Windows 10 News and Announcements...

I got this exact thing happening on my PC. I decided to set the optimise schedule to "Daily", and each time I go into Disk Optimisation I see that it says it's never been run. It even says this if I manually click to optimise them right there & then. Does anybody know if drives are still being optimised on schedule even though it's not reporting that it's been done? On a side note, how important is this optimise feature for SSD's because don't drives that use TRIM optimise their drives on a continual ongoing and 'complete' basis? I mean the optimise drives option in windows for SSD is only a manual TRIM command being issued to the drives as far as I'm aware?

 

OK. I gave Thunderbird another go to see if it had changed much since I tried it 6 months ago, and I still think that it sucks. I can't stand using it, if for no other reason than I find the UI disgusting. But, I believe that maybe I finally found an Outlook replacement I can live with. I did a clean install of LTSC and I am going to try using it without any Micro$lop garbage other than the OS. I got used to using/tolerating LibreOffice because I have to (reasons mentioned before) and it's good enough.

So far I am really liking eM Client. I am OK with the aesthetics of the UI and it has most of the features I need, and then some. It's not free, but that's OK if it replaces Outlook. I'd rather give my money to a company other than Micro$lop as long as I feel that the product they are offering is excellent. If I can make it to the end of the 30-day trial and still like it, I will definitely be purchasing eM Client Pro at that time. I hope it is available for me to use on Linux, as it could end up being a key factor in my quest for a life free from the performance killing, bloated, and buggy garbage produced by the imbeciles in the Redmond Mafia.

I am also doing the same with Adobe garbage... using replacements for Acrobat and Photoshop. I am sick of giving lots of money to people that want to control what I do with the products I purchase from them. And, their products are too expensive for them to have any bugs, or for them to have any say about how I use them. I'm really loving the idea of the possibility of saying to hell with Micro$lop and Adobe.

 

Anyone notice that Thunderbird jumped from version 68 to 79 Beta 1? who ate the 10 previous versions and 1000 BETAs? Mozilla's update system is a joke. They like releasing new updates every week Firefox 78, 78 Beta, 1,....Beta 7....78 Final....next day...78.0.1.....

I stopped using anything from Mozilla after they destroyed Firefox with the Chrome look style but much worse, now you can't properly add the bookmarks toolbar button on the top right without having to do 2 clicks to open all bookmarks. You have to click the Bookmarks Icon > then another click on Other bookmarks, before you see your full bookmarks list

 

Yeah, I know that Mozilla fans are often very passionate about Firefox, but I truly despise it. I keep trying it now and then to see if I can tolerate it, but I can't. I haven't been able to for years. I forced myself to use Firefox instead of Chrome for about 60 days less than 6 months ago and I honestly hated it more at the end of the 60 days than I did on the first day.

I won't use it or Opera... both of those browsers are totally rubbish to me. I'd rather use Internet Explorer than either of them. (OK that's not really fair because I actually like Internet Explorer quite a bit, it's just old and lacking the features that I have come to rely on having in Chrome.)

I recently started using Canary rather than mainstream Chrome. I now prefer it. It's a little more tweakable.

The very first thing I do when I install Linux is download Chrome. I only use Firefox long enough to download Chrome.

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Windows 10 May 2020 Update is slowing down games and causing ESENT warnings

I have an extremely difficult time understanding how any person of average intelligence, or even those with less, can honestly believe Windows 10 is a good OS. The notion that anyone believes it is better than Windows 7 is absolutely stupefying. Aesthetic atrocities ignored, it is an unstable product with serious flaws and performance-impairing bugs, and it always has been. It is only better than Windows 8.X because the OOBE is not as aesthetically disgusting.

 

One of many resons Windows as services is a bad idea.

Fail: Samsung Magician, Windows and old SSDs ...
Published on July 21, 2020 by Günter Born

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Explosive topic - Samsung SSDs and the tool Samsung Magician provided by the manufacturer. As it looks, users run into the problem that older SSDs are no longer supported by the Samsung Magician.

Seems to be a shaky affair. And when I see Windows as a service, where every 6 months there is a sweep and a new version is pending that may need a new version of the Samsung Magician, there is a shift in the shaft.

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And some good news if this come true. A much better option would be one function update per 2nd year. But this is probably too much to ask for


Windows 10: only one function update per year (rumor) deskmodder.com | Today

Mary Jo also “pounced on Windows 10X. But here are some more interesting information that she “heard”. Because with the Windows 10 21H1 it can happen that we only have one function update per year...

 

Microsoft's data loss prevention tools may begin snooping around your PC pcworld.com | Today

Microsoft has extended its existing Data Loss Prevention services from the cloud to the "endpoint," which can include individual PCs and storage devices.

