I ordered a computer a few days ago and i noticed it comes with windows 10, i am a big fan of windows 7 and i heard things about 10. can anyone convince me to downgrade or not to downgrade from 10.
Just firewall your pirated games and you should be OKI am going to use my computer for mostly game related stuff and school work, can 10 possibly affect that. also, if i decide to use it to play a pirated game can Microsoft find out and get me in trouble.
You're fine to pirate games, lol. Microsoft won't find out.I am going to use my computer for mostly game related stuff and school work, can 10 possibly affect that. also, if i decide to use it to play a pirated game can Microsoft find out and get me in trouble.
It's just a bandwagon now ¯\_(ツ)_/¯A Windows 10 thread that is without the spying conspiracies... Can we have that please? No? Okay then..
10 is a great operating system. I have none of the crappy software that "disables spying" because Microsoft isn't spying on you. None of that has been proven. As for pirated content? I've got a few applications and older games that are cracked.. No issues..
Because you don't have the same level of security updates as you need to be up to date generally speakingi also heard that it is not safe to downgrade, can i get some info on that.
Or use OpenBSDIt's just a bandwagon now ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
If people were actually scared about privacy, they would have already unplugged their modem.
You can disable automatic update via some regedit and gpedit trickeries. I have all my Windows 10 auto updates disabled.If you decide not to downgrade then the first thing you should do is download and run shutup10 to turn off all the spying crap. Note that you will need to run shutup10 after every update because some of them will reset your privacy settings.
There is also software that can stop automatic updates (which will also replace/update any drivers with the ones Microsoft thinks you should have, even if it will make your computer unbootable) which is probably a good idea, I believe it does so by emulating a WSUS server. I am pretty sure that is the only way to disable automatic updates without disabling the ability to update entirely.
With your modem unplugged don't forget that. If your modem is still plugged in, you will still be "spied" on, no matter the OS you're using.Or use OpenBSD
Yeah but the openbsd crowd is the most paranoid group of users (other than tails maybe).With your modem unplugged don't forget that. If your modem is still plugged in, you will still be "spied" on, no matter the OS you're using.
Or run https://www.safer-networking.org/spybot-anti-beacon/ which will be automatically re-applied every now and then. It uses hosts file edits.If you decide not to downgrade then the first thing you should do is download and run shutup10 to turn off all the spying crap. Note that you will need to run shutup10 after every update because some of them will reset your privacy settings.
There is also software that can stop automatic updates (which will also replace/update any drivers with the ones Microsoft thinks you should have, even if it will make your computer unbootable) which is probably a good idea, I believe it does so by emulating a WSUS server. I am pretty sure that is the only way to disable automatic updates without disabling the ability to update entirely.
The way they mix and match the "Modern" style and classic style with some settings and features only accessible in the Modern UI and the rest accessible in the classic Control Panel, Administrative Tools and such is an annoyance but a minor one at best since you rarely need to go into the Settings app and change anything there and other Modern UI additions like the new start menu, the wifi AP list and notification center are pretty well integrated into the rest of the OS. I personally like the new start menu since it can easily be tweaked to your liking, but some people are afraid of change, those people can use an application to get the old start menu back.I want to be informed first, what are other negative things from9lhwindows 10
I cant think of anything but forced updates which can be inconvenient but it rarely happens and if it does it must be something super importantI want to be informed first, what are other negative things from9lhwindows 10
Only thing i really don't like is cortanna but a lot of people do like it so it could just be meI want to be informed first, what are other negative things from9lhwindows 10