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Windows 10 Anniversary Update To Roll Out On August 2
Windows 10's first major update -- dubbed Anniversary Update -- will be released to users on August 2, according to a blog post published by Microsoft (Archive link). The company presumably posted the blog post ahead of the original publication plans, and as a result, quickly pulled the story. Windows 10 Anniversary Update will bring with it a number of major changes including extensions to Edge, and improvements to Cortana and Hello biometric feature. It will also mark the end of the one-year free Windows 10 update offer for Windows 7 and Windows 8.x users.
This is a service pack.
And then I have to re-turnoff Cortana, reset the switches to block MS-bound data, and in general, try
to discover the new ways MS has made sure to F-up things so they can anal-probe my machine...
Is it worth doing the free upgrade and then downgrading? Will I be able to upgrade to W10 indefinitely on the off chance that they (or the community) fix up all the problems and snooping? How does the licensing work?
It's great that those of us normal people who have already updated to Windows 10 will receive this update. Meanwhile, the neckbeards and tinfoil hat Lunix zealots will be stuck without a secure and up to date system. Seems like a good deal to me.
Obviously you don't have much experience at trolling - that attempt was about as subtle a sledgehammer, and reeked of incompetence. Go away, and don't come back 'til you have some skillz.
'The Economy' is a giant Ponzi scheme whose most pitiable suckers are the youngest among us and the yet-unborn.
With the end of the "Free update", does this mean the end of the festering nag screen of "Don't you want to update to Windows 10?" as well as any chance of it "accidentally" updating to Windows 10?
Mr. Hu is not a ninja.
Given its penetration, the Edge extensions hardly matter.
Most of the other features are niche, invasive, or useless. Seriously, does anyone release malware that can't evade Windows Defender out of the box?
Cortana will remain relatively useless until it can integrate with smartphones, which means Microsoft will have to put more effort into its Android and iOS apps, helping to make them first-class platforms.
Anything that makes the Windows Store better sounds good. That's the only thing of real value I see, and even then it's more for the future than the present.
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Will there be an upgrade to LTSB release? The only version useable...
Be or ben't
I performed this procedure on an old Win7 netbook, and it worked out fine. Good way to take an objective look at Win10 without endangering your Win7 installation with a possibly irreversible update process.
Describing the collection of anonymized data as spyware is dishonest and false for two reasons. First, it's anonymous so it can't be used to spy on anyone. Second, they are not hiding that they collect it; normally if you are spying on someone you don't tell them.
Aside from that it's just an overblow worry. People who have this concern typically have no problem using a smartphone or google products. They just use it as a flimsy prop for their anti-ms bias.
How do you know it's anonymized? How do you even know what information is being transmitted to Microsoft? It's encrypted. And clearly it's very valuable to Microsoft, because it conspicuously bypasses the user's hosts file and the firewall. And it's dispersed to over 100 domains, some of which you could possibly guess what it's for, but most of them in mystery.
Although Microsoft have publicly documented that you can't turn off the surveillance, the buttons in the OS which seem to turn it off is very misleading. Hence they are, in effect, hiding it.
No, but repeating your false pro-Linux propaganda over and over won't make it true, either.
Which part is false: the part about the spyware (which even Microsoft admits is true, albeit in an indirect way, because they've documented that you cannot turn off any of the surveillance without the Enterprise edition), the part that Windows has malware and Linux does not, or the part that it is my advocacy that people should boycott Windows and use Linux instead?
I might be missing something but I was able to turn off all the spyware in the privacy settings and I am running the home version. ??
No, you pressed some buttons that gave the appearance of turning off the spyware. In effect, they do nothing unless you're on the "Enterprise" edition: http://www.forbes.com/sites/go...
Don't forget the fuzzy fonts issue. That one drives me nuts.
"It will also mark the end of the one-year free Windows 10 update offer" So, now they'll bill you after forcing the upgrade?
Looks like another list that I need to add to my router based DNS poisoning/blocking update script.
Time to offend someone
As a Linux user, I applaud you. Good jab. LOL
Although Microsoft have publicly documented that you can't turn off the surveillance, the buttons in the OS which seem to turn it off is very misleading. Hence they are, in effect, hiding it.
Telemetry is fine. Forced telemetry is fine - for the free version (hey, you got it for free). Here's the problem I have with it: The paid version of Windows 10 will still have (I strongly imagine) this forced telemetry and all the other crap, like adverts and subscription Solitaire. That's unacceptable.
