Windows 10?

[catweasel28]

A Windows 8.1 user in Finland ( the country that brought us Linux) has been awarded €1000 (plus €100 "travel costs") in compensation after his computer automatically upgraded to Windows 10 without his permission.

https://www.infopackets.com/news/104...nwanted-update
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[rlg118]

Originally Posted by rlg118

Eh, I think I will wait 'till after the 1st of the new year. Maybe longer.

Update 1/17: still waiting. Just extended my deferral period to 180 days. By then, 1809 will be working and we'll be wrestling with 1903.

Ironically, my wife wound up with 1809. Her gaming graphics card crapped the bed and she got a nice upgrade to that - it looks awesome, and I'm not even a gamer - but it wouldn't run on 8.1, so the vendor loaded her Digital Storm with Win 10. The latest version, of course!

You know what I like about 1809? When you specify the Dark app mode in Personalization > Colors, now Windows Explorer and context menus all turn dark as well. Much easier on my eyes.

[rlg118]

"It’s official. In the mind-bending (and internally inconsistent) quagmire that has become Windows updating terminology, Win10 version 1809 is now in 'phased rollout' but not yet in 'Semi-Annual Channel (not Targeted).' If you don’t want Win10 1809, get your machine locked down."

More:

https://www.computerworld.com/articl...eid=5c11cdada8

[Ernesto75]

According to Chris Jackson, security expert at Microsoft's
you should not use Internet Explorer as your default browser.

https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/...er/ba-p/331732

Microsoft keeps the IE in his system just for compatibility and for preventing users who don't like EDGE to use Firefox or Chrome.

Personnally I don't use IE anymore, in fact since 2004, that's a long way.

If you insist on using IE you take many security risks.

This article by the security expert at Microsoft's is another proof that IE and EDGE are rejected by Windows users.

[sledge]

Originally Posted by Ernesto75

According to Chris Jackson, security expert at Microsoft's
you should not use Internet Explorer as your default browser....

Made me chuckle a little bit
Who is privately using IE or EDGE as default(main) browser
Or does he (Chris Jackson) really thinks People are thinking: "Hey, let's try to use the MS-Browser with all of it's negative press and tests until it doesn't work out for me any longer"
Very funny indeed

[Ernesto75]

Originally Posted by sledge

Made me chuckle a little bit
Who is privately using IE or EDGE as default(main) browser
Or does he (Chris Jackson) really thinks People are thinking: "Hey, let's try to use the MS-Browser with all of it's negative press and tests until it doesn't work out for me any longer"
Very funny indeed

My point was : Microsoft has lost faith in EDGE.
But they do not want Microsoft 10 users to use either Firefox nor Chrome.
So they keep having IE in their system but privately do not advocate its use.

This is a new proof of failure for Microsoft.

[sparky10]

Originally Posted by sledge

Made me chuckle a little bit
Who is privately using IE or EDGE as default(main) browser
......

The reality is so many people just buy a PC, switch it on and use as is due to the combination of lack of basic knowledge and not wanting to take any risks with it stopping working.
Likewise many are totally unaware that there are alternatives and / or assume alternatives are just for geeks not everyday users. Another presumption is that because they are free there must be a catch somewhere.



I have used Firefox for at least 15 years with Opera as an alternative. Since a Google product I directly avoid Chrome.

[Ernesto75]

Next update for Windows 10 (build version 1903) could be interesting.

Microsoft promised to improve its WSL (Windows Subsystem for Linux).

It would enable Windows 10 users to accede Linux files.

I remember trying to install on Windows a tool for Linux.
I could download it but the installation was not allowed by Windows and I am not absoluterly sure the system is still OK.

There are very good tools on Linux which it would be interesting to use on Windows.

[Estreeter]

Originally Posted by Ernesto75

............ could be interesting.

.......... I already know it's gonna make me laugh at it

[catweasel28]

Security firm Symantec has discovered that at least eight apps in the official Microsoft Store were secretly designed to use a computer's resources without permission. It totally undermines Microsoft's efforts to promote the store as a "safe source of software."


https://www.infopackets.com/news/105...pps-hijack-pcs