Microsoft republishes KB3035583 (Get Win X App)

Lady Fitzgerald · 18 Oct 2015

Brds7t7 said:

I'd love that to be real!

It isn't? Looks real to me.

Brds7t7 · 18 Oct 2015

Lady Fitzgerald said:

Brds7t7 said:

I'd love that to be real!

It isn't? Looks real to me.

Haha true.

Wouldn't it be great if this popped up on millions of PC's?

Iforgot · 18 Oct 2015

lehnerus2000 said:

Something posted on TenForums:

Attachment 373918

screen saver or new background?

Lady Fitzgerald · 18 Oct 2015

Iforgot said:

lehnerus2000 said:

Something posted on TenForums:

Attachment 373918

screen saver or new background?

Hmmmm...

sverne · 19 Oct 2015

The only thing that will stop MSFU will be the European Union in a year or two, when they corner and DEMAND
they cease resulting in a huge fine. This has been the case with MS before, and Google is being investigated currently for their privacy violations. The Europeans take their privacy seriously. BTW, has anyone looked into google's privacy policy when the "we collect information" box pops up on your browser? Instead of robotically checking "I agree", check "other options" and you'll be floored by what they collect.
Is there no end in sight for this snooping on our personal affairs?

Brds7t7 · 19 Oct 2015

sverne said:

The only thing that will stop MSFU will be the European Union in a year or two, when they corner and DEMAND
they cease resulting in a huge fine. This has been the case with MS before, and Google is being investigated currently for their privacy violations. The Europeans take their privacy seriously. BTW, has anyone looked into google's privacy policy when the "we collect information" box pops up on your browser? Instead of robotically checking "I agree", check "other options" and you'll be floored by what they collect.
Is there no end in sight for this snooping on our personal affairs?

Unfortunately not these days. If you're on the Internet, you're being snooped on in some form or another.
Only way to stay private these days is to just not use the Internet.
Easier said than done!

jadinolf · 19 Oct 2015

Brds7t7 said:

sverne said:

The only thing that will stop MSFU will be the European Union in a year or two, when they corner and DEMAND
they cease resulting in a huge fine. This has been the case with MS before, and Google is being investigated currently for their privacy violations. The Europeans take their privacy seriously. BTW, has anyone looked into google's privacy policy when the "we collect information" box pops up on your browser? Instead of robotically checking "I agree", check "other options" and you'll be floored by what they collect.
Is there no end in sight for this snooping on our personal affairs?

Unfortunately not these days. If you're on the Internet, you're being snooped on in some form or another.
Only way to stay private these days is to just not use the Internet.
Easier said than done!

Speaking of snooping, a couple of weeks ago. Superantispyware came up with 40 plus Microsoft tracking cookies on each of my computers. This was all on one scan and I hardly ever go to Microsoft sites.

This was the same time MS was loading that Win10 install folder at the top of my SSD.

jonnyhillow · 19 Oct 2015

jadinolf said:

Brds7t7 said:

sverne said:

The only thing that will stop MSFU will be the European Union in a year or two, when they corner and DEMAND
they cease resulting in a huge fine. This has been the case with MS before, and Google is being investigated currently for their privacy violations. The Europeans take their privacy seriously. BTW, has anyone looked into google's privacy policy when the "we collect information" box pops up on your browser? Instead of robotically checking "I agree", check "other options" and you'll be floored by what they collect.
Is there no end in sight for this snooping on our personal affairs?

Unfortunately not these days. If you're on the Internet, you're being snooped on in some form or another.
Only way to stay private these days is to just not use the Internet.
Easier said than done!

Speaking of snooping, a couple of weeks ago. Superantispyware came up with 40 plus Microsoft tracking cookies on each of my computers. This was all on one scan and I hardly ever go to Microsoft sites.

This was the same time MS was loading that Win10 install folder at the top of my SSD.

Wow, the thing thats really aggravating is even if you turn off a lot of the tracking stuff with Win 10 it's really not fully disabled , MS is incredibly untrustworthy .

I fully support the Nuke option , there's just no other way .

Painter · 20 Oct 2015

Throughout this GWX Campaign, we have heard nothing about all those millions of users who have pirated copies of W7 (China, South America and Russia being where the greater numbers exist) , other than a statement made by Microsoft that they would not be getting the free upgrade ( MS did initially say yes, then they later said no). I have never seen a pirated copy of W7 so I do not know if they also get windows updates. If they do get updates, then they are the only ones who are absolutely delighted with the forced upgrade. The only blog I have read on this was in April 2015, where the blogger said due to the sophistication of 'some' of the pirated copies, they would be able to upgrade to W10 but MS would know it was not a legit license. Knowing is everything. Well it puts the MS Store in front of the eyes of people who steal stuff - that's gotta be good.

Painter · 20 Oct 2015

This link is even older than April 2015, but it states that W7 pirates with the GWX icon are getting W10 for free.

Pirates are successfully upgrading to Windows 10 for free | VentureBeat | Business | by Emil Protalinski

To be clear, these users are claiming all they did was run the “Get Windows 10” app. They are not running cracks after the upgrade (although some are perfectly happy to take that route instead). This would imply that whatever crack these pirates used to trick Windows 7 and Windows 8.1 into becoming activated worked well enough that Microsoft’s own checks didn’t catch it, and gave the green light to get Windows 10 for free.