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Feature update to Windows 10, version 1709 just installed itself on my computer. I checked the details of the so-called new features. There's absolutely nothing there that I need or want. But I had no choice. During the update, Microsoft changed my display language and turned on password protected sharing. It also deleted the quick start toolbar from my taskbar. There may be other changes that I haven't found yet.
At no time during the update did I receive any notification about these changes. Every time Windows 10 updates, I have to spend hours tracking down and fixing unwanted changes.
Why do you do these things, Microsoft? Is there a setting that lets me protect my personalization settings from your stupid unwanted "feature" updates?
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Totally agree. On top of that, they somehow changed how I archive documents and even how I can go back to an earlier version. It's now going to take me several hours to (a) get my settings back to the way I want them, not how some techie at Microsoft thinks I want them, and (b) to figure out why I should possibly click "don't save" with newly updated/messed up Word in order to be able to go back one version. Worse, the instructions at Microsoft don't work.
I have the same question!!! I even had a hard time getting to system restore this time so I could find a restore point. I was finally able to get to one two weeks ago. Two weeks worth of work down the tubes!
