OT: Windows 10

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And seriously, wait for SP1, after the dust has settled.  Anyone going for
it in a production environment before the six month period, at a minimum,
is someone whose sanity I question.

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On Wed, Aug 12, 2015 at 12:11:22PM -0400, Kenneth Brody thus spoke:
> 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
> 

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