I have a number of computers at home. Even more virtual machines running on these computers.
One of the most frustrating things I find about computers and Microsoft in general is it’s lack of concern for my work space or my time.
For example, I frequently tend to have ten or more browser windows open on any one computer…
I may have Notepad++ loaded with a number of files that I’m reviewing…
I may have Outlook open with an e-mail I’m in the middle of writing…
And I may even have Visual Studio 2010 project open to the exact source code line I was on before I finished for the day….
Most of the above may be on one computer or on one computer within a bunch of virtual machines… Yes, I’m a VMware nut and enjoy having multiple virtual computers that are role/function specific.
I stopped working around 9PM last night to get the kids ready for bed, and ended up falling asleep myself. (My fault, I guess…)
Today, around 2PM when I finally have time to resume where I left-off yesterday, after taking the kids to their swim class, coming home to feed them, and finally getting the little-one down for her afternoon nap… I was eagerly ready to continue working, only to find my computer had rebooted and was requesting that I log back in. OK, all my virtual machines where abruptly shutdown. Great! Also checking around the room, I see my laptop had rebooted as well.
I realize that the second Tuesday of this month was 01/10 and today is 01/14. What I don’t appreciate is the fact that Microsoft decides that it’s important enough to apply my updates and reboot my computer for me. Why can’t they just remind by default and not reboot unless I authorize?
I know I can go into Windows Update and change the behavior and tell it to only download and not apply, etc., but why MUST I do this on every machine by default.
I suppose I’ll take 15 minutes out of my day to hop around from computer to computer and turn off auto-updates…
Thanks Microsoft for giving me a wonderful user-experience. I’m sure my mother would appreciate having her computer updated and recycling itself; since she is not as nearly as computer savvy as me; however, me on the other hand – I’d prefer to have control over how my machine is used!
Glancing over my shoulders, I see my iMac is still up-and-running where I left off. Hmmm….
C’mon Microsoft, give me a better user-experience…. Windows still rocks, though!