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  1. From this link https://blogs.technet.microsof...

    "Also from October 2016 onwards, Windows will release a single Security-only update. This update collects all of the security patches for that month into a single update. Unlike the Monthly Rollup, the Security-only update will only include new security patches that are released for that month. Individual patches will no longer be available. The Security-only update will be available to download and deploy from WSUS, SCCM, and the Microsoft Update Catalog. Windows Update will publish only the Monthly Rollup â" the Security-only update will not be published to Windows Update. The security-only update will allow enterprises to download as small of an update as possible while still maintaining more secure devices."

    So I am only going to apply Security-Only Updates. Download it from the Microsoft Update Catalog page, which can only be used with Internet Explorer. This will only be good for a currently patched PC starting in October.

    http://catalog.update.microsof...

    I also noticed this wording.

    "From October 2016 onwards, Windows will release a single Monthly Rollup that addresses both security issues and reliability issues in a single update."

    So I doubt it will include All optional updates, just security and reliability updates.

  2. Way to go Toshiba! on Toshiba Pursues Copyright Claim Against Laptop Manual Site · · Score: 1

    A great way to Spur sales of your new products, what are they thinking. I have a list of companies I do not knowingly buy from, it just grew by 1 today.

  3. WWJD

    What Would Jobs Do

  4. Method I use on Ask Slashdot: How To Clean Up My Work Computer Before I Leave? · · Score: 2
    Short answer, no easy way to do what you suggest. Cleaning personal info from W7 is a manual job that takes time, and no way to guarantee you got it all. Best advice is to use the restore partition (if it has one) or clean Install of W7 and then when it is done restoring or the clean install is done, overwrite all the free space on the drive with "Eraser 5.8.8", this guarantee's all info has been overwritten.

    Posting your Make and exact Model may prompt us for more suggestions.

    If re-installing is Not an option.

    Back up data you want to save, then follow the exact order below.

    1. Create a new admin user account.

    2. Log into that new account and delete any other user accounts (do not delete the hidden admin or guest accounts)

    3. Uninstall any software you don't want to pass on. then search the hard drive for those names of software and remove any folders left behind.

    4. Delete any folders on the C drive that may have been created manually by the user.

    5. Do a IE7-8 reset, then delete browsing history (select all the boxes)

    6. Use index.dat suite to delete any .dat files it finds,(requires selecting them to be deleted on a reboot) http://support.it-mate.co.uk/?mode=Products&p=index.datsuite

    See this link for instructions using index.dat suite on Vista or W7 http://support.it-mate.co.uk/?mode=Products&act=FAQ&p=index.datsuite#193

    Or use a linux live disc to delete all the .dat files.

    7. At the command prompt type these 3 commands one at a time hitting enter each time, the erase tmp command may take time to complete.

    cd\

    erase *.tmp /s

    erase *.bak /s

    8 . Empty the Recycle Bin

    9 . Use eraser version 5.8.8 to erase the free space on the hard drive, install eraser, then right click on the C drive and select "erase unused space". (it may take quite some time if the hard drive is large) http://sourceforge.net/projects/eraser/files/

  5. There are some ideas so idiotic on VISA, MasterCard Warn of 'Massive' Breach At Credit Card Processor · · Score: 1

    "There are some ideas so idiotic that only an intellectual could believe them" George Orwell

  6. Make some useful GMO's on 300k Organic Farmers To Sue Monsanto For Seed Patent Claims · · Score: 1

    I wouldn't mind GMO's if they did something useful like put Viagra in my corn or wheat grains.

  7. Because of the Fuel on Why Fuel Efficiency Advances Haven't Translated To Better Gas Mileage · · Score: 3, Insightful

    If the govt would get out of the petroleum regulating business and stop putting additives into gasoline we would get better fuel mileage, it all started with MTBE, now its Ethanol. When MTB came out in the US, my 82 VW Scirocco went from 42mpg to 32mpg on the first fill up of that shit gas.
    Stop fucking with the fuel!
    Make one grade of gasoline that gets the best fuel economy possible for most cars.

  8. Re:What are you hiding? on Ask Slashdot: What's the Best Way To Deal With Roving TSA Teams? · · Score: 4, Funny

    I'm Innocent!

    TSA:Innocent of what?

  9. Because I am a Cheap Bastard! on What's Keeping You On XP? · · Score: 1

    Main reason is I paid for it and I don't like to give up on it, it serves my purpose on a few of my PC's and if I upgrade it makes it appear that I rented XP, and renting sucks for so many reasons.

  10. Re:Well this is disturbing. on Hard Drive Makers Slash Warranties · · Score: 1

    Yes you can expect hard drives to become total crap, no incentive to release firmware updates either.

