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       #240

    Seems we've went a "little" off topic, but I'll continue.

    I had Foxit Cloud too on the last update and if I recall it was listed separately in Programs and Features and I uninstalled it.
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  2. Posts : 4,049
    W7 Ultimate SP1, LM19.2 MATE, W10 Home 1703, W10 Pro 1703 VM, #All 64 bit
       #241

    Britton30 said:
    Seems we've went a "little" off topic, but I'll continue.

    I had Foxit Cloud too on the last update and if I recall it was listed separately in Programs and Features and I uninstalled it.
    I'm not sure when Foxit Cloud was introduced (v6.0.0.xxxx?).

    It was a separate (automatically) installed program.
    Foxit said on their forum that you could simply uninstall it.

    On my PC:

    • Uninstalling Foxit Cloud broke the updater
    • It seems that issue was fixed in v6.2.0.0429
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  3. Posts : 1,449
    Windows 7 ultimate 64-bit
       #242

    Lady Fitzgerald said:
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    Sorry, couldn't resist.
    Nice one Lady!; funny! :)
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  4. Posts : 4,049
    W7 Ultimate SP1, LM19.2 MATE, W10 Home 1703, W10 Pro 1703 VM, #All 64 bit
       #243

    W7's Market Share Increases Again


    OS Market Share January 2014 - June 2014
    Normal service is resumed as Windows 7's growth once again.....-market-share-os-2014-07-04-6-month-bar-chart.png
    NetMarketShare
    Market share for mobile, browsers, operating systems and search engines | NetMarketShare

    According to data from Net Market Share, Windows XP actually gained market share last month, and Windows 8 as a whole lost some users.

    Things don't seem to be going well for Microsoft -- at least not in the Windows operating system department. According to the latest data from Net Market Share, Windows 8 as a whole (merging Windows 8 and Windows 8.1 together) declined slightly, while Windows XP -- an OS that officially expired almost three months ago -- gained market share. What's going on here?
    TechRepublic - Tony Bradley
    Making sense of the decline of Windows 8 market share - TechRepublic
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  5. Posts : 24,479
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       #244

    It is strange that XP would show any gain.
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  6. Posts : 4,566
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       #245

    Britton30 said:
    It is strange that XP would show any gain.
    I don't think so.

    If people had windows 7 professional (most businesses) they would also get xp mode. This might explain slightly the rise of xp.

    Also from the article:

    This isn't a cause and effect or one-to-one relationship where Windows 8 users are abandoning the OS and reverting to Windows XP. I'm sure that's the case for some users, but the reality is that there are a few factors to consider.

    First and foremost, Net Market Share is measuring OS market share based on the operating systems used to visit the various websites and internet resources it monitors. It's not based on sales, and Net Market Share has no way to determine how many people installed Windows XP or replaced Windows 8 with some other operating system in a given month.

    All Net Market Share is reporting is, for the past month, an increase in Windows XP systems visiting the sites it monitors and a decline in Windows 8 systems. To put it another way, it's possible that there are far fewer PCs with Windows XP this month than last, and far more PCs with Windows 8 / 8.1 this month than last, but the numbers of each browsing the internet are not an accurate representation. That said, I respect the Net Market Share data, and I frequently use Net Market Share as a source for this sort of information, so it seems reasonable to accept the data at face value.

    Taking a closer look at the data, the increase in Windows XP is only four hundredths of a percentage point -- from 25.27% in May to 25.31% in June. In other words, the "gain" makes for a nice, sensational headline, but it amounts essentially to a rounding error. It would be fair to say that Windows XP was stagnant, which in and of itself says something because an expired OS shouldn't just be declining -- it should be in free fall mode.
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  7. Posts : 24,479
    Windows 7 Ultimate X64 SP1
       #246

    I still find it odd, XP mode is also now no longer supported as an OS.
    Those figure are very volatile and change daily, that was a snapshot at the moment.
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  8. Posts : 4,566
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       #247

    True but since its virtual, it does not matter as much as running it natively is a greater risk than virtually.
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  9. Posts : 17,545
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       #248

    andrew129260 said:
    True but since its virtual, it does not matter as much as running it natively is a greater risk than virtually.
    The risk is the same, it's just that using a virtualized XP it's easier to use various Undo Disk / Snapshot features to restore the system easy and fast when the slightest doubt exists.
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  10. Posts : 4,566
    Windows 10 Pro
       #249

    The risk is the same in terms of the os can be infected, yes, but affecting the host is what I meant.

    It is much safer to run questionable things in a vm vs the host even though there are a few threats out there that know when they are being ran virtualized.
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