Windows 10

[userque]

Generally, yes. Ubuntu is open source software. You can review the source code, etc. The "community" would spot something like what M$ is doing.

M$ is closed source. Only they know what's in their code, and I'd bet only a few know about any juicy tidbits.

Can this be avoided with Ubuntu, or similar?

 

[burrocrat]

no. bill gates is actually king of the world, he just doesn't make a big deal out of it is all. so you have to just trust him, or else it's off with your digital head. i was actually in his new house on lake washington while it was under construction. he is for sure the king of the world.

 

[Whipsaw]

Can this be avoided with Ubuntu, or similar?

 

[nnuut]

STOP Tracking and violating our privacy. What the hell is this? These A$$holes are crossing the line!

 

[userque]

I would have posted this opinion earlier, but everyone was waving the M$ flag and indicating that they believed the tracking can be turned off...because M$ put some check boxes there that said, "off."

My musings:

MS offering 10 for free.
MS pushing hard for everyone to upgrade
MS says it will force upgrade
10 tracks, keylogs everything
MS in bed with US Intelligence community
MS knows everything about its software
MS/NSA/CIA/FBI would love access to everyone's computer/mic/camera/phone/tablet
EDIT:
10 updates itself and downloads whatever software it wants, whenever it wants, and doesn't have to tell you what it did...and you can't stop it.

Also,

Hardware/computer manufacturers are in bed with the alphabet boys as well.

The math:

2 + 2 = 4

I suspect backdoors are built into most hardware. I suspect some very clever backdoors are in 10, working with the hardware (camera/mic).

 

[userque]

Microsoft Admits Windows 10 Automatic Spying Cannot Be Stopped

Forbes Welcome

"Speaking to PC World, Microsoft Corporate Vice President Joe Belfiore explained that Windows 10 is constantly tracking how it operates and how you are using it and sending that information back to Microsoft by default. More importantly he also confirmed that, despite offering some options to turn elements of tracking off, core data collection simply cannot be stopped: ..."

LOL...yeah...shocking

 

[Frixxxx]

Ouch!

I use Spybot for detecting and "immunizing" my system.

I use HijackThis! for registry and bootup repair.

I agree with JTH, Running in standard user mode is a great way to defend against malware installation. He gets rep points from me!

Oh, and I use Emsisoft for my running antivirus-malware

 

[JTH]

Ouch!

I use Spybot for detecting and "immunizing" my system.

I use HijackThis! for registry and bootup repair.

I agree with JTH, Running in standard user mode is a great way to defend against malware installation. He gets rep points from me!

Here here!
Least privilege needed to accomplish the task is the wayto go!

For my own Windows 10 saga, I had a bad memory card, somany of the issues I had can be attributed to this. Once I swapped out the cardthe only issues I've had (thus far) were sound drops.

I ended up downgrading to the factory windows sound driver,and since this time everything has been working very well.

So as of now, the reboots, WIFI & sound issues areresolved, and the PC reboots in less than a minute

 

[Frixxxx]

I have been getting tons of Mcafee popup screens advising me that my security system is not safe. The actual updates are current and my scans are currents? Anyone else getting this?

Ouch!

I use Spybot for detecting and "immunizing" my system.

I use HijackThis! for registry and bootup repair.

I agree with JTH, Running in standard user mode is a great way to defend against malware installation. He gets rep points from me!

 

[Cactus]

If you are one of the hold-outs who refuse to give up win 7 or 8.1 you better turn off auto-update soon. Starting next year MS will make 10 a recommended update for these systems. Microsoft will make Windows 10 a recommended update in 2016 - The Tech Report

 

[Scout333]

Sorry wish I could help, for myself I don't typically run virus software because I stay logged in as a standard user, so (in theory) nothing can be installed unless I provide my admin credentials. At this moment, I am running Windows Defender, but this is only because I don't want to constantly see notifications that I'm not running virus software.

Here are some guesses.

1) You've picked up Malware and it's trying to get you to install something worse than what you've already picked up. Something similar to you happened to my Mother-in-law and she ended up whipping out her credit card to pay for something she thought was an updated subscription to McAfee (turns out it was malware) and it took me some time to get rid of it, but after I knew her backups were up to date, I rebuilt the OS. IMHO when you suspect your OS has been violated, a rebuild is the best choice.

2) Your Mcafee engine has been corrupted or compromised and is not running properly.

If I were in your predicament,

1) Validate my backups are intact in case something goes wrong during troubleshooting

2) Run MalwareBytes or some similar program and run a full scan, if something is picked up, it can usually remove it

3) Reinstall your virus software and run another scan

I tried Option 3 and so far it seems to be working well. No more popups, etc.

 

[Scout333]

Thanks for the suggestions!

 

[JTH]

I have been getting tons of Mcafee popup screens advising me that my security system is not safe. The actual updates are current and my scans are currents? Anyone else getting this?