    1 year is the lowest common denominator, expect their design and engineering to take the same route. No reason to make a better product now.

    Seagate is known for making their warranty claim web page to become inoperable for days on end, making it impossible to file a warranty claim, hoping you will give up. Jerks!

    .

  11. Microsoft sucks, what else is new. on Microsoft Can Remotely Kill Purchased Apps · · Score: 0

    This really sucks, next MS will remove the win32 environment from Windows 9

  12. Re:More Specifically Aimed at Chinese Fur Farms on Mario's Raccoon Suit Enrages PETA · · Score: 1

    Watch out for the Tanks!

  13. Mailwasher has a bounce feature on Ask Slashdot: Spoof an Email Bounce With Windows? · · Score: 2

    Mailwasher has that feature, plus a few more. http://www.mailwasher.net/

  14. 84% are idiots on Activists Seek Repeal of Ban On Incandescent Bulbs · · Score: 1

    What can I say, they are! Lets dump untold amounts of mercury into our landfills, what idiots. I say ban any product with mercury,

  15. How about IE 2.0 on Retro Browser War: IE6 Vs. Netscape In 2011 · · Score: 1

    Its light fast and does not display websites correctly, does not do HTTPS either, take a walk on the wild side with 2.0, makes for a good website text reader. ; -) I tried it in Windows 7 the other week, 725kb of pure fun, what nostalgia!

  16. Best News ever on Microsoft Kills Office Anti-Piracy Program · · Score: 1

    Fantastic, one more activeX control I can delete from my PC.

  17. Report it on Software Piracy At the Workplace? · · Score: 1
  18. Not so, for me on Valuable Objects Stimulate Brain More Than Junk · · Score: 1

    "our brain has stronger reactions when we see a diamond ring than we look at junk."

    I get off more at a computer swap meet looking at junk hardware than going to De Beers any day of the week, I guess it all depends on who they test.

  19. Re:You mean physical memory right :-) on Why Use Virtual Memory In Modern Systems? · · Score: 5, Funny

    "two years in law enforcement.. You truly get to meet the scrapings of the gene pool that way "
    Hey, they gave you a gun and ammo to narrow the gene pool, what happened?

  20. Re:Why not earlier? on Duke Demands Proof of Infringement From RIAA · · Score: 3, Insightful
    "why the hell didn't universities see the RIAA's challenges for what they were(bullshit) and begin to fight against the RIAA for their students much sooner?"

    One word, FEAR

    Seems to be in fashion these days, it even works on our Congress, Senate and the President(s).

    You can sell anything with Fear.

    Oh, I forgot the Fear cousin "Intimidation"

  21. Re:The value of Windows on Dell Begins Selling Inspiron Mini 9 · · Score: 1

    Oh, but you get the custom Dell interface with Ubuntu, definitely worth the $20 (sarcasm) http://melolabs.com/x44

  22. Give me a blame break on A $1 Billion Email Gaffe · · Score: 2, Insightful

    "Some online observers are speculating that auto-complete is to blame" How about blaming the fucking moron that sent it to the wrong person.

  23. Hard to beat DatOptic on Best Home Network NAS · · Score: 1
  24. Re:In one lump sum? on Verdict Reached In RIAA Trial · · Score: 1

    Well they can attach assets (anything of value that is not protected by some swift lawyer or your Homestead and car) in a judgment, but if you have none, then you are "judgment proof", as far as garnishment of wages, if you are self employed, they are out of luck, only the Tax man can get your wages. Gotta Love Texas. In Florida all the Millionaire thieves invest their ill gotten gains in real estate, they have the toughest Homestead laws in the Nation, only the Tax man can get your House, no matter the Value, thats why there are so many multi million dollar houses there. I am moving there as soon as I can figure out how to rip off 100 million dollars from some scam business venture like Enron. :-)

  25. Re:Are these people morons? on RIAA Complaint Dismissed as "Boilerplate" · · Score: 1

    Ahummm, yes they are. Blinded by Greed. If they spent the same amount of effort and $$$ to market All their media more efficiently for less money, they would be rich beyond their dreams. Fools. They still believe in the Cartel system like the Diamond Market, control the amount of product produced/released to keep prices up and competition out, it will fail miserably. No telling how much music Sony is sitting on and will never release in our lifetime. This is exactly what drives filesharing, the availability of out of production music those asshole's refuse to remaster and release. They think that if they release this treasure trove that it will drive down the price of New Music and Artists, what needs to happen is the reform of copyright, make it like a patent, where it become Public Domain after a reasonable number of years. Currently copyright is good for the life of the Author/Creator and 50 years beyond their Death, ridiculous. So we are stuck with what they want to sell, not what we want to listen to. Their ultimate goal is Pay per Listen/View. My 2cents.