It must have been something you assimilated. . . .
I get the impression from "Activation in Windows 10" that when you upgrade to Windows 10 or install Windows 10 with a Windows 7 product key during this offer, your digital entitlement is stored with Microsoft. So if you upgrade before the end of July, go back to Windows 7, and then reinstall Windows 10, it will access the same digital entitlement.
You point out that Windows 10 isn't secure from its update provider. But is any general-purpose PC operating system secure both from its update provider and from attackers who exploit defects in software that isn't updated?
How do you even know what information is being transmitted to Microsoft? It's encrypted.
lol.. its encrypted.. so how do _YOU_ know what it is? Maybe its nothing.
You linux cheerleaders are funny and sad at the same time. I guess you don't really have to be rational to use Linux. You just have to be some kind of anti-ms troll.
That's amazing logic there. You don't have to worry about spyware because you don't explicitly know how much of the surveillance is being reported.
Somebody put an Internet-connected video camera in front of my toilet. I'm not worried though: I don't know what it's taping!
There is no "free" version of Windows 10. If you've paid for Windows 7 or 8, then you can get a free "upgrade" to Windows 10, but you still paid for it indirectly.
I should add though, it's clearly a substantial amount of data from surveillance, since it's multiple MB per day dispersed to over 100 domains. Although one should still be alarmed even if that were not the case: it only takes a few bytes and one domain to log that you're a political dissident, or to keylog your encryption password, or that you're a kayaking fan and Bing should show you related ads.
You point out that Windows 10 isn't secure from its update provider. But is any general-purpose PC operating system secure both from its update provider and from attackers who exploit defects in software that isn't updated?
If you use a FOSS operating system like Linux or FreeBSD, you can audit the updates and apply them selectively. So even if you didn't trust Red Hat/SUSE/Canonical, you could still benefit from their security patches.
The Windows Store is a complete cash grab. It offers no value. They don't even properly filter out malware. Also you may see your purchase disappear, because reasons. Microsoft has done it in the past, on and is still doing it!
Taking these things into consideration, the only way to improve it, it to delete it off your system. It is a useless pile of garbage that has some fundamental design flaws. The biggest of which is that it is run by Microsoft and the biggest flaws in it Microsoft has no interest in preventing.
Microsoft, Apple, Google, Amazon what's the difference? All steal money from devs and control with walled gardens.
Considering the extremely high probability of more security fixes in the future, is the system truly ever secure?
It will also mark the end of the one-year free Windows 10 update offer for Windows 7 and Windows 8.x users.
All I can say is "Good Riddance"... I lost count of the number of machines I've had to mess with because either the client DIDN'T WANT Windows 10 for one reason or another, OR the "malware" that *is* Windows 10, or "Windows NSA Edition" or my fav, Windows, the CTD (Computer-Transmitted Disease) managed to get installed, user was on the ball enough to initiate the "roll-back" to their previous version and 10 decided to shit the floor with their machine/data... I was soooo glad to hear of the lady who sued MS and got ten grand from them.. Hope theres a flood more of these suits... Couldn't happen to a more deserving company... Soooo glad I gave up using MS products on *my* systems quite some time ago...
THANK YOU, Edward Snowden!! Americans owe you a debt of gratitude (whether they know it or not..)
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Does that mean I can sell my six retail wiindows 7?
The question is kind of rhetorical as I suspect not.
Dunno why I'm replying to an AC, but here goes... You *just* think you turned off the spyware... I've found thru my own testing that installing using the non-default method, and turning OFF all those cute little toggle switches do NOT turn off the spyware aspects of 10... I described what I did later in another comment later on, and its certainly convinced me that, withOUT a hardware firewall blocking these connections, Windows 10 Home/Pro are a privacy nightmare... So glad I gave up using MS products on my personal systems quite some time ago....
THANK YOU, Edward Snowden!! Americans owe you a debt of gratitude (whether they know it or not..)
Only this week I replaced my laptop's 5400rpm hard drive (Windows 10) with an SSD running Debian.
Sorry MS.
Do you support booting off a USB2 drive yet, cos come August I couldn't be arsed getting the screwdriver out again.
Thanks for the list :)
Dropped them in the company DNS server. Good luck MS sending data if you can't resolve the domains >:)
So does that mean that after 08/02 windows will stop buggering me to upgrade to W10 ? If so, this is good news -- especially when you're running some *nix system !