UPDATE: “We strongly suggest customers do not install applications of this nature," a Microsoft spokesperson told Help Net Security. "These types of third-party apps can alter the way the system operates, creating future problems and changing important settings and features.”
Computer Type: PC/Desktop System Manufacturer/Model Number: Home made Desktop OS: Windows 10 Pro. 64/ version 1709 Windows 7 Pro/64 CPU: Intel i7-6800K @ 4.3 Motherboard: ASUS X-99 Deluxe II Memory: Corsair Platinum 16 gig @2400 Graphics Card: EVGA GTX 1070 OC Monitor(s) Displays: Asus 27" LED LCD/VE278Q Screen Resolution: 1920-1080 or 1280-720 HDMI Keyboard: Das 4 Professional Mouse: Logitech M705/MX Anywhere 2-S PSU: EVGA Platium 1200W Case: Phanteks Luxe Tempered Glass 8 fans/ one radiator Cooling: XSPC/ Water Cooled CPU Hard Drives: INTEL SSD 730-240 Gb Sata 3.0/ Internet Speed: 100 mbits Browser: I.E. 11 default/Firefox/ ISP Time Warner Cable/Spectrum Antivirus: Microsoft Security Essentials/ Malwarebytes Premium 3.0/ SAS Other Info: LG BluRay Burner/
Sound system-KLipsch-THX/
Icy Dock ssd Hot Swap bays.
Windows 10 seem to be a huge Microsoft botnet.
I have read somewhere on this forum Microsoft is also using P2P with Windows 10.
Mhhhhh... that is not exactly true.
What they are doing is using other computers to share their bandwidth and make the downloads of updates faster... in scence, is like using your PC like a P2P, but is not a total P2P, because it only works for Windows Update... can be disabled, but still annoying, I mean, if Microsoft makes me share my bandwith with the rest of the people, speed I PAY FOR every month, then I'd like Microsoft TO PAY ME in proportion for using MY PAID bandwidth. Then, I'd glladly share it.
As I said before, this is why they release this first year for free, it's an experiment, they are using the upgraded users as test subjects to see how their cloud based model will work.
It's like being a guinea pig... honestly, and that attitude from them sucks.
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Western Digital Scorpion Blue (250 GB, 5400 RPM, SATA-II External Hard Disk - Personal Data)
Toshiba MQ01ABD050 (500 GB, 5400 RPM, SATA-II External Hard Disk - Software & ISOs) Internet Speed: 10 MB Browser: Firefox, Chrome, Internet Explorer Antivirus: Avast Antivirus Free Other Info: Windows Experience Index Result: 3.8 of 7.9.
Cooling solutions:
- AVC @ 2000/5000 RPM Copper Heatpipes (For Athlon 64 X2 6000+ CPU used in an Athlon 64 X2 5200+)
- Rear Fan 80 mm @ 2700 RPM for heat extraction
- Manhatan Chipset Cooler @ 4700/7200 RPM (For nVidia Chipset in MoBo)
- Foxconn @ 2500 RPM (Old Pentium III heatsink fan) in XFX ATI Radeon HD 4350
Well, why is everyone surprised the lack of respect to their privacy in Windows 10? It is not a standalone OS, instead it is a cloud based service by Microsoft. As such, all of the cloud services related lack/respect of the privacy comes in to picture.
While on the surface Microsoft isn't doing anything that had not been done before, the extent that MS implemented in the new OS is probably worse than Google's Chrome OS or Android platforms. Which means that MS will have more accurate data about its OS users, ergo, better ad revenues through Bing and other third-parties.
Running tools to disable MS snooping will break a number of "features" in Windows 10. For example, the "Search Windows" on the task bar is broken when Cortana is disabled. The other is that the updates are disabled:
Disabling updates isn't the best idea. Unless you believe that "Windows 10 is the most secure operating system from Microsoft..."
And yes, I did run the program referenced in the article on my Windows 10 in VMware. There's no way I update my W7, 8.1 to 10. At least not for another five years or so...
No. Updates are not disabled when killing cortana and the insecure bullshit cloud services. It can be locked down pretty well if done correctly and its much faster than Win 7 Pro[which I happen to like very much] all around.
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1 X WD 1 TB Black Spinner Internet Speed: 90Mb D/L 15Mb upload Browser: Cyberfox/Chrome Antivirus: Webroot Secure Anywhere Endpoint Protection Other Info: Logitech 5500 Speakers 5.1 / sOME kiND OF rUSSIAN TURNTABLE
Some say IT HAS BLOOD ON IT FETUS OIL,EWWWW DIAPHRAGM LIKERS
My question is can Cortana successfully be killed or will it spring back to life somewhere down the road like Friday the 13th's Micheal? Say for instance when you do a repair...
Yes repair changes everything back to default and is very annoying too
Disabling web search and cortana using group policy does not break local search
It actually speeds it up tremendously because you don't have to wait for cortana to load and speak and also web search results
Pretty much why the only version possibly worth having is Pro.
All you get is a short message admin's have blocked cortana usage.
Almost instantaneous.
No telling if updates to cortana will have issues installing though ?