Sorry wish I could help, for myself I don't typically run virus software because I stay logged in as a standard user, so (in theory) nothing can be installed unless I provide my admin credentials. At this moment, I am running Windows Defender, but this is only because I don't want to constantly see notifications that I'm not running virus software.

Here are some guesses.

1) You've picked up Malware and it's trying to get you to install something worse than what you've already picked up. Something similar to you happened to my Mother-in-law and she ended up whipping out her credit card to pay for something she thought was an updated subscription to McAfee (turns out it was malware) and it took me some time to get rid of it, but after I knew her backups were up to date, I rebuilt the OS. IMHO when you suspect your OS has been violated, a rebuild is the best choice.

2) Your Mcafee engine has been corrupted or compromised and is not running properly.

If I were in your predicament,

1) Validate my backups are intact in case something goes wrong during troubleshooting

2) Run MalwareBytes or some similar program and run a full scan, if something is picked up, it can usually remove it

3) Reinstall your virus software and run another scan

 

[Scout333]

I have been getting tons of Mcafee popup screens advising me that my security system is not safe. The actual updates are current and my scans are currents? Anyone else getting this?

 

[userque]

Microsoft kills patch notes, will no longer explain most Windows 10 updates | ExtremeTech

"When Microsoft debuted Windows 10, it began offering significantly less information about KB updates in any given package. Instead of getting a clickable link that provided more than a bare sentence of information, users have to manually search for KB articles based on the given name. While this isn’t difficult, it’s an example of how Redmond has made it a bit more difficult to know what the OS is doing or why it’s doing it. Now, the company has stated that this obfuscation isn’t an artifact of a rushed launch — the company will not explain feature updates unless it deems them significant."

 

[JTH]

The saga continues, OS is jacked again, thinking it's a hardware issue... Running test on the memory

 

[JTH]

Of the 8 PCs I've upgraded to windows 10, mine is the only one having problems, but I'm also the only one who does any "real" work on my PC

Since our last conversation, I've had to rebuild the PC again twice, after duplicating the original errors. The key error is "Extended attributes are inconsistent" with past windows versions, this is commonly tied to the UAC's sound, but I don't think this is the case in this situation.

One possibility, is the disk cleanup utility (and CCleaner) is stripping out the extended attributes across my file system, thus disconnecting my standard user account from being able to use the "run as administrator" feature. If so, this is not user error, this is a substantial flaw in the system.

The other possibility, when installing programs under the admin account, it is not connecting administrative type programs to the standard user account.

Normally I would troubleshoot extensively until I was 100% certain what is causing it, but I'm moving next week, and I've already lost 3 days messing with it, so for now it's up and running and working well.



On this latest install, I've installed all programs under the standard user login, using admin credentials.

BUGS! I'm waiting for them to get the BUGS out!View attachment 35726View attachment 35726View attachment 35727 Is this thing in Beta or something?

I should add, I also bought a Windows 10/Android muti-OS tablet for 100 bucks from CHUWI and it is nearly flawless. Full OS, and reboots in less than a min.

 

[nnuut]

BUGS! I'm waiting for them to get the BUGS out! Is this thing in Beta or something?

 

[JTH]

I have it upgraded on 2 of my laptops (well, my wife's and then my wife's second one haha). We haven't noticed anything this big or even buggy really at all. It was a bit to get used to at first, but otherwise the glitches were un-noticed if there as any, and it's been smooth sailing for us. Now if only work computers would upgrade to it... :/

Of the 8 PCs I've upgraded to windows 10, mine is the only one having problems, but I'm also the only one who does any "real" work on my PC

Since our last conversation, I've had to rebuild the PC again twice, after duplicating the original errors. The key error is "Extended attributes are inconsistent" with past windows versions, this is commonly tied to the UAC's sound, but I don't think this is the case in this situation.

One possibility, is the disk cleanup utility (and CCleaner) is stripping out the extended attributes across my file system, thus disconnecting my standard user account from being able to use the "run as administrator" feature. If so, this is not user error, this is a substantial flaw in the system.

The other possibility, when installing programs under the admin account, it is not connecting administrative type programs to the standard user account.

Normally I would troubleshoot extensively until I was 100% certain what is causing it, but I'm moving next week, and I've already lost 3 days messing with it, so for now it's up and running and working well.



On this latest install, I've installed all programs under the standard user login, using admin credentials.

 

[maui21ice]

Arrrgh, arrrgh. Arrgh. They never even made legacy stuff work with XP before they upgraded to 7. It’s great if you use “standard” application to do “standard” things. Does anyone in any IT in any agency EVER think that there are others using computer applications than those sitting in offices at the HQ?
I should take to heart what I was told in a briefing earlier this year by a HQ type. “We are a government agency first, our purpose for existing and supporting that are secondary”.
Yeah, sure. Win10. Nothing works with 7 so why not? Who cares if we can do the job the agency was created to do?
PO

I'm going to be brutally honest with you PO, I can't tell if in your post you hate Windows 10, or love it... :laugh: