Besides, can't really prevent dragnet surveillance without encrypting things properly, which can be done on Windows.
Also, major Windows 10 update today.
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I did install them yesterday.
Activation and all the stuff was OK.
Drivers automatically found for my laptop, even the IRDA remote control works 😁
Uninstalled all the "metro" apps and brought the new start menu to a minimal state that I like. I also like the smaller taskbar, the support for more than one desktop, the style of the icons on the taskbar and the desktop and that the system is very responsive. The last remaining thing that bothered my work on Windows 8.1, charms, were removed, yeah!!
BUT, on the other side, I didn't like at all that when changing colors, the background of the window's title was not changed. I also dislike that you need to do a lot of things just to find the classic control panel and not the new "Settings". Also, on my laptop's 15.6" 1366x768 screen, which is even now the dominant resolution on standard laptops, the X icon and the stuff are quite HUGE! The new calculator is unacceptably big and the Edge web browser... oh well... it's OK when it doesn't get stuck, which happens a lot.
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wrote:I also dislike that you need to do a lot of things just to find the classic control panel and not the new "Settings".
Just right-click on the 'start button' (or whatever the thing on the bottom left is called), and select 'Control Panel' from the popup menu, same as Windows 8.1?
Sure, but a habit is a habit. On Windows 8 & 8.1 I just mechanically hit "Win + I" and immediately pressed enter. 😜
And I don't want to change a habbit that MS forced to me with Windows 8 (that didn't have a start button).
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wrote:Sure, but a habit is a habit. On Windows 8 & 8.1 I just mechanically hit "Win + I" and immediately pressed enter. 😜
Win+X, P achieves the same and works on both Win8.x and Win10. 😀
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That was good! 😀
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Windows 10 showed up on my gaming machine the other night and I accepted its advances. It installed itself in about 15 mins and has run flawlessly ever since. It's snappy to use and boots in a jiffy, but the only thing that's really wowed me is the way in which it magically appeared and installed itself. No regrets here though - I even went so far as to purge the 20GB of Windows 7 restore files that 10 quietly put aside in the event I changed my mind.
Life? Don't talk to me about life.
wrote:need to take a step back and reassess your relative importance in the scheme of things
You may become important enough for problems in any time. Even after 50 years data gotten through backdoors from your net may case problems to you or to other people you care about. Try to use healthy fantasy a bit to understand the situation. Switching brains off is not the best way. If backdoors exist (I'm sure they are, in hardware stuff too) - it's way for power on you and you may only guess will this power be for good or bad. I'd say for bad for most people on Earth as USA now tries to ruin anything on it.
Dumbed down Windows Update is terrible. M$ jumped the shark with this one. Oh, and more privacy issues. No plans for upgrade here.
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Yep, still using windows 7 and I'm happy. MAYBE if I build a new PC in a few years and it does not have floppy and other legacy connectors (which they probably wont), than I'll use modern windows. Does windows 10 even support floppies? I know win 7 does at least 1.44mb 3.5 inchers and I might have used them in 8.1, but who knows.
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DX12 gives a huge boost for Nvidia and AMD GPUs, but no difference worth mentioning that I've seen for Intel iGPUs and no DX12 games as of yet. Microsoft is giving a year to switch for free, right? so no rush, wait for the games to come out to show a benefit and for people to come up with a solution to rid 10 of the spying.
Windows 10 "spying" is mostly mythical.
The often-quoted parts of the privacy statement relate to their services (Hotmail, Onedrive, Office365, etc). And let's be pragmatic about it for a second, you send an email to someone's Hotmail account, has Microsoft not just received a piece of personal information? You enter your CC details to start an Office365 sub, have they not just collected personal data?
All the parts of Windows 10 that collect and submit anonymised, aggregate data can be disabled.
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wrote:Yep, still using windows 7 and I'm happy. MAYBE if I build a new PC in a few years and it does not have floppy and other legacy connectors (which they probably wont), than I'll use modern windows. Does windows 10 even support floppies? I know win 7 does at least 1.44mb 3.5 inchers and I might have used them in 8.1, but who knows.
Yes. And serial communication. USB floppies also.
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wrote:DX12 gives a huge boost for Nvidia and AMD GPUs, but no difference worth mentioning that I've seen for Intel iGPUs and no DX12 games as of yet.
Actually, Intel has mostly been going down the "Less CPU equals better power efficiency" route with DX12:
https://software.intel.com/sites/default/file … el-Graphics.pdf
https://software.intel.com/en-us/videos/dx12- … -intel-graphics
http://www.extremetech.com/gaming/187970-dire … n-new-tech-demo
Their GPUs are too slow to get a performance boost from lower CPU overhead. They weren't CPU-limited to begin with.
Has anybody seen a licence for 10 that is not limited to the "lifetime of the device"? Or indeed a definition of what "lifetime" means.
If it's an OEM license then it legally cannot be moved to a new cpu/motherboard.
If it's a Retail license then it can legally be moved to a new cpu/motherboard. (Would probably require a call to MS tho)
Really though since Windows 10 is free for a year as long as the version of Windows you are upgrading from is Activated *cough* then you are good.
After a year who knows but I doubt MS will go back on that.
MAK/KMS then of course it doesn't matter as long as there are enough licenses.
wrote:If it's an OEM license then it legally cannot be moved to a new cpu/motherboard. If it's a Retail license then it can legally be […]
If it's an OEM license then it legally cannot be moved to a new cpu/motherboard.
If it's a Retail license then it can legally be moved to a new cpu/motherboard. (Would probably require a call to MS tho)Really though since Windows 10 is free for a year as long as the version of Windows you are upgrading from is Activated *cough* then you are good.
After a year who knows but I doubt MS will go back on that.MAK/KMS then of course it doesn't matter as long as there are enough licenses.
Microsoft do not really enforce the OEM restriction as a phone call its all it takes to move a OEM license from one system to another, at least with Windows 7 which then can be upgraded to Windows 10.
I have stockpile of broken laptops just in case I need more Windows 7 keys.
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Yeah I was worried about a retail 7 licence being transmuted into a "lifetime of device" licence [which sounds like OEM arrangement].
wrote:Windows 10 "spying" is mostly mythical.
Testing goes against your assertion.
wrote:All the parts of Windows 10 that collect and submit anonymised, aggregate data can be disabled.
"While the inital reflex may be to block all of the above servers via HOSTS, it turns out this won't work: Microsoft has taken the care to hardcode certain IPs, meaning that there is no DNS lookup and no HOSTS consultation. However, if the above servers are blocked via HOSTS, Windows will pretend to be crippled by continuously throwing errors, while still maintaining data collection in the background. Other than an increase in errors, HOSTS blocking did not affect the volume, frequency, or rate of data being transmitted."
"When a webcam is first enabled, ~35mb of data gets immediately transmitted to: ..
Everything that is said into an enabled microphone is immediately transmitted to: ..
If this weren't bad enough, this behaviour still occurs after Cortana is fully disabled/uninstalled."
http://localghost.org/posts/a-traffic-analysis-of-windows-10
wrote:"When a webcam is first enabled, ~35mb of data gets immediately transmitted to: .. Everything that is said into an enabled micr […]
"When a webcam is first enabled, ~35mb of data gets immediately transmitted to: ..
Everything that is said into an enabled microphone is immediately transmitted to: ..
If this weren't bad enough, this behaviour still occurs after Cortana is fully disabled/uninstalled."
http://localghost.org/posts/a-traffic-analysis-of-windows-10
That is scary stuff if it was true. But i wonder if this is a Hoax?
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