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541.
by scholia 10y ago
Yes. Also, if you start to use Cortana (which is off by default), Microsoft pushes you into converting your local PC account into a Microsoft Account (ie link your PC to your MSA email address).
542.
by scholia 10y ago
> MS had the foresight in 1979 to see that Unix would become a big thing 1978, I think. The idea that Unix would take over from CP/M seemed pretty common at the time. The main problems were the high Unix prices and the cost of the
543.
by scholia 10y ago
Capitalism in action. Good luck with that....
544.
by scholia 10y ago
Your choice ;-) Did you actually use Windows 10 you're complaining about?
545.
by scholia 10y ago
It's cloud-supported in the same way as iOS and Android. In your terms, those are also crapping on their users (Android even more so), but sales of iOS and Android devices seem to be pretty healthy to me. The whole world is moving to m
546.
by scholia 10y ago
Yes, you can. Just make sure you never use two different log ins from the same account on your PC ;-)
547.
by scholia 10y ago
I think all the major ecosystems require a log-in: Apple, Amazon, Google, Microsoft. In Windows 10's case, it's only for apps. If you're happy with Win32 programs, you still don't need to use a Microsoft Account.
548.
by scholia 10y ago
Even more childish that I thought....
549.
by scholia 10y ago
But if you upgrade to Windows 10 from Windows 7, your existing log-on (which has no Live account connection) continues exactly as before.... It's not really a surprise if an app store needs an account. Are there any that don't?
550.
by scholia 10y ago
> Most of what you're hearing is horribly, horribly slanted, if not outright false. Not in my personal experience, both of Milo and of Gamergate. Glad to hear you have a different and better experience, but I saw the harassment an
551.
by scholia 10y ago
It's not a derail. I've already pointed out that Windows 10 is a converged mobile operating system, and some of its features come directly from Windows Phone (Cortana, Notifications etc). It has a lot of characteristics in common
552.
by scholia 10y ago
One man's "relentless advocacy" is another man's "telling the truth". I take it you'd prefer things that are not true to go unchallenged? By the way, the use of "M$" is childish and usually marks
553.
by scholia 10y ago
Nope. I think you should look in a mirror. Either way, that's not an appropriate comment in this forum.
554.
by scholia 10y ago
Think of it this way: Microsoft isn't interested in individual cars, or their occupants, it's interested in traffic flows, and especially in crashes. It's dealing with anonymized, aggregated data, and the dashboards that Micr
555.
by scholia 10y ago
No.
556.
by scholia 10y ago
> Why wouldn't Microsoft explain exactly what is sent and make it inspectable. I agree with you: I think it should. I also think we should get the same info for Android and iOS as well, but we don't. Further, what about the m
557.
by scholia 10y ago
Absolutely true. And because, as you say, "little of the Windows revenue come from upgrades," Microsoft didn't give up much income by making the Windows 10 upgrade free for one year (though it did add a bunch of server and ba
558.
by scholia 10y ago
I understood you perfectly well. I was just pointing out one of the obvious mistakes.
559.
by scholia 10y ago
Agreed. I think the standard army acronym is SNAFU ;-)
560.
by scholia 10y ago
All my Windows 10 upgrades have improved performance, so far (touching wood here, throwing salt etc). You might get an improvement with the new version due on or after August 2, but if not, it's worth trying a clean installation.... &
561.
by scholia 10y ago
Sorry, terrible typo, or braino. Instead of "the chance of Windows coming out is zero", please read "the chance of Windows 11 coming out is zero".
562.
by scholia 10y ago
> I wonder if anyone on the Windows 10 dev team and/or their managers have ever heard of HIPAA, and how telemetry could... cause issues. They've heard about it but they haven't posted anything interesting about it. Try s
563.
by scholia 10y ago
Yes, they are much better and yes, you control things via GPOs. See https://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/mt577208%28v=vs.... > retail version that makes it difficult to turn all of these options off in
564.
by scholia 10y ago
> special versions (or treatment) available to the DoD, banks and other large orgs who have clout is clearly not what I was talking about What you said was: > Win10 is not going to be installed in any business that needs high data
565.
by scholia 10y ago
No. What would Microsoft do with billions of keystrokes from approaching 1.5 billion PCs? Especially since most of those keystrokes are probably Solitaire or GTA or some other game, or else they're from email or social networking (wher
566.
by scholia 10y ago
I agree, but there's no evidence that people care. There are hundreds of millions of consumers who don't pay attention, and hundreds of millions of businesses and programmers etc that do get the info they need, and that's the
567.
by scholia 10y ago
> They want to shutdown support for all the remaining operating systems and push everyone onto Win10 as quickly as possible. They want to move everyone to Windows 10. This does not involve shutting down support for anything else. The s
568.
by scholia 10y ago
I'm not missing the point. Calling it a "keylogger" isn't just inflammatory, it's wrong. Being upset about what Windows 10 actually does is fair enough -- I understand that not everyone wants things like telemetry a
569.
by scholia 10y ago
Being confused is not particularly useful. One of those articles is old and the other mainly has a sensational headline. There's no evidence in the text that the writer knows what a keylogger is, but he does say "Click Turn Off an
570.
by scholia 10y ago
So could Google or Apple on any of their devices. The point is that people are mis-using the word keylogger, either because they really don't understand what's happening, or as a device for scaring people. Neither is satisfactory,

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