OT: Windows 10

[Kenneth Brody]

On 8/9/2015 1:06 AM, Richard Kreiss via Filepro-list wrote:
> Top post:
>
> As I said, I was playing with this. I moved back to Win 8.1 pro. Not
> happy with it but it is 64bit and I wanted to run FP 5.8 64bit on my
> laptop. Win 8.1 runs nicely. I'll have to download one of the apps which
> restores the start function so that it is more like Win7.
[...]

My bigger concerns with Windows 10 are the "privacy" settings, which default 
to "privacy? you don't need no stinkin' privacy" mode:

http://right.is/middle-east/2015/07/incredibly-intrusive-windows-10-spies-on-you-by-default-19906.html

(Yes, you can turn them all back to "don't share everything with the world", 
but it defaults otherwise.)


The fact that Windows 10 Home Edition forces Windows Update to 
"auto-install" mode:

http://www.howtogeek.com/224471/how-to-prevent-windows-10-from-automatically-downloading-updates/

(Yes, you can cheat, and disable Windows Update entire with the method in 
the article, but it's all-or-nothing.  No ability to say "this update killed 
my system, so uninstall it".)


And finally, Windows 10 turns your computer into a Windows 10 torrent-like 
server:

http://windows.microsoft.com/en-us/windows-10/windows-update-delivery-optimization-faq

(Again, this can be turned off, but it's on by default.)


-- 
Kenneth Brody