Why Windows 10 Sucks or Everything Wrong with Microsoft Windows

Post by freeAgent » Wed, Jan 01, 2020, 3:04 AM UTC

ChrisSD wrote: post #227

brianpgordon wrote: post #219

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I've always been skeptical of the Windows security model as a user but I didn't think it was that porous. Thanks for setting me straight. I found these articles explaining why it's so bad: https://tyranidslair.blogspot.com/2017/05/reading-your-way-a... https://tyranidslair.blogspot.com/2017/05/reading-your-way-a... https://tyranidslair.blogspot.com/2017/05/reading-your-way-a...

For enhanced security you can run as a "standard user" then switch users whenever you need to run something with admin privileges. And by switch users I mean literally go through the login screen to change desktop to an admin user. Obviously this isn't ideal. I've been using this set up for awhile and mostly I can live with it but installing/updating programs is a pain. Especially if they bizarrely don't expect to be…

Post by thrower123 » Wed, Jan 01, 2020, 5:12 AM UTC

itvision wrote: post #234

thrower123 wrote: post #170

Most of these issues are solved if you can manage to get your hands on a copy of the LTSB (or whatever they are calling it these days, I believe the name has changed slightly) version of Windows 10. I would actually pay good money for this distribution, but it's only available through MSDN subscriptions or enterprise licensing. It's a rock-solid, stable, garbage-free version of Windows. You don't get any half-borked…

Sadly not legally available for SOHO users in any shape or form.

Post by mixmastamyk » Wed, Jan 01, 2020, 5:54 AM UTC

Lammy wrote: post #211

mikestew wrote: post #203

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Are people just blinded by rage against Microsoft? The first person quoted abbreviated Microsoft as “M$”, and AFAICT, within the past few years. We’ve seen that Penny Arcade cartoon from, what was it, ten years ago? That was a page-closer for me, I don’t think I was going to find useful commentary in there. And I loathe having to use Windows 10 at work. And I worked at MS a lot longer than the person quoted.

> what was it, ten years ago? Double that and you’re closer ;) https://www.penny-arcade.com/comic/2002/07/22

Post by jki275 » Wed, Jan 01, 2020, 6:29 AM UTC

Silhouette wrote: post #272

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If it's for professional use, then you can use the official non-hacky method of disabling telemetry with the group policy editor available in Win10 Enterprise, server, and education versions.

Only if you have those editions, though, which typically no small business or independent professional does (nor home users, obviously). Windows 10 Enterprise is, as far as I can see, essentially a different OS to Windows 10 Pro and the lower editions, presumably because Microsoft knows very well that its big corporate customers wouldn't stand for the kind of behaviour it's trying to inflict on everyone else but the…

Post by jki275 » Wed, Jan 01, 2020, 6:44 AM UTC

m463 wrote: post #185

itvision wrote: post #125

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MacOS looks like the best poison.

Actually, even with apple's proclamation that "privacy is a right", macos phones home all the time too. ios compounds this by removing any real insight or control over your device or apps.