Just in time for our 10th anniversary party!

I heard it was great.

I still use SMS for anything timely because there's a better chance that someone will get it. Plenty of people still turn off data or end up connected to WiFi that's not actually working properly etc.

I guess it comes down to how safe you want your data to be

downloading 500GB on a home internet connection isn't necessarily much fun.

However, a full DR scenario would still test the limits of some internet connections and user patience, especially when we're talking about hundreds of gigs. (Our total 'backup estate' between me, Mrs Hearthly and Jnr, runs to nearly 1TB. That's a lot of data to pull down from the cloud in the aftermath of our house burning down.)

Personally I would be worried about other things if my house burnt down but that's just me.

On day one, or week one, or month one - yes it'd be 'Oh fuck the house has burnt down'.

However, as time went by the question would be asked, 'OK, so where are all our family photos and videos?', and so on.

Hnnnngn, want to put Apache Open Office on the kids laptops (as their Office trial has expired) but unless I upgrade the Windows 10 to Pro I can only download apps from the Microsoft store...

Help me Hivemind, you're my only hope.

Out of interest, what kind of stuff goes in to that 1TB? All my stuff - documents, photos, website bits and bobs etc. comes to 2.5gb, so that's in my OneDrive folder. As Spotify has 99% of the music I listen to covered, I don't have to keep much in the way of local music files anymore, but the ones that I have are backed up into Google Music. Beyond that, everything else is easily replaced.

Personally I would be worried about other things if my house burnt down but that's just me.

My spreadsheet is in the cloud and that's only 271kb so I'm alright.

Anyone been troubled by the file deletion and blue screen problems in update 1809? I’m surprised it’s not been mentioned here, as it’s been reported as a major fuck up.

Anyone been troubled by the file deletion and blue screen problems in update 1809? I’m surprised it’s not been mentioned here, as it’s been reported as a major fuck up.

October 2018 was the first major update to be recalled for quality reasons. It deleted your data. In particular, it deleted data that users had stored in the cloud, that apparently eternal data backup destination, where no data should ever be lost. Right?

It was merely the worst in a series of serious bugs which continue to this day. And I'm focusing on the problems caused by the big update. The car-crash autumn update followed a poorly received spring update. The agony continued for weeks.

The patches are a nightmare too, one recently caused HP PCs to BSOD. And although it received far less attention than the Windows 10 recall, the Windows 7 patch rollup vital to many businesses was also halted this month.

Windows 10 is officially a shit show.

You must have Windows 10 S.

Does this work?
https://www.techradar.com/uk/news/dont- ... soft-store

Whether or not you're personally affected by the current crop of issues isn't the point. The fact is that these are serious bugs that were reported to Microsoft who then went ahead and released the updates anyway.

'I'm alright Jack' isn't really a useful response.

Anyone been troubled by the file deletion and blue screen problems in update 1809? I’m surprised it’s not been mentioned here, as it’s been reported as a major fuck up.

I mean, Warhead's question (that Dave responded to) was literally 'was anyone affected'. The response is perfectly cromulent.

No, I'm fine, but thanks for asking

No, I'm fine, but thanks for asking

I mean, Warhead's question (that Dave responded to) was literally 'was anyone affected'. The response is perfectly cromulent.

Or you could have been affected with smugness because you recently bought a MacBook to replace your knackered old Win 7 Acer instead of getting a Win 10 machine (but that feeling could disappear when you check your bank balance)