This is my first comment in this thread

Have read some of the comments and they so to say scare me.

I have an about 6 year old computer-Vista basic

Very weak graphic.

I know that I during the next year or so have to buy a new computer and I presume the Computer I buy have WIN10 and not WIN7 which I heard is the best.

Markus

Get a gaming rig, and W10. Try to get W10 free or cheap, do not waste money for this gangster company. Follow the web-spread advices, and use it ONLY for game launching. NOTHING ELSE.

Get a smaller secondary rig or laptop/notebook for surfing, work, perosnal pics and work files, data storage, onlöine shopping. Use another OS for all that, Linux, Apple, whatever. Anything seems to be better than Microsoft.

Do not use Microsoft services. No cloud computing or data storage. No google Chrome, Google software, Facebook, Adobe. Do not make them strong by spending money for their malware.

If you want to invest m oney into for exmaple Steam, download the steam client for Linux,and do the transaction from your Linux Steam acciount, then bootr intio Windows. Do not do banking or money stuff under Wndows. Do not accept to compromise perosnal important data under W10 of any kind - it will get read out, promised. Buy under Linux what you want to have for Windows, and then isntall and use unde rWindows. But do not buy under Windows. Linux allows to buy or download windows format files which then can be read under Windows. Easy transfer via usb stick.

Today I first time ever heard about Linux Trail. A highly encrypted OS that is stored on a USB file, and gets disconnected from the computer everytime you do not need it anymore. It is said it is Snowden's OS of choice. Maybe Robbins has more info on it. In the past it seems it was difficult to manage and install, but the newly released version they write is more user-friendly.

I also read that that the malware threat is slwoly but constantly growing for Linux as well. Linux elitists do not want to hear that, but I think reality soon will knock them out. Currently there still seem to be no payware security software worth the money for Linux. Maybe it will change over the course of this year. Linux security slowly creeps on the agendas of the manufacturers for sure. And most servers in the Windows world run under Linux already anyway - and help to spread malware aiming at Windows. And increasingly - slowly - aiming at Linux, too.

The days of innocence definitely are over for computer and internet.

Avoid Microsoft, Google and the like. They are profiling monsters and datakrakens. That includes Chrome.

They'll continue as they have been doing but add a link for payment.

I wonder how many who have resisted so far would actually click on such a link :)

I can not move to Windows 10 on my work computer. Can't click that link!

However, when I shut down the power off has the ! stating there are updates to install. The update is Windows 10. :shifty:

Go on, find a way to click on the link. You know you want to :)

They may have you by the...:shifty:

Quote:

Mystery continues with Microsoft's unidentified patch KB 3103709

http://www.infoworld.com/article/304...b-3103709.html

Got Win8.1 yellow alert.

:hmmm:

Microsoft has pulled that update. See post number 7.

http://www.eightforums.com/windows-u...all-these.html

Welcome to the Brave New World. Work computers were supposed to be exempt from forced updates but..... Microsoft.:timeout:

The programs I use should work fine with 10. There is one program I know with certainty will not. IT needs to work on that. But yes, we are basically feeling the pressure now to install 10 via MS constant ! when power off.

N0.2
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Once Upon A Time

I'm going back to pencil/paper and rotary phone. :D

:haha: :)

I can verify this. My new Win 7 64 bit SP1 laptop was updated by the vendor. After I got it I thought I'd do an update check. Nothing happened for approx 25 minutes and I shut her down. I tried again on a couple other days with the same result, nothing. There is a long list of installed updates just prior to when I bought it, nothing after, and none of the 'dirty 14' are installed.

I doubt there will be any more Win 7 updates in the future worth installing.

Both of my Win 7 computers have Updates set to manually check... auto updates disabled, the GWX Control Panel Monitor is enabled, and the Microsoft servers are shut down. My computer 'Time' is synced with a different service.

Thanks to this Topic, I'm 'Win 7' happy : )

What is that fart smell in the air? Yes it's the come back patch the 11th version of KB3035583...Get Windows 10 installer. Yes the bad fart was expelled from MS's rear end yet again yesterday afternoon. Talk about pressure salesman on your door pointing a gun in your face.

http://www.infoworld.com/article/304...ler-again.html