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Tannin wrote: | And you will have them, TP. We install Classic Shell and Free Launch Bar on every system as routine, but I'll add Explorer++ just for you. |
Thank you for not calling it idiot proof!
Cheers! _________________ You cant fix stupid, turns out you cant quarantine it either! |
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Dave The Man
Joined: 01 Apr 2005 Location: Someville, Victoria, Australia
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John Wren wrote: | love how harvey normans is advertising laptops with an upgrade to windows10 free. |
Harvey Norman caters to the People who know next to nothing about Computers.
That will make me NOT buy there laptops _________________ I am Da Man |
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What'sinaname
Joined: 29 May 2010 Location: Living rent free
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Dave The Man wrote: | John Wren wrote: | love how harvey normans is advertising laptops with an upgrade to windows10 free. |
Harvey Norman caters to the People who know next to nothing about Computers.
That will make me NOT buy there laptops |
but they sell keyboards with an anti-capitalised, unbolded ifs, which would really suit you Dave.
Just saying |
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Tannin
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Joined: 06 Aug 2006 Location: Huon Valley Tasmania
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It gets worse and worse.
Windows 10 sends identifiable data to Microsoft despite privacy settings
Quote: | Windows 10 sends identifiable information to Microsoft, even if a user turns off its Bing search and Cortana features, and activates the software’s privacy-protection settings. Analysis by technology site Ars Technica has shown that Windows 10 still contacts Microsoft even when these features are disabled ..... other bits of information sent to and requested from Microsoft, including those associated with the company’s cloud storage service, OneDrive, and to an unknown content delivery network, have a user identification number attached. The machines used for the test were using a local login to Windows 10, not a Microsoft account, and had OneDrive, Cortana, live tiles and every other privacy-protecting setting active.
Windows 10 also downloaded new tile information from its MSN news and information service, despite the live-tile feature not being active on the test machine. The request had no identifiable information, but was also not encrypted.
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http://www.theguardian.com/technology/2015/aug/13/windows-10-sends-identifiable-data-microsoft-despite-privacy-settings _________________ �Let's eat Grandma.� Commas save lives! |
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Dave The Man
Joined: 01 Apr 2005 Location: Someville, Victoria, Australia
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Tannin wrote: | It gets worse and worse.
Windows 10 sends identifiable data to Microsoft despite privacy settings
Quote: | Windows 10 sends identifiable information to Microsoft, even if a user turns off its Bing search and Cortana features, and activates the software’s privacy-protection settings. Analysis by technology site Ars Technica has shown that Windows 10 still contacts Microsoft even when these features are disabled ..... other bits of information sent to and requested from Microsoft, including those associated with the company’s cloud storage service, OneDrive, and to an unknown content delivery network, have a user identification number attached. The machines used for the test were using a local login to Windows 10, not a Microsoft account, and had OneDrive, Cortana, live tiles and every other privacy-protecting setting active.
Windows 10 also downloaded new tile information from its MSN news and information service, despite the live-tile feature not being active on the test machine. The request had no identifiable information, but was also not encrypted.
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http://www.theguardian.com/technology/2015/aug/13/windows-10-sends-identifiable-data-microsoft-despite-privacy-settings |
and People still want Windows 10
Are Microsoft worked with the Government Spy Agencies for WIN 10? _________________ I am Da Man |
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Piethagoras' Theorem
the hypotenuse, is always a cakewalk
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thanks for the download links, Tannin. That classic shell is a ripper, so much better than the windows 10 start menu, what an absolute mess that is! Explorer++ is pretty cool, installed that too. Just a heads up on the other one, 'Explorer2', the free 'lite' version is for 32bit only. The 64bit is only offered free as 21 day trial versions of 'professional' and 'ultimate'. Anyone have an old link for XTree Gold? _________________ Formally frankiboy and FrankieGoesToCollingwood. |
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Tannin
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FrankieGoesToCollingwood wrote: | Anyone have an old link for XTree Gold? |
I can do better than that, Frankie. http://ztree.com/
It's free to try and not expensive to buy. _________________ �Let's eat Grandma.� Commas save lives! |
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stui magpie
Prepare for the worst, hope for the best.
