Windows 10

[Bardmaiden]

Has anyone else heard about Windows 10's security issues?

I already knew about this 'feature' having a windows phone and made sure that it was switched off when I did the set up when I installed.

[EricKei]

Apparently there's a way to prevent the auto-broadcast...but it's stupid. You need to add a specific "opt out" string to the end of your SSID name. Dear Lawdy.

[Dreamstalker]

My desktop is bugging me to update already. Nothankyou (if it allowed me to burn a DVD and play around with Win10 on a VM before committing I might, but...). I told mom about the password-sharing and how to opt out and she said "You are not renaming the network, we already have enough problems with this thing".

Given that 'feature', I find the "They won't have to grow up with passwords or obsess about security" ads particularly hilarious. (of course, now the hacker in me is thinking about that...)

[KuariKaydrith]

I had Windows 10 installed for all of an evening before I went back to 8.1. Why? It wasn't reading any of my removable media correct - that 1TB external drive that was empty? According to Win10 it was full. That 16GB usb thumbdrive that was also empty? Again, according to Win10 it was full. I went through all my various thumbdrives of differing sizes and Win10 read them ALL as being full, regardless of whatever was on them. Oh, and I couldn't access anything that was saved on them.

And this is before hearing about the security issues...ugh.

[Gizmo]

Given that 'feature', I find the "They won't have to grow up with passwords or obsess about security" ads particularly hilarious. (of course, now the hacker in me is thinking about that...)

I hate that advert!

Personally I will be looking at trying to put 7 on my new machine if I cave and decide that my CPU on the laptop heating up to about 90C when gaming is bad enough to give in and buy a new one....

[Dreamstalker]

My dad already installed Win10...and called me to complain (10 minute boot time among other problems). I helped him the best I could (mostly weblinks; I'm not touching the OS with a 10-meter cattleprod, if we absolutely need to upgrade it'll be Linux). I didn't find out about the security issues until after getting off the phone...he'll be thrilled I'm sure

[Ironclad Alibi]

A question for those of you that have installed Windows 10 over an earlier OS. Did you have to reinstall any of your applications, such as MS Office? I have not received my download yet, but I use MS Office 2007 and do not look forward to reinstalling it and 8 years worth of updates.

[Sakka]

My desktop is bugging me to update already. Nothankyou (if it allowed me to burn a DVD and play around with Win10 on a VM before committing I might, but...)

There is a media creation tool for Windows 10, lets you make bootable media on a thumb drive (needs 6GB), or an ISO to burn to disk.

https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/soft...load/windows10

[EricKei]

Ahhhh.. I thought you had to actually install win10 first to use that tool. Glad to see I was mistaken. ^_^

[TheSHAD0W]

Important information about Windows 10: http://imgur.com/gallery/I8u2G

If you change any hardware after the free upgrade, you have to buy a new copy of the OS? https://imgur.com/gallery/8OJ4t

[EricKei]

More info on disabling specific privacy-invasion "features":

http://www.techrepublic.com/article/...tag=TREd47db54

On Shadow's second link -- I'm hoping the tech the guy spoke with was misinformed. The comments are indicating that MS goes by your Motherboard/BIOS for this, as it always has. Here's hoping that it's still the case. One guy even said he changed his RAM since installing Win10 and it made no difference.

[lordlundar]

Now see, this is a perfect example of the rhetoric that's going around that I'm waiting fro cooler heads to prevail first.

Well here's an interesting perspective on it.

[EricKei]

Another article about security settings (includes a minor clarification about the wifi sharing weirdness): http://www.lifehacker.com/what-windo...ally-172226722

Just as a pre-emptive heads-up for all : If you wanna talk about these odd settings, how to disable them, express how much of a clusterf--- this is...? Feel free. If you wanna debate whether MS should have been doing this crap, or their motivations/justifications for doing so (e.g., "It was free, what did you expect?")? head on over to Fratching.

We now return you to your regularly scheduled thread, already in progress

[cindybubbles]

I'm downloading Windows 10 for my PC now! I'm so happy to finally get the upgrade!

[Teysa]

My husband made sure Win 10 got installed on my computer. I won't know if I like it or not until September since I'm in Alaska and the computer is in Texas. He seems pretty happy with it so far.