Win7 and Win8: thorough list of snooping patches that can be removed

[Commander Wallace]

Originally Posted by Moonlight

I've made the process for the removal of these windows updates a bit easier for anyone who wants to dive into the Microsnot update swamp.
To uninstall all the update crap, paste them into a text file and save it on your desktop, you can use that one as a backup, make another text file and rename it as wusa.cmd

I would advise you not to remove everything in one go as there could be issues uninstalling everything, we're talking Microsoft personnel here who are not the greatest programmers known to mankind.
Just copy about 6 at a time into the empty wusa.cmd, save it, then double click it and let it do its stuff.
You'll need to do a reboot each time you run it as you don't want to run into any uninstall problems that I've already mentioned.

Thanks for posting the information you did on post # 9, Moonlight. The information is very helpful. You said it when you coined the phrase " swamp " of updates. As Rockin Robbins said, Microsoft Is not talking regarding their updates and what they do. Hopefully, the work with Linux regarding various applications and games will bear fruit.

As Skybird said, Microsoft was working toward making it impossible for those who purchase new computers to be able to replace their OS systems due to interference from the UEFI replacing the bios.

Skybird has admitted he is not an expert and few of us are either. For someone who Isn't a computer expert, Skybird certainly knows a great deal about computers as do you Moonlight, Rockin Robbins and others here in the forums. Certainly more than the average computer user.

Hopefully, with information from all of you gentlemen, people will be able to sort through the quagmire of updates and OS systems and decide if they want to continue to use Microsoft systems. The more information people have, the more they will be able to make an intelligent and well informed decision.


Thanks again for the information Moonlight.

[Rockin Robbins]

Did yet another Win10ectomy. Now upgraded to Windows 7 and working well. The person I did it for is ecstatic. The Geek Squad told her it was impossible. Hehehehehehe!

You know, the strange thing is that if I applied to work at the Geek Squad they'd say I wasn't qualified, but I know much, much more than they do. Something is fatally wrong with modern hiring practices, where abilities are worthless and pieces of paper are what gets you the job. I'm glad I'm not 20. I hate working for stupid people.

[Commander Wallace]

Originally Posted by Rockin Robbins

Did yet another Win10ectomy. Now upgraded to Windows 7 and working well. The person I did it for is ecstatic. The Geek Squad told her it was impossible. Hehehehehehe!

You know, the strange thing is that if I applied to work at the Geek Squad they'd say I wasn't qualified, but I know much, much more than they do. Something is fatally wrong with modern hiring practices, where abilities are worthless and pieces of paper are what gets you the job. I'm glad I'm not 20. I hate working for stupid people.

I think you are missing the point. The Geek Squad is in the business to sell you a new computer. I know a computer shop which gets computers from the geek squad and they have been intentionally disabled by them when a customer brings them in for repairs. A common practice of theirs is to partially remove the memory modules from their sockets and tell the customer their computer is bad.

A woman I know purchased her computer from them as a cost of $ 1800 dollars. a year and a half later she was told later her hard drive was bad and the computer was beyond repair and they sold her another unit. I looked over her unit and discovered the hard drive was fine but that was after she had purchased a new computer.

I took my computer to them and intentionally disabled it. I wanted to see if they could identify the " issue it was having having " They lied to me telling me it had viruses and the computer was done for. I then asked how they could have performed the testing they said they did since I intentionally disabled it. They just gave me back my computer and the manager and tech had nothing more to say.

They are not stupid, just completely dishonest.

[Skybird]

Originally Posted by Commander Wallace

I think you are missing the point. The Geek Squad is in the business to sell you a new computer. I know a computer shop which gets computers from the geek squad and they have been intentionally disabled by them when a customer brings them in for repairs. A common practice of theirs is to partially remove the memory modules from their sockets and tell the customer their computer is bad.

A woman I know purchased her computer from them as a cost of $ 1800 dollars. a year and a half later she was told later her hard drive was bad and the computer was beyond repair and they sold her another unit. I looked over her unit and discovered the hard drive was fine but that was after she had purchased a new computer.

I took my computer to them and intentionally disabled it. I wanted to see if they could identify the " issue it was having having " They lied to me telling me it had viruses and the computer was done for. I then asked how they could have performed the testing they said they did since I intentionally disabled it. They just gave me back my computer and the manager and tech had nothing more to say.

They are not stupid, just completely dishonest.

Dishonest? No, that is criminal, straight and simple. Has no investigative TV magazine for the bored masses ever tried to trick and then to sue them?

[Commander Wallace]

Originally Posted by Skybird

Dishonest? No, that is criminal, straight and simple. Has no investigative TV magazine for the bored masses ever tried to trick and then to sue them?

I'm not sure and there may have been investigations but nothing was ever done. I have heard similar stories from others who have had the " geek Squad " work on their computers.

A news story came out 2 weeks ago where an arrangement was discovered between the Geek Squad and the the government to snoop through any computer brought in for repairs. Geek squad employees are paid $ 500 " spiffs " for snooping.


https://www.technocracy.news/index.p...mer-computers/


While some of the activities the Govt. is looking for is criminal and reprehensible, it raises issues as to how that that evidence is collected. Even more troublesome is that Innocent people can be caught up in these searches if they purchased used computers from outlets like Ebay or garage sales and have the geek squad perform routine maintenance or " scrubbing " the computer that they can't do themselves.

[Skybird]

Hard drives certainly are no item I would consider to hand over for repair. When it works, it works, when there is a problem, I destroy and replace it.