NoelC Posted February 28, 2017 Posted February 28, 2017 (edited) Quote Well, some interesting (but bad) news, goodbye System install logs http://az4n6.blogspot.it/2017/02/when-windows-lies.html THIS SITE EDITOR PUT EVERYTHING INSIDE THE QUOTE. MY REPLY FOLLOWS: So that user had Windows "Anniversary" install itself and reset all his logs. That's not a terribly big surprise. The "in-place" upgrade is a pretty significant installation, not just an update - even though Microsoft delivers it through Windows Update. It probably just wouldn't work otherwise. I think Microsoft listened to the, shall we say, technically challenged users who claim they have to reinstall their OS every 6 months (because they treat their systems like crap) and just made that the way Windows works all the time. It's ridiculous! Seems to me it's part of a plan to try to make people think their accumulated data and settings choices are worthless, and for them to learn not to even EXPECT that any data or settings could survive for more than a year. Without the expectation of continuity, Microsoft can turn a world of users into mindless money machines with ADD who just take whatever Microsoft shovels at them. -Noel Edited March 7, 2017 by dencorso Moved your reply out of the quote...
jaclaz Posted March 1, 2017 Posted March 1, 2017 Maybe of interest for those using Windows 10 (or maybe not): https://github.com/NathanCastle/BootShellCredentialProvider Quote Windows 10 Credential Provider intended to simplify the process of logging directly into alternative shells to Windows Explorer. Seemingly it allows to use a Linux GUI Shell through the Windows Subsystem for Linux. jaclaz
BudwS Posted March 7, 2017 Posted March 7, 2017 (edited) Consider this link to an information gathering technique: http://www.dailykos.com/story/2017/3/6/1640496/-We-Are-On-An-Information-War-Battlefield-And-Most-Of-Us-Don-t-Even-Know-It If there are information gathering techniques that can be used to profile a person's decision making, might W10 programs use such techniques in software releases? Or marketing campaigns? If this post is too much for this topic, please delete it. http://click.actionnetwork.org/mpss/c/6AA/ni0YAA/t.25e/IRd_ZiDHRgaDMEHDI6zFWw/h14/zR1J7iRW-2BzS6i1Q9SLTfweDE-2BbgldW-2BANtuAug6jAsSSxLBDhrE-2FCJtmqf84T7XFNzLMqYE3AWw0SX4fdWaj2utyPpPScuHiiUyduM369RPXSxgwmZ6XrmUv7TBrY7OnVMcjhS1AdZpc1ZxzPrgK3guCjYRHeXtP7K904AF7BwJsbporrtdG6Rxhz3a3UX1UCPv2g-2BdY4DhsSZ-2BgJdTj-2BPhHcNIsB2NQa4ul1abPHj67lIf5Ozsq2eSO-2FcCPQr3x-2FIKaU2w8sak8qmQyuAOxv-2BOwRa-2BfbS6oHg-2FxLqIg0SU-2FbgVdwlIct4RBwST-2Bwsw24r7e9C8usnPYaN0J6PLtIjAu7rdvQA83hVZa94qz3eApNrvGsaGbtiz3rLxQeqPx1X5Mo6WFDgrWl7ZRIHbF2ZmYg9zm0xa7gIjduULmi2oIl7B2yDDVwa9Sp9XRu5dDWhVXKRHWsOYG7CXrMqAoGhJ-2FqzIi1B-2FqIA3vY8INyhsKcXRh-2FRUXRsyWW5EY7jez1lj7TDOZY0FnCYLu4K5dbk3-2B5dSZh9vVcBUwVsxva0rxwoHwxG51ZTvx5hkcxwlfdLBZqy5aWRzetJtT4wwXrvqWjnE5fAMH0cyWfmf4eNTDXVcaDA4nfppcB1UTcXtu Edited March 7, 2017 by Tripredacus Second thoughts.
Tripredacus Posted March 7, 2017 Posted March 7, 2017 Why is it, that website needs to have such a crazy URL to get to that story? And even after I got through the link you posted (I put it in the spoiler), I still had to trim the URL four times to get one that wasn't unnecessarily long. But it is along the lines of "information gathering" I think the link you posted goes through a tracking service. And then the resultant link has attributes in it, that the website (dailykos.com in this case) use to track how you got to the site, including some hash value based on something. At least that link I put in your post now shouldn't do that. 2
jaclaz Posted March 16, 2017 Posted March 16, 2017 It seems to me like a line has just been crossed https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/help/4012982/discusses-an-issue-in-which-you-receive-a-your-pc-uses-a-processor-tha Quote "Your PC uses a processor that isn’t supported on this version of Windows" error when you scan or download Windows updates TL;DR Just §@ç#ing update to Windows 10! jaclaz
Tripredacus Posted March 16, 2017 Posted March 16, 2017 Hmmm well it does seem kinda weird that they would disable updates for everything just because one thing wasn't supported.
TELVM Posted March 16, 2017 Posted March 16, 2017 (edited) One would think that they can't to go any lower than this, but I'm sure they'll manage. EDIT - LOL just for the pleasure I wonder if a simple trick like this registry tweak could be enough to give them the finger. Edited March 16, 2017 by TELVM 1
NoelC Posted March 18, 2017 Posted March 18, 2017 On 3/16/2017 at 5:49 AM, jaclaz said: https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/help/4012982/discusses-an-issue-in-which-you-receive-a-your-pc-uses-a-processor-tha The first thing that comes to mind is: "That's not a bug, that's a feature!" It's getting hard to make the case that updates are positive things... -Noel 3
cc333 Posted March 21, 2017 Posted March 21, 2017 1 hour ago, RJARRRPCGP said: Ban Windows Update!!!!!!!!!! Very concisely stated! c
TELVM Posted March 21, 2017 Posted March 21, 2017 (edited) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u5mFI9spp10 (Sorry can't post the video decently, this interface is ridiculous) Edited March 21, 2017 by Tripredacus fixed url
mikedigitize Posted March 23, 2017 Posted March 23, 2017 Today at onMSFT: a poll on "has Microsoft gone to far in “invading your privacy?” " https://www.onmsft.com/news/poll-is-microsoft-invading-your-privacy-with-windows-10
Tripredacus Posted March 24, 2017 Posted March 24, 2017 People don't seem to mind because no one has broken into the place yet where MS is keeping all those keystrokes and wireless passwords.
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