Microsoft Announces Windows 10 to be free for all!

[TKD]

I don't want to put torrent on the new laptop. I will see if I know someone that has one already.

Thanks for the suggestion.

[Bouncer]

Boot from a USB drive. Download torrent of windows 10 pro onto another computer and install on USB drive. Take USB drive, plug into broke computer, power on, and hit f12 then boot from USB and it will start the installation. That's what I did when my windows 7 computer got fucked and lenovo wanted to charge me $75 for recovery disk. Fuck them, I did it myself.

[TKD]

I don't have a disc

[Turbo3000]

So I got this a month or so ago. I had issues with it once upgraded. Took the option to go back to previous version. Now my laptop is completely fucked. It can't find the operating system during start up.

Would it be worth it to take it to geek squad?


I took off everything I wanted to keep before starting the conversion.

Can you boot from a recovery disc?

[TKD]

So I got this a month or so ago. I had issues with it once upgraded. Took the option to go back to previous version. Now my laptop is completely fucked. It can't find the operating system during start up.

Would it be worth it to take it to geek squad?


I took off everything I wanted to keep before starting the conversion.

[Bouncer]

I've pretty much become an expert at turning off back round "features" because my little netbook is so underpowered I do everything I can to speed it up.

Yea, all the spy shit is on by default but at least we have the option to turn 90% of it off.

[Bouncer]

Windows 10 uses your bandwidth to distribute patches (a torrent seeder of sorts)...

"Windows Update Delivery Optimization" is an on-by-default setting in Windows 10 (home) that uses YOUR upload channel to speed up patch distribution to other people. It is essentially bittorrent in a wrapper.

If you live in a part of the world where monthly caps have to be monitored carefully this may come as an unwelcome surprise. It is also unclear how MUCH of your upload bandwidth this feature can use. From the poor bufferbloat results from our*html5 speedtest, most subscribers will find their whole internet slows to a crawl if their upload channel is occupied.

Microsoft have said the upload uses a "limited portion" of idle upload bandwidth however it is unclear how they know in advance what your upload bandwidth actually is. My upload bandwidth (for example) is a paltry 1 megabit. Perhaps they have incorporated some kind of testing in order to not only take less than that, but also relinquish it when it is used for other purposes? or perhaps they thought most people won't notice."

easily turned off.



How To Turn Off Windows 10 Update Delivery Optimization Feature | Redmond Pie

[TKD]

I don't care about customability, I care about programs and browsers functioning with ease. Seems like apple is the way to go for me.

[blm]

Windows 10 uses your bandwidth to distribute patches (a torrent seeder of sorts)...

"Windows Update Delivery Optimization" is an on-by-default setting in Windows 10 (home) that uses YOUR upload channel to speed up patch distribution to other people. It is essentially bittorrent in a wrapper.

If you live in a part of the world where monthly caps have to be monitored carefully this may come as an unwelcome surprise. It is also unclear how MUCH of your upload bandwidth this feature can use. From the poor bufferbloat results from our*html5 speedtest, most subscribers will find their whole internet slows to a crawl if their upload channel is occupied.

Microsoft have said the upload uses a "limited portion" of idle upload bandwidth however it is unclear how they know in advance what your upload bandwidth actually is. My upload bandwidth (for example) is a paltry 1 megabit. Perhaps they have incorporated some kind of testing in order to not only take less than that, but also relinquish it when it is used for other purposes? or perhaps they thought most people won't notice."

[Bouncer]

Windows 10: Microsoft under attack over privacy | Technology | The Guardian

[blm]

Just saw that. It comes back automatically if I log out.

[Bouncer]

fuck your signature and your XT1096 piece of shit.

[blm]

yea gotta admit, that's a bit scary.

privacy is becoming a thing of the past. we put a ton of trust in these companies, lets hope they are responsible.

Responsible? I have zero faith in that. Privacy is an illusion.

Sent from my XT1096 using Tapatalk

[Bouncer]

Faster booting, smaller footprint make Windows 10 an easy upgrade for old PCs | Ars Technica

[Bouncer]

"Actually, here’s one excerpt*from Microsoft’s privacy statement*that everyone can understand:

Finally, we will access, disclose and preserve personal data, including your content (such as the content of your emails, other private communications or files in private folders), when we have a good faith belief that doing so is necessary to: 1.comply with applicable law or respond to valid legal process, including from law enforcement or other government agencies; 2.protect our customers, for example to prevent spam or attempts to defraud users of the services, or to help prevent the loss of life or serious injury of anyone; 3.operate and maintain the security of our services, including to prevent or stop an attack on our computer systems or networks; or 4.protect the rights or property of Microsoft, including enforcing the terms governing the use of the services – however, if we receive information indicating that someone is using our services to traffic in stolen intellectual or physical property of Microsoft, we will not inspect a customer’s private content ourselves, but we may refer the matter to law enforcement."

yea gotta admit, that's a bit scary.

privacy is becoming a thing of the past. we put a ton of trust in these companies, lets hope they are responsible.