Windows 10 not playing nice...

[alexpgp]

Staying connected to the network all the time has the downside of letting Microsoft have its way with my operating system and working tools (Office). As a result, I end up not having the slightest idea of what might be the cause of a problem, and since the "fixes" offered by Microsoft often are too arcane even for me... well... there's little to do other than grit one's teeth.

The latest "fun 'n games" started a couple of weeks ago, with Windows 10 showing me a sad face emoticon upon shutdown, further informing me that a problem has been found, but that I shouldn't worry, because information was being collected, whereupon the system would go ahead and restart for me.

Did I mention I was shutting the machine down? Sure I did. So why does Microsoft propose restarting my machine?

It turns out it doesn't matter, because several hours after informing me that the information-collection effort was complete, the machine had not restarted, requiring me to shut it down hard, with the old hold-my-finger-on-the-power-button trick.

That said, Microsoft does try to be helpful, by letting you know what error you might want to learn more about. Over the course of several days, I was informed of the following errors:

• BAD POOL CALLER


• KMODE EXCEPTION NOT HANDLED


• IRQ NOT LESS OR EQUAL


• REFERENCE BY POINTER


• UNEXPECTED KERNEL MODE TRAP

Hey, make up your mind, why don't you?

Or better yet, figure out how to fix it and Make. It. Stop.

I would be... grateful.

Comments

[bandicoot.livejournal.com]

The version that worked the best for me, rock solid with no problems, was Vista, contrary to just about everyone else's experiences. Since then Micro$oft has just steadily degraded the OS almost to the point of unuseability. I run Win7, and I have to use add-ons just to get it to work the way I want and get rid of user interface additions that I hate. I avoided 8, and I'll avoid 10 as long as possible. I run GWX control panel to keep Micro$lut from stealth upgrading me, but I'm sure they'll find a way around it. They're like "progressives" - they think they know better than you do how to run your life and they'll ram their way down your throat if it kills you ;/