I have not disabled Windows Update and I have installed the Anniversary Update without any change.
Now, setting new defaults through the Windows 10 interface is difficult, and, yes, you must use the Windows 7 interface to do so. That is pretty shitty. I went through it the other day to change defaults and noticed you couldn't pick an executable, only from their preset list of apps through the Windows 10 setup control.
I've had absolutely zero trouble with settings sticking or Edge being magically reset to the default browser. Installed FF and Foxit on day one and have never had that change.
I'm pretty sure the average punter makes enough money to buy an enterprise license, though I'm not sure they'd want to. It's not like kicking a football requires Windows 10 without Cortana
This is what the ecosystem allows. You want to be open, that means that you're stuck with this, unless you can write the updates in ways that allows patching through the app store without affecting the vendor "customizations".
Perhaps Google should rethink its strategy of how they offer software and encourage some type of buy-in on updates for support in the hardware and software dev process
Not necessary. Android and iOS both require passcode unlocks after reboots. Android requires it after 48hr of disuse. Just need to tweak the scenarios where passcodes are required to overcome this privacy hurdle
There are professional organizations that handle this kind of testing as their bread and butter. The IT depts of the Commission and Parliament are not ones that inspired much confidence in their ability to provide robust security audits.
I use it for work, just like Java. And by that I mean I have customers that use these plugins for essential tasks and without a browser to run the plugins, these customers are left out on their ass. For instance, I'm currently logged in to a customer's system through a browser based Java RDP client. They do not have other options. They don't have the resources to purchase other options. They don't have the IT staff to implement other options. What they have works. In order to make it continue working, I need to have a browser that can use the plugin or create a VM with the supported browser and plugin installed and auto-update disabled on the browser. I have other customers that use Flash similarly.
And, of course, this doesn't save us from anything. HTML5 is just as much a vector as Flash or Java.
I wasn't saying they were living areas, more areas to commute to for work(with a generic cheap very close city like Renton as a base living area). Renton is cheap and sub-30min from those areas(where jobs are).
Seattle has inexpensive commutable areas much closer than SV. I have a friend who commutes from Tracy to Redwood City. That's fucking ridiculous(2-3 hours if you don't pay tolls, 1.5-2.5 hours if you do). Renton to Seattle(or Redmond or Bellevue or whatever) is 30 minutes.
Slacker has a solid catalogue and has local caching for multiple channels, both curated and self-created playlists/custom channels, for offline listening.
Outside of Slacker, Amazon Music allows me to listen to my own catalogue from basically anywhere on basically any device, which is very useful and less of a hassle than having to transfer files manually, and since you can stream it you don't need to take up storage space in these newfangled devices without expandable storage. Their selection of streamable music isn't nearly as robust as other services, but I don't pay anything extra for it, so I'm okay with that.
So, some people are pissed off that someone that was free now costs money. How is this cultural vandalism? What the fuck is cultural vandalism anyways? Did someone graffiti some ethnic restaurants?
Amazon Music already exists and already streams music. The only thing they don't have at this time that other channels have are curated channels, but they do offer the similar musician channels that other services all offer(Slacker, Pandora, etc). And, even better, I can upload my entire library and have it available on any device that supports Amazon Music(which is basically everything but WP and Blackberry)
Because basic computer knowledge training is not the role of IT, it's the job of the perspective employee to have basic computer/word processing skills, which they will almost definitely have relevant experience if you're in a Windows environment.
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I have not disabled Windows Update and I have installed the Anniversary Update without any change.
Now, setting new defaults through the Windows 10 interface is difficult, and, yes, you must use the Windows 7 interface to do so. That is pretty shitty. I went through it the other day to change defaults and noticed you couldn't pick an executable, only from their preset list of apps through the Windows 10 setup control.
I've had absolutely zero trouble with settings sticking or Edge being magically reset to the default browser. Installed FF and Foxit on day one and have never had that change.
Added latency
Before you'd have a designated driver or be the designated driver.
I'm pretty sure the average punter makes enough money to buy an enterprise license, though I'm not sure they'd want to. It's not like kicking a football requires Windows 10 without Cortana
This is what the ecosystem allows. You want to be open, that means that you're stuck with this, unless you can write the updates in ways that allows patching through the app store without affecting the vendor "customizations".
Perhaps Google should rethink its strategy of how they offer software and encourage some type of buy-in on updates for support in the hardware and software dev process
Not necessary. Android and iOS both require passcode unlocks after reboots. Android requires it after 48hr of disuse. Just need to tweak the scenarios where passcodes are required to overcome this privacy hurdle
There are professional organizations that handle this kind of testing as their bread and butter. The IT depts of the Commission and Parliament are not ones that inspired much confidence in their ability to provide robust security audits.
Public IT is definitely who should not be responsible for this kind of testing
Ha?
Why? They have the right to sell to who they want, so they just stop selling to that party if they don't comply with their terms.
They likely can only control the third parties they directly sell to and build it into their contracts.
I'm not my customer's IT.
I use it for work, just like Java. And by that I mean I have customers that use these plugins for essential tasks and without a browser to run the plugins, these customers are left out on their ass. For instance, I'm currently logged in to a customer's system through a browser based Java RDP client. They do not have other options. They don't have the resources to purchase other options. They don't have the IT staff to implement other options. What they have works. In order to make it continue working, I need to have a browser that can use the plugin or create a VM with the supported browser and plugin installed and auto-update disabled on the browser. I have other customers that use Flash similarly.
And, of course, this doesn't save us from anything. HTML5 is just as much a vector as Flash or Java.
I wasn't saying they were living areas, more areas to commute to for work(with a generic cheap very close city like Renton as a base living area). Renton is cheap and sub-30min from those areas(where jobs are).
Seattle has inexpensive commutable areas much closer than SV. I have a friend who commutes from Tracy to Redwood City. That's fucking ridiculous(2-3 hours if you don't pay tolls, 1.5-2.5 hours if you do). Renton to Seattle(or Redmond or Bellevue or whatever) is 30 minutes.
Rare earth metals aren't all that rare. It's just that other countries don't want to destroy their environments mining them.
Didn't use to be that way. Very disappointing
Slacker has a solid catalogue and has local caching for multiple channels, both curated and self-created playlists/custom channels, for offline listening.
Outside of Slacker, Amazon Music allows me to listen to my own catalogue from basically anywhere on basically any device, which is very useful and less of a hassle than having to transfer files manually, and since you can stream it you don't need to take up storage space in these newfangled devices without expandable storage. Their selection of streamable music isn't nearly as robust as other services, but I don't pay anything extra for it, so I'm okay with that.
So, some people are pissed off that someone that was free now costs money. How is this cultural vandalism? What the fuck is cultural vandalism anyways? Did someone graffiti some ethnic restaurants?
Enlighten me
Amazon Music already exists and already streams music. The only thing they don't have at this time that other channels have are curated channels, but they do offer the similar musician channels that other services all offer(Slacker, Pandora, etc). And, even better, I can upload my entire library and have it available on any device that supports Amazon Music(which is basically everything but WP and Blackberry)
The proof is in the pudding, and someone in this thread already linked the pudding.
Except for the part that it's only storing data locally for your own purposes and not sending anything to Microsoft.
Because basic computer knowledge training is not the role of IT, it's the job of the perspective employee to have basic computer/word processing skills, which they will almost definitely have relevant experience if you're in a Windows environment.