Automated Windows 10 updates deleted all my documents and files

Anonymous
2018-01-08T00:24:54+00:00

I am in a state of shock. I was already using windows 10 and last night automated updates started without allowing me to stop them. This morning my computer is cleaned out with all thosevery important document deleted!!! Microsoft can do that??? How can I recover them ALL?????

John

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  1. Anonymous
    2018-10-29T01:18:23+00:00

    For all of you who cannot read: This thread was started in January and had nothing to do with the update issued this month.

    Start a new thread.

    Also read this before you post any questions:

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  2. Anonymous
    2018-10-29T01:15:33+00:00

    For Microsoft Office...?  If so, how did it send the update through??

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  4. Anonymous
    2018-10-29T01:02:41+00:00

    Just so you all know:  LINUX is not exempt from this issue!!!  I'm running Sierra 10.12.6 on a iMac Notebook.  I have Microsoft Office that has been trying to push updates to me.  I've stymied them off for some months and finally the updates went.  It erased everything in my Documents folder and replaced it with just Microsoft Office folders.  

    Here's where it gets bad:  I have my pictures and documents synced for backup to a cloud service.  It immediately wiped it from the backup cloud service as well.  

    This. Is. Crazy.    How the f$*k is Microsoft able to get away with this junk.

    Not only where is the lawsuit to signup, but how has Microsoft not pulled this update attempt after knowing all this time that it is devious?

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  5. Anonymous
    2018-10-27T09:52:55+00:00

    I'm not YET a Linux user--getting closer and closer with every update, and I think it's going to be on my next computer no matter what--so I hope that Linux users will correct me if I get anything wrong, but my understanding is that there are a few versions.  Some of them require you to be a power user who knows a lot of programming; others are designed to be more user-friendly.  There are versions of it you do pay money for, but I think most are free.   

    If you ask Google about the best type of Linux to install, though, it will show you a bunch of articles reviewing and ranking the different versions, and ease of use is one of the thing they talk about.  (Generally it looks like the more user-friendly something is the less customizable it is, but there are still a lot of choices.)  One version that people kept mentioning was Mint, but the last time I looked it up was a few months ago, so your own research might turn up something even better or more suitable for your needs.

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