I had a little surprise this morning. I had left my computer on last night, and I had expected to find it in computer dreamland as usual. Instead, it decided to install an update of windows 10. That wouldn't have been too bad except that it was obsessing over the condition of an attached 500 GB external drive, something it could have done after the update was installed and in the background. The stupid thing should have given me a notice before updating. I don't think Windows is "Three Laws Safe" yet.
I have been mostly positive about the new Windows 10, even though there been minor glitches. It was sort of annoying that the dongle for mu bluetooth gamepad was preventing the screen from turning off when the computer was idle. Windows 10 also didn't seem to think my games should be allowed to save screenshots. I guess though its not as bad as an alleged incident where Windows Defender identified the Windows Vista OS as malware and promptly removed it.
Perhaps it is just me, but I am becoming annoyed that Microsoft seems to think that the OS should have more and more control over the user. Its no longer a situation where an experienced user was in control of their machine. Its starting to get to where the OS makes the rules. Windows 98 may be a primitive OS, but it didn't decide that what it wanted took precedence over my desire to read my email. It wouldn't surprise me if the head of Microsoft was HAL 9000 and Robbie the Robot ran the development team.
No, I am not suggesting that Microsoft will soon change its name to Skynet. At the very least, exterminating the Human Race would really piss off the sales department. But keep your Kapersky or Vipre updated. It may be the only thing between you and the Robot Apocalypse.
