "canaries in the mine-shaft" (Bless 'em all!) We also try to organize our manual updating at times and usage patterns so that rogue updates don't crash our systems at inopportune times. Blink Opera doesn't provide the necessary update blocking ability currently, although by renaming the updater executable, one can obtain that effect. Far better would be the conventional technique (like in most other software) of giving these users an option to select auto, block and notify, or simply block auto-updating. As it currently stands, I simply cannot recommend Blink Opera to my similarly-oriented user friends without such a feature.
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Deleted User last edited by
Uh... Windows is far from dead. It is used on 90% of all computers in China and in spite of the evil empire's desire to release their own OS, Windows will remain for the foreseeable future. Furthermore, MS would continue on for years on the revenue from its patents alone so it has no worries about income. Windows 9 is only a year away and the release of the early preview should be in a few weeks. I'm very excited about what Threshold has to offer. I understand the hatred of MS by many, particularly in the Opera community, but that hardly constitutes a threat to the company. But... we're losing focus here. The thread is about auto-updates. To each his own, I guess. I've no issues with Opera continuing to auto-update on my system but for those who want more control for a variety of reasons... more power to you.
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blackbird71 last edited by
Uh... Windows is far from dead. ...
Actually, I think @christoph142 may have meant that when you enter "Win X-P" without the hyphen in a message, it will render in this forum as "Win", followed by a 'dead' smilie, eg: Win XP. Obviously, there are some coders with entirely too much time on their hands...
In reality, the Win
Point-of-Sale version of the OS will be supported/updated by Microsoft for some time yet, so a number of users have modified their installations into the POS version. I will make no comment about alternate interpretations of "POS"... 
Edited to add: By the way, two more auto-updates for MS Win 8.1 can now be added to the list of problem creators... 8.1 does not ship with Netframework 3.5, but auto-updating adds patches for that nevertheless - which bricks a user's subsequent ability to install NF 3.5 if they need it for some reason. Before this is all over, there are going to be a fair number of Windows users who regret leaving auto-updating turned on...
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A Former User last edited by
You can input "XP" within these - <nobbc>``</nobbc>: "
XP".Though I agree the smilie's code had better be changed. Like "xxP" or something.
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christoph142 last edited by
Actually, I think @christoph142 may have meant that when you enter "Win X-P" without the hyphen in a message, it will render in this forum as "Win", followed by a 'dead' smilie
At least one of you got me :cheers:
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Deleted User last edited by
Sorry for the misunderstanding. Yesterday seems to have been a bad day for my ability to understand people. :faint:
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akujinhikari last edited by
I've no problem with auto-updating. In the 20+ years of using computers, I've yet to have an update adversely affect me. Guess I have the magic touch.
Apparently you didn't use the awesome mouse gestures of old that have been nearly completely eradicated.
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christoph142 last edited by
I've no problem with auto-updating. In the 20+ years of using computers, I've yet to have an update adversely affect me. Guess I have the magic touch.
Apparently you didn't use the awesome mouse gestures of old that have been nearly completely eradicated.
Those two things are not related in any way. Opera 11/12 were never and still aren't auto-upgraded to newer versions.
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podgepapin last edited by
I myself have no real problem with an auto update i would just like an option to turn it off or at least tell me tell me when its doing it
