Liking Windows 10

[ArcadiaGP]

Microsoft really doesn?t want Windows 10 users to switch to Chrome | The Verge

 

[bwframe]

Halfway through the uninstall a box popped up and said it couldn't revert back. Then everything went black. NOTHING left except for my emails on the seperate account. Everything is empty.
Thanks for the hint though.
HMH

Those files are likely still there. It's time to quit using that system though until you can recover them. It'd be well worth putting in a new hard drive to save the files on the current one.

Microsoft really doesn?t want Windows 10 users to switch to Chrome | The Verge

Anyone have updated info on eliminating the continually more overbearing Win 10 annoyances?

 

[halfmileharry]

Those files are likely still there. It's time to quit using that system though until you can recover them. It'd be well worth putting in a new hard drive to save the files on the current one.




Anyone have updated info on eliminating the continually more overbearing Win 10 annoyances?

The files are GONE forever. I have had 2 software gurus try to find them. One is a super software gent that travels all over for a major company that does exactly this and he said he couldn't find anything left in it. I also have a family member that's one of the "undesireables" on the internet and he informed me within an hour that it's blank.

When loading 7 again it automatically updated before I could access the box to stop updates. My new clean load is very close to 8.1 with some of 10s features after the update.
I'm looking at a Mac now even though this new PC is barely over 7 months old.
They even "F'd" up Solitaire so I'm not happy with my $800 deck of cards either.

 

[Mr Evilwrench]

I have some 7 DVDs, I think they're home premium. I doubt I'll be using them much, but you'd probably do best to get them off ebay. That way you can get a nice uncorrupted fresh install. If, as it seems, your files are really gone, at least you can get the M$ residue scraped off, install the patches you really need, shut off the automatic updating, and relax.

ETA, just found a reinstall DVD for $18.

 

[halfmileharry]

I have some 7 DVDs, I think they're home premium. I doubt I'll be using them much, but you'd probably do best to get them off ebay. That way you can get a nice uncorrupted fresh install. If, as it seems, your files are really gone, at least you can get the M$ residue scraped off, install the patches you really need, shut off the automatic updating, and relax.

ETA, just found a reinstall DVD for $18.

My new load was the Ultimate. It was a new registered sealed disc. $10. I miss Vista. LOL!

 

[CTS]

The files are GONE forever. I have had 2 software gurus try to find them. One is a super software gent that travels all over for a major company that does exactly this and he said he couldn't find anything left in it. I also have a family member that's one of the "undesireables" on the internet and he informed me within an hour that it's blank.

When loading 7 again it automatically updated before I could access the box to stop updates. My new clean load is very close to 8.1 with some of 10s features after the update.
I'm looking at a Mac now even though this new PC is barely over 7 months old.
They even "F'd" up Solitaire so I'm not happy with my $800 deck of cards either.

If they were overwritten they are likely gone. Have you gotten a backup solution yet? Hard drives routinely die just for the fun of it. If you're keeping anything you don't want to lose on a single hard drive, it's begging for trouble.

 

[halfmileharry]

I back up regularly. The hd didn't puke. The Windows 10 back to Windows 7 reverse operation stopped mid revert.
I just have to get all of the back up discs put back on the new OS and I'm having trouble getting the formatted discs to take on the Ultimate with the new "updates". I did lose a lot of info I hadn't saved in a couple of weeks but I'm having to get a better education on how to deal with all this new 10 crap.
I still say 10 can kiss ..........

 

[ArcadiaGP]

Microsoft reneges on 'unlimited' OneDrive storage promise for Office 365 subscribers | ZDNet

Microsoft Admits Windows 10 Automatic Spying Cannot Be Stopped

Well **** you too, Microsoft.

 

[steveh_131]

Microsoft reneges on 'unlimited' OneDrive storage promise for Office 365 subscribers | ZDNet

Microsoft Admits Windows 10 Automatic Spying Cannot Be Stopped

Well **** you too, Microsoft.

Holy moly, they had an individual user storing 75 Terabytes of data on their OneDrive! That is... well, pretty impressive. I thought that my 30TB media collection was big. I guess it's time to step up my game.

 

[Mr Evilwrench]

Can we just call Bill Gates a supervillain?

 

[sharkey]

Can we just call Bill Gates a supervillain?

Well, he DID just come out as a communist.

 

[ArcadiaGP]

Microsoft Makes Windows 10 Automatic Spying Worse

 

[Expat]

I am thinking long and hard about deleting my Windows partition on my dual boot laptop except I don't have the Win serial number if I decided to reinstall it. Lost the box it came in I guess.

 

[hoosierdoc]

Win 10 deleted all my documents from Win Vista. I changed motherboards and vista didn't like that, so I just upgraded to win10 a few months ago. Then I went looking for my old docs and pics and they were gone. Actively deleted by windows 30 days after the upgrade. Idiots.

fortunately I had carbonite backup, or 15 years of documents and pictures would have been wiped.

 

[ArcadiaGP]

Cortana is now on iOS and Android devices.
https://blogs.windows.com/windowsex...eed-her-no-matter-what-smartphone-you-choose/

Yep, definitely a Microsoft app...

 

[sharkey]

[video=youtube_share;EUXnJraKM3k]http://youtu.be/EUXnJraKM3k[/video]

 

[WebSnyper]

Cortana is now on iOS and Android devices.
https://blogs.windows.com/windowsex...eed-her-no-matter-what-smartphone-you-choose/

Yep, definitely a Microsoft app...

So Siri on iPhone and "Hey Google" don't need any of that same access? I'd think any personal assistant type app would need a ton of access. Now plenty of other apps don't need all the stuff they ask for, so I get the concern there.

 

[pudly]

Windows 10 covertly sends your disk-encryption keys to Microsoft

That completes it. Not only is MS actively spying on your activities by default, but you can't even encrypt your own hard drive and expect it to be protected. The fifth amendment doesn't apply to items in 3rd party hands. I've been doggedly protecting my Win7 install on one machine and when it goes out of support, I'll be 100% Linux.

 

[Mr Evilwrench]

Want to stay with windows? You will be made to care. It's 10 or nothing if you want or need a new box, long before end of support.

 

[pudly]

Want to stay with windows? You will be made to care. It's 10 or nothing if you want or need a new box, long before end of support.

That actually isn't surprising. With the end of regular support for Win7/8, they aren't adding new features (including new CPU support). They are only putting out security patches.