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barneystinson69 on 21 August 2016

https://www.thurrott.com/windows/windows-10/76719/microsoft-broken-millions-webcams-windows-10-anniversary-update

 

Is this real? Did Microsoft even test their update before they released it, or did they just fire their product testers and hope for the best? Anyway this is causing a shit-storm over the Internet, and with a fix only being promised in September, I'm sure many are pissed indeed.

 

 

 



Made a bet with LipeJJ and HylianYoshi that the XB1 will reach 30 million before Wii U reaches 15 million. Loser has to get avatar picked by winner for 6 months (or if I lose, either 6 months avatar control for both Lipe and Hylian, or my patrick avatar comes back forever).

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nanarchy on 21 August 2016

They can only test so many pieces of hardware, their are millions of various hardware devices, so in order to prevent this sort of thing all the hardware manufacturers have access to early builds of the OS so they can check before it is released. A major stuff up, but most of it with the hardware manufacturers.



Puppyroach on 21 August 2016

But the webcams aren't broken, and a fix for the issue will come so no big deal even though I understand if it is a nuisance for alot of people.



fatslob-:O on 21 August 2016

I'm not surprised, hardware and peripheral compatibility is very hard to achieve ...

Microsoft could've easily just obsoleted support for a lot of pieces of equipment out there but they at least tried to make the best of it ...



JRPGfan on 21 August 2016

This reminds me of that update to win10, that broke drivers for gamepad controllers.
Imo if before a update things work, and after it, they stop, someone didnt test things well enough.



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vivster on 21 August 2016

Take THAT people who think Microsoft works with the NSA to spy on you!

I think this hate train on WIn 10 is getting funnier and funnier. Yes, most of the criticism is absolutely fair and correct but it's not like it's worse than any other OS or that anything will change through internet outrage. Eventually  Win 10 will become better and everyone will switch to it, so the more people hate on it the more they will look like a hypocrite when they change to it as well^^



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Sixteenvolt420 on 21 August 2016
vivster said:

Take THAT people who think Microsoft works with the NSA to spy on you!

I think this hate train on WIn 10 is getting funnier and funnier. Yes, most of the criticism is absolutely fair and correct but it's not like it's worse than any other OS or that anything will change through internet outrage. Eventually  Win 10 will become better and everyone will switch to it, so the more people hate on it the more they will look like a hypocrite when they change to it as well^^

People said Windows 8 would get better, it didn't.



AlfredoTurkey on 21 August 2016

This is the problem with selling one OS that gets whored out to every make and model computer on the planet.



Barozi on 21 August 2016
Sixteenvolt420 said:
vivster said:

Take THAT people who think Microsoft works with the NSA to spy on you!

I think this hate train on WIn 10 is getting funnier and funnier. Yes, most of the criticism is absolutely fair and correct but it's not like it's worse than any other OS or that anything will change through internet outrage. Eventually  Win 10 will become better and everyone will switch to it, so the more people hate on it the more they will look like a hypocrite when they change to it as well^^

People said Windows 8 would get better, it didn't.

It's called Windows 8.1 and improved a lot of things.



LurkerJ on 21 August 2016
Barozi said:
Sixteenvolt420 said:

People said Windows 8 would get better, it didn't.

It's called Windows 8.1 and improved a lot of things.

And the plan was to improve it further, because it still has many annoying baffling idiosyncrasies that Windows fans defended, and then Win 10 brought back what was taken away, basically admitting Win 8 was a UI disaster. So now, we are supposed to "cheer" and be happy.

OT:

Forced updates = not upgrading. Alternatives are there and will be there when Win 8 loses support for me to jump ship