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I wonder how they plan to disable the spyware? Even the enterprise edition doesn't allow turning everything off. My employer is still rocking Windows 7 for thi

by blub 9y ago

I wonder how they plan to disable the spyware? Even the enterprise edition doesn't allow turning everything off. My employer is still rocking Windows 7 for this reason. At one point we trialed Windows Phone, the guide was a series of embarassing turn this feature off, turn that frature off to try to limit the amount of data being syphoned. Now we use iPhones.

AnIdiotOnTheNet 9y ago
Win10 LTSB is free of the crapware.
- Karunamon 9y ago
  Ostensibly. Given the nigh-malware-like tactics that W10 uses to work around those who try to disable some of that behavior, I'd be quite surprised if it was completely clean. And if that fails, it's till s a massive blob of closed source proprietary code at the end of the day. Your single option is to trust Microsoft.
  - DoingIsLearning 9y ago
    > I'd be quite surprised if it was completely clean. I understood that LTSB was intended specifically for semi-critical/continous usage applications, like airport kiosks and the like. To me, it would seem a bit irresposible to pollute LTSB with telemetry and cruft, when Microsoft knows full well that businesses bought that distribution for that specific guarantee.
- vincengomes 9y ago
  But micrisoft doesnt wants general PC's running LTSB. As they put it .. "Windows 10 Enterprise LTSB is a separate Long Term Servicing Channel version. Long-term Servicing channel is not intended for deployment on most or all the PCs in an organization; it should be used only for special-purpose devices. As a general guideline, a PC with Microsoft Office installed is a general-purpose device, typically used by an information worker, and therefore it is better suited for the Semi-Annual servicing channel." from: https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/deployment/update/waas-overview https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/deployment/update/w...

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I wonder how they plan to disable the spyware? Even the enterprise edition doesn't allow turning everything off. My employer is still rocking Windows 7 for thi

by blub 9y ago

AnIdiotOnTheNet 9y ago
Win10 LTSB is free of the crapware.
- Karunamon 9y ago
  Ostensibly. Given the nigh-malware-like tactics that W10 uses to work around those who try to disable some of that behavior, I'd be quite surprised if it was completely clean. And if that fails, it's till s a massive blob of closed source proprietary code at the end of the day. Your single option is to trust Microsoft.
  - DoingIsLearning 9y ago
    > I'd be quite surprised if it was completely clean. I understood that LTSB was intended specifically for semi-critical/continous usage applications, like airport kiosks and the like. To me, it would seem a bit irresposible to pollute LTSB with telemetry and cruft, when Microsoft knows full well that businesses bought that distribution for that specific guarantee.
- vincengomes 9y ago
  But micrisoft doesnt wants general PC's running LTSB. As they put it .. "Windows 10 Enterprise LTSB is a separate Long Term Servicing Channel version. Long-term Servicing channel is not intended for deployment on most or all the PCs in an organization; it should be used only for special-purpose devices. As a general guideline, a PC with Microsoft Office installed is a general-purpose device, typically used by an information worker, and therefore it is better suited for the Semi-Annual servicing channel." from: https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/deployment/update/waas-overview https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/deployment/update/w...