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Windows 10, Yay or Nay?

"making Windows 10 the most secure version of Windows, helping to protect people from viruses, phishing, themselves, identity theft, Linux Mint, Ubuntu, Android and more. We'd like our customers to upgrade and improve their experience with Windows and provide Microsoft with unlimited access into their life and checkbooks."

Executive Vice President
Windows and Devices
Terry Myerson
 
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Bg260 said:
"making Windows 10 the most secure version of Windows, helping to protect people from viruses, phishing, themselves, identity theft, Linux Mint, Ubuntu, Android and more. We'd like our customers to upgrade and improve their experience with Windows and provide Microsoft with unlimited access into their life."

Executive Vice President
of Windows and Devices
Terry Myerson
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Was that an actual quote?
 
Microsoft reverses course on Windows 10’s malware-style upgrade tactics

On the one hand, good for Microsoft. When you’ve dug yourself a hole it’s important to stop digging, no matter how big the thing has gotten. On the other hand, the company might have considered customer reactions before it made these changes in the first place — and I guarantee you that there were internal voices at Microsoft that attempted to stress how the firm’s relentless pushing of Windows 10 could backfire in the court of public opinion.​
 
They should be severely fined heavily across the board for this crap, because only 25% of ppl with Win10 actually WANTED it!
 
Dngrsone said:
Those would be the voices that are no longer employed at Microsoft? :rolleyes:
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I've been 10-ing it for a while. My biggest concern was keeping a working web development environment without losing too much and other than that abysmal thing they call "Edge" (that I still have to test in) it's actually been relatively pleasant.
 
Windows 10 Anniversary Update hits on August 2: What you need to know

It's been a year since Windows 10 arrived, and Microsoft has new features for it, including an always-listening Cortana and Hello for website logins.

Windows 10 debuted last summer, and one year on, Microsoft is adding several new features, with the Windows 10 Anniversary Update arriving on August 2. That's perilously close to Microsoft's self-imposed deadline for upgrading from older versions of Windows 10, so you will have to get Windows 10 by July 29 to get the latest OS an this new update for free.

The Anniversary Update is a well-rounded package, with both consumer and business features. Security is a big focus, but an emphasis on promoting Windows use on touchscreen devices comes through loud and clear too.
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...that's fine, as long as I can stay on 7.
 
Ugh.. My Asus laptop came with Win10 (drivers on Website only go as far back as 8.1) and that "Superfishy" OS [emoji57] gets less than 0.1 of 1% run time on my laptop since I successfully got dualboot kickin'. If it wasn't for an absolute requirement of that dang Windows OS to allow my flash drive be read by my car stereo or the LG Flashtool, I wouldn't waste my HDD space for it at all.
Hoo-RAH Linux for bein' both less finicky and less sneaky!! [emoji48]
 
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I was trying to figure out why I was having slow start-ups. I tracked it down to Windows Defender doing a full scan EVERY START-UP. Then I saw this. Who are "we'll" and how exactly do they plan to do this? I'm not against security. Just the implementation. I had also turned off all of the annoying alert sounds and they somehow turned themselves back on. I'm starting to like Linux more and more every day.

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Who gives them the right?
What exactly is their definition of "Malware"?
 
Bg260 said:
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I was trying to figure out why I was having slow start-ups. I tracked it down to Windows Defender doing a full scan EVERY START-UP. Then I saw this. Who are "we'll" and how exactly do they plan to do this? I'm not against security. Just the implementation. I had also turned off all of the annoying alert sounds and they somehow turned themselves back on. I'm starting to like Linux more and more every day.

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Who gives them the right?
What exactly is their definition of "Malware"?
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You probably can't easily turn it off unless you got the Professional version of Win 10, using Group Policy, $$$. Which you can buy and upgrade to from the Windows Store of course. :thumbsupdroid:

See also this recent thread.
http://androidforums.com/threads/th...locked-to-help-protect-this-computer.1046303/

i.e. Microsoft knows best for Win 10 Home users.
 
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Bg260 said:
Hey, that might work. I was thinking more /Windows/SystemApps/WindowsDefender/DELETE :D
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You will have boot up a LiveCD for Linux in order to do that.
You must have Ownership of the folder/directory in order to delete anything under Windows, an that folder is owned by the OS, and that ain't you :D

now, once you have deleted the folder with Linux, you will need to run CCleaner ( or equivalent ) and find all of the references to that folder and files, and delete all of them.

If you don't the PC will drag its' feet big time, it will wait 20 seconds for each command it tries to run, and can't find it, it will start searching the entire hard drive for each and every reference.

been there kimo sabie
 
Well I am and Overclocker and I went back to Windows 7,Because I was reading that Windows 8,8.1, and 10 have an underclock bug.
So every time I Overclocked my CPU,Windows 10 would down clock it.So this is why I went back to Windows 7.
 
AZgl1500 said:
You will have boot up a LiveCD for Linux in order to do that.
You must have Ownership of the folder/directory in order to delete anything under Windows, an that folder is owned by the OS, and that ain't you :D

now, once you have deleted the folder with Linux, you will need to run CCleaner ( or equivalent ) and find all of the references to that folder and files, and delete all of them.

If you don't the PC will drag its' feet big time, it will wait 20 seconds for each command it tries to run, and can't find it, it will start searching the entire hard drive for each and every reference.

been there kimo sabie
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You can take ownership directly from within Win10. TakeOwnershipEx makes this quite easy (been using it since Win7). Problems I foresee is when updating. Not only does Win X update for security, but it also adds "features" and will break/undo most of your tweaks.

Almost a year into toying with this I got so sick of this behavior that I began using the LTSB version. Comes without most of the crap right out of the box. No Store, Cortana, Edge, etc. The "N" version also doesn't contain the media player and other crud. You *CAN* add your own player/codecs for media as you see fit, should you so desire. I prefer VLC for all the basics and the Firefox plugin is decent. I like the fact you can play movies, etc. directly from an ISO as if you placed a disk in your optical drive. Just right-click & select "Play with VLC." I posted some links a few pages ago that are quite informative. Many of the experts over on MDLF say that if you must use Win10, run this version. The only thing(s) you will automatically receive are security patches (for up to 10 years). No extra "features" - ever (unless you wipe and install a newer - post 2015 copy, which is not yet available).

Should I ever screw the pooch, my W10 tweaked OS is backed up to a Macrium Reflect (32GB) bootable USB drive. Simply install Reflect, make the bootable USB drive from within the program, and back it up to an external HD file. Finally copy it to the USB stick created earlier, and you have a fully tweaked fresh start.
 
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