Windows 10

[/pine]

There's only a "leak proof or 100% safe" firewall/antivirus until a vulnerability is found...

A leak proof firewall is one that has no back doors...if the configuration files can't be accessed there is no way they can be corrupted...
The best way to keep data safe is to not expose it...

 

[RPW]

Agreed, but as soon as you connect to the Internet there is some kind of door. With today's attacks the bad guys don't try to hack your system they wait until you make a mistake by going to a website that's been hacked.

 

[/pine]

Agreed, but as soon as you connect to the Internet there is some kind of door. With today's attacks the bad guys don't try to hack your system they wait until you make a mistake by going to a website that's been hacked.

IMO...internet criminals are not that big of a concern...What bothers me is all the data mining scripts that are freely allowed to run on a majority of highly popular news and social media sites...popular web sites make money by allowing a plethora of third party entities to collect data from their visitors...

This information is so valuable...Microsoft decided to cut out the middleman (third parties) and rather than purchase the information...they incorporated the same types of data collecting scripts into their latest O/C Windows 10...and because they will be making so much money from gleaned information...they could afford to give the O/S away...!

 

[lostcreekranch]

I have an HP Desktop that came with Windows 8. The computer was bought at Sam's Club about three years ago but, I didn't get it out of the box until I retired last year and lost my corporate laptop. I am not very IT savvy as had corporate IT group to take care of everything so, consequently never took time to learn about it, if it worked I was happy!

When setting desktop up it asked if I wanted free W10 and I accepted. I also installed the Office 365 and Outlook since that is what I was used to. Everything set for auto updates.

Everything worked well for several months until evidently there was an update to Outlook. First time I used Outlook I noticed several changes to the screen look. When I went to send an email I found all my contacts were gone as was my calendar. Anyone have this experience? I really don't want to have to re-enter all my contacts?

 

[dadster4]

Everything worked well for several months until evidently there was an update to Outlook. First time I used Outlook I noticed several changes to the screen look. When I went to send an email I found all my contacts were gone as was my calendar. Anyone have this experience? I really don't want to have to re-enter all my contacts?

Win10 version of Outlook uses a different file format for contacts and the calendar, I lost all my contact info also, it's about the only thing that annoyed me getting 10.

 

[lostcreekranch]

Win10 version of Outlook uses a different file format for contacts and the calendar, I lost all my contact info also, it's about the only thing that annoyed me getting 10.

I had been on latest version on Outlook and W10 for several months without problem. It seems that my Contacts and Calendar disappeared after an update to Outlook?

 

[bindian]

Friday night around 10:30 pm, Windows 10 starting installing on my computer. At 3%, I killed the power switch on the surge protector. It took numerous minutes to reboot into my current version, Windows 7. Then, I turned off automatic update installations.
hugs, Brandi

 

[RPW]

Oh yeah data mining. That's everywhere not just MS. Google is another one. For those that use Office 365 if you look at your version you'll find you are on 2016 and there are several changes that I don't like. That's one reason I don't like subscription services. For those that think Cybertronians are not a problem then you haven't been hit with cyberwall. It's nasty. We got when one of our users went to one of our business sites and BAM we were infected. Fortunately we have good backups and only lost minimal data.

 

[Xfaxman]

Tomorrow is the last day for Free Windows 10

On Hughes Net so I started the Free Upgrade at 0450 this morning, to use the Bonus Bytes. Download said it was 3.933 GB, went back to bed, woke up about 0700, it finished at 0738.

So far so good, but mostly just do email and web browsing.

Friday 7-29 is the last day to get it free.

 

[PJSprog]

I'm just simply not interested in Windows 10. In fact, I was perfectly happy with the operation of XP on my old desktop. Unfortunately, I had to move to 8.1 when I bought a new laptop (space issue at the new house). That was harrowing enough for me. I lost the function of some of my older music programs, and others had to be updated (at an additional cost) to work correctly on the new OS. Upgrade yet again just a few years later? No thanks. Not even for "free."