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Cheers for that Classic shell oh Tannic one, I just put that on my daughters windows 8.1 laptop, she utterly hates 8.1. _________________ Every dead body on Mt Everest was once a highly motivated person, so maybe just calm the **** down. |
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HAL
Please don't shout at me - I can't help it.
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Can you tell me any gossip? |
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Piethagoras' Theorem
the hypotenuse, is always a cakewalk
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Tannin wrote: | FrankieGoesToCollingwood wrote: | Anyone have an old link for XTree Gold? |
I can do better than that, Frankie. http://ztree.com/
It's free to try and not expensive to buy. |
ha, fantastic! I was only kidding but I'll give it a go, purely for nostalgic reasons. I wasn't proficient back then, just a curious, meddling noob with a knack for creating more than my fair share of bsd's. 20 years on with a fading memory and numerous lost cells, I'm not sure things will have improved! _________________ Formally frankiboy and FrankieGoesToCollingwood. |
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Tannin
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stui magpie
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Tannin
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The tech reporters at major news outlets are nearly always utterly clueless, Stui. Why, I don't know, but it has been the case for as long as I can remember.*
Notice the similarity between the two articles: both simply regurgitate canned statements from some prior source, and do so uncritically.
Now notice the key difference between the two articles: one regurgitates a self-serving Microsoft PR department blurb. The other regurgitates statements from two highly regarded and technically well informed bodies: EFA and ACCAN.
Finally, notice a second differentiator: at the conclusion of the PR puff piece she draws an (ill-informed) conclusion. She does not do so at the end of the more recent article - which is actually good, as she lacks sufficient technical knowledge and experience to be able to draw valid conclusions on technical matters.
Disclaimer: I'm not attacking her in particular. She's clearly not very competent but mainstream press computer journalists seldom are. Quite likely she's better than most of them. There have been a few outstanding exceptions over the years, but they are very rare. If The Age actually wanted to improve the quality of her technical journalism they could second her to do six months work experience alongside me. (Or any other competent working techie with good teaching and communication skills.) There is no substitute for practical, hands-on experience.
* Which is to say for as long as the PC industry has existed. I first became involved with PCs years before there was such a thing as a computer journalist anywhere outside the little-known trade press, and have worked with them for most of the time since then. _________________ �Let's eat Grandma.� Commas save lives! |
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stui magpie
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What the hell, another opinion.
Quote: | I don't know if I broke a law of computing or committed heresy. But I installed Windows 10 on my Macbook Pro. I had feared that this would condemn me to purgatory in the gates of computing hell. But it has been an incredibly positive experience: my favourite Microsoft Office applications — Outlook, Word, and PowerPoint — work faster than ever before, and I can still use Apple peripherals: a Thunderbolt Display and Thunderbolt external hard drives. The best part is Windows 10 itself: it is a beautifully designed operating system that gives me the best of the past and present — maintaining the usability and familiarity of the old Windows operating system, and letting me download slick apps designed for tablets.
Another Microsoft product that I had written off years ago is Microsoft's Internet Explorer. The jury is still out, but Microsoft's new browser, Edge, seems faster than Google's Chrome. I may end up switching browsers as well. |
Read more: http://www.theage.com.au/digital-life/digital-life-news/i-was-a-microsoft-sceptic-but-windows-10-has-me-convinced-20150817-gj1e5y.html#ixzz3jEIbcglE
Follow us: @theage on Twitter | theageAustralia on Facebook[/quote] _________________ Every dead body on Mt Everest was once a highly motivated person, so maybe just calm the **** down. |
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Culprit
Joined: 06 Feb 2003 Location: Port Melbourne
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I will wait for Windows 10B, after they fix the plethora of bugs in Windows 10 and then no need for endless updating. Oh shoot the updating never stops. |
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