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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."For a musician, the SNES sound engine is like using Crayola Crayons. Nobuo Uematsu used Crayola Crayons to paint the Sistine Chapel." - Jeremy Jahns (re: "Dancing Mad")
"The difference between an amateur and a master is that the master has failed way more times." - JoCat
"Thinking is difficult, therefore let the herd pronounce judgment!" ~ Carl Jung
"There's burning bridges, and then there's the lake just to fill it with gasoline." - Wiccy, reddit
"Retail is a cruel master, and could very well be the most educational time of many people's lives, in its own twisted way." - me
"Love keeps her in the air when she oughta fall down...tell you she's hurtin' 'fore she keens...makes her a home." - Capt. Malcolm Reynolds, "Serenity" (2005)
Acts of Gord – Read it, Learn it, Love it!
"Our psychic powers only work if the customer has a mind to read." - me
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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...)"I am quite confident that I do exist."
"Excuse me, I'm making perfect sense. You're just not keeping up." The Doctor
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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.
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Quoth Dreamstalker View PostGiven 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...)
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....I am so SO glad I was not present for this. There would have been an unpleasant duct tape incident. - Joi
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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"I am quite confident that I do exist."
"Excuse me, I'm making perfect sense. You're just not keeping up." The Doctor
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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."I don't have to be petty. The Universe does that for me."
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Quoth Dreamstalker View PostMy 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...)
https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/soft...load/windows10
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Ahhhh.. I thought you had to actually install win10 first to use that tool. Glad to see I was mistaken. ^_^"For a musician, the SNES sound engine is like using Crayola Crayons. Nobuo Uematsu used Crayola Crayons to paint the Sistine Chapel." - Jeremy Jahns (re: "Dancing Mad")
"The difference between an amateur and a master is that the master has failed way more times." - JoCat
"Thinking is difficult, therefore let the herd pronounce judgment!" ~ Carl Jung
"There's burning bridges, and then there's the lake just to fill it with gasoline." - Wiccy, reddit
"Retail is a cruel master, and could very well be the most educational time of many people's lives, in its own twisted way." - me
"Love keeps her in the air when she oughta fall down...tell you she's hurtin' 'fore she keens...makes her a home." - Capt. Malcolm Reynolds, "Serenity" (2005)
Acts of Gord – Read it, Learn it, Love it!
"Our psychic powers only work if the customer has a mind to read." - me
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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
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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.Last edited by EricKei; 08-05-2015, 09:48 AM."For a musician, the SNES sound engine is like using Crayola Crayons. Nobuo Uematsu used Crayola Crayons to paint the Sistine Chapel." - Jeremy Jahns (re: "Dancing Mad")
"The difference between an amateur and a master is that the master has failed way more times." - JoCat
"Thinking is difficult, therefore let the herd pronounce judgment!" ~ Carl Jung
"There's burning bridges, and then there's the lake just to fill it with gasoline." - Wiccy, reddit
"Retail is a cruel master, and could very well be the most educational time of many people's lives, in its own twisted way." - me
"Love keeps her in the air when she oughta fall down...tell you she's hurtin' 'fore she keens...makes her a home." - Capt. Malcolm Reynolds, "Serenity" (2005)
Acts of Gord – Read it, Learn it, Love it!
"Our psychic powers only work if the customer has a mind to read." - me
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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 progressLast edited by EricKei; 08-06-2015, 03:28 AM."For a musician, the SNES sound engine is like using Crayola Crayons. Nobuo Uematsu used Crayola Crayons to paint the Sistine Chapel." - Jeremy Jahns (re: "Dancing Mad")
"The difference between an amateur and a master is that the master has failed way more times." - JoCat
"Thinking is difficult, therefore let the herd pronounce judgment!" ~ Carl Jung
"There's burning bridges, and then there's the lake just to fill it with gasoline." - Wiccy, reddit
"Retail is a cruel master, and could very well be the most educational time of many people's lives, in its own twisted way." - me
"Love keeps her in the air when she oughta fall down...tell you she's hurtin' 'fore she keens...makes her a home." - Capt. Malcolm Reynolds, "Serenity" (2005)
Acts of Gord – Read it, Learn it, Love it!
"Our psychic powers only work if the customer has a mind to read." - me
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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.Question authority, but raise your hand first. -Alan M. Bershowitz
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