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When Microsoft Plans to End Its Free Windows 10 Upgrade Offer

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Re: When Microsoft Plans to End Its Free Windows 10 Upgrade Offer

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Post by MichaelGG »

cptskippy wrote: post #38
MichaelGG wrote: post #35

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Trust is not binary. I trust Microsoft not to, say, deliberately weaken Bitlocker. I trust them to generally keep me safe and not turn on my webcam and watch me at night. It does not mean I trust them building up a profile on me. Someone in this thread said Cortana pops up coupon offers when visiting Dell.com? I do not trust this to not be abused. It is also about the overton window and shifting people's acceptance o…

It's on by default in 8.1, 8, 7, Vista, and XP. It's also on by default in Office since XP. When was it optional?

I'm not saying you're wrong, but you're saying XP collected lists of installed apps? And had no way to disable? Citation? This is more than DrWatson/crash reporting.

Re: When Microsoft Plans to End Its Free Windows 10 Upgrade Offer

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Post by jimbobimbo »

vetinari wrote: post #24
tracker1 wrote: post #18

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I don't even mind the telemetry data as some of the in your face passive advertising and additional "features" and apps I could care less about. I finally went linux on my home desktop a few months ago, I was so sick of it. No, I don't want Edge as my main browser. No, wtf is this contacts thing you added in that I can't seem to remove. Can you please get rid of these cards for apps I don't have installed? No, I don'…

> No, wtf is this contacts thing you added in that I can't seem to remove. HKCU:\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\Advanced\People, key PeopleBand of type Dword, set to 0. However, normal people should not resort to configuring their system via registry. This should be normal, disableable feature, if it has to be there at all. Do not forget to re-check after earch update. And yes, I do mind the telem…

"Normal people" are right-clicking the taskbar and clearing "Show People on the taskbar" checkbox.

Or even more straightforward: Settings -> Personalization -> Taskbar.

Re: When Microsoft Plans to End Its Free Windows 10 Upgrade Offer

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Post by ReverseCold »

15charlimit wrote: post #15

Still can't actually opt out of forced updates (non-critical security at least)? Still can't actually kill the extremely invasive telemetry? Still can't get LTSB/equivalent as an individual user to help resolve the aforementioned issues? Still not interested.

> LTSB/equivalent

It's purchasable online but the source of the keys is probably sketchy.

Re: When Microsoft Plans to End Its Free Windows 10 Upgrade Offer

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Post by FireBeyond »

MichaelGG wrote: post #33
FireBeyond wrote: post #27

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Hell, I go to support.dell.com to look at drivers for my laptop, and Cortana pops up, "Can I interest you in a coupon?" I mean WTF.

Whoa wtf. Is that Edge only?

Yeah. :\ Another reason not to use it.
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