Most workers wouldn’t even think about emailing a confidential planning document outside of the company. Microsoft’s new Endpoint Data Loss Prevention service might flag you for a chat with your IT department if you carelessly copy it to a local hard drive, however.

Microsoft’s new Endpoint Data Loss Prevention (Endpoint DLP) builds upon the existing DLP services within Microsoft 365 (Microsoft Teams, SharePoint, Exchange, and OneDrive, among others), which can track email and other documents sent to and from your company’s servers. That service will likely flag an attempt to forward an internal confidential email to an external email address, which most users already know not to do.

 

As a replacement for Photoshop, you might look at DxO Photolab 3. Workflow is a bit more like Lightroom, but more flexible. I like the ability to go through a set of pictures, tweaking them the way I want (and seeing how they will look), and then processing them, while leaving the original file (RAW or jpg) intact.
Joe

 

Some info for you. And yeah, I would disable the defrag feature and run it manually once a week. Depends on your usage. If you have the defrag tool up you can see whats happening in real time when you force the maintenance button. I have it always disabled with a tweak and with a click enable it when I want after I'm gone off line. Not when Microsoft prefer. The maintenance task doesa lot more than trim the ssd's or clean up. This integrated tool in Windows OS can also work as Micro$soft spy tool.

Yes, Windows does sometimes defragment SSDs, yes, it's important to intelligently and appropriately defrag SSDs, and yes, Windows is smart about how it treats your SSD

"WHAT'S THE DEAL WITH SSDS, WINDOWS AND DEFRAG, AND MORE IMPORTANTLY, IS WINDOWS DOING THE RIGHT THING?"

This when it works as intended, LOOL

Windows 10: A feature update in the year is likely
Published on July 22, 2020 by Günter Born

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So far, the credo 'twice a year there is a Windows 10 function update' was quasi set in stone. Now it seems that one would rather switch to one function update per year.


The semi annual upgrade disaster
It's a creed that Microsoft Windows management carries like a monstrance. Twice a year, in spring and summer, Windows 10 is said to have a so-called function update. The name Function Update alone is marketing blubber and ******** bingo. It is an upgrade with no stone left unturned.

And these semi-annual upgrades prove to be a disaster for Microsoft - not with 'Windows as a service', but rather windows of horror. In Windows 10 version 1809, the feature upgrade had to be withdrawn for six weeks due to serious defects. Windows version 1903 also had serious bugs and a number of show stoppers. And with Windows 10 version 2004 we are currently experiencing a new Waterloo with a bunch of well-known issues and upgrade stoppers. A never ending disaster!

 

Windows 10 Telemetry: new control option for Enterprise customers launches

 

Wow. That may well be the first smart thing I have seen them do with Windows since the release of SP1 for Windows 7.

I wonder why it took them so long to get something right? (I already know, but everyone enjoys rhetorical questions.)

 

Good reading about the mess cooked together at Redmond HQ

Windows Update is a bifurcated mess computerworld.com by Woody | JUL 24, 2020 9:15 AM

Windows 10 now has two different Windows Update subsystems, running simultaneously, with different rules, conflicting goals and little documentation. Can’t see this week's Previews? You aren’t alone.

That's accurate – it’s the old “blast them if they check for updates” approach. There’s no record of when that change was made.​

You won’t see the Preview offered to Win10 version 2004 machines. It isn’t out yet – Morrisey’s comment about “B” week notwithstanding. Woody was too fast on the trigger. See below LOOL


KB4568831 Windows 10 2004/2009 [manual download] as preview update
good Morning July 24, 2020
The corona break is over and Microsoft is starting the non-security updates again as a “cumulative update preview. KB 4568831 starts with Windows 10 2004 and Windows 10 2009. This increases the version number to 19041.421

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Windows 10 repair install may fix kb4565503 update bug windowsreport.com | July 24, 2020


Microsoft acknowledged an issue preventing some users from installing update KB4565503 on Windows 10.

Microsoft support recommends Windows 10 repair install as a possible solution.

Microsoft acknowledges the Windows 10 kb4565503 issue
On the Microsoft Answers forum, several users complaining about the failure of update kb4565503 to install on their Windows 10 PCs.

By the look of things, these users are stuck in an endless loop where kb4565503 installs 100% before uninstalling. It immediately downloads afresh and starts reinstalling before rolling back yet again.

 

Nice, yeah, thanks for that link about the defrag system in Windows for SSD's, there was some stuff in there I didn't know before, like the monthly defrag where it actually runs a file defrag on it....after reading that link I'm pretty happy with how Windows is treating SSD's.

 

You're welcome


And Microsoft got it as they wanted. Push you all the way over on Win update "click the button".

Windows 10 2004: Automatic driver search on the Internet via Device Manager has been removed deskmodder.de| July 26, 2020

If we right-click on Update Driver in the Device Manager, we see the selection "Automatically search for updated driver software". Once on the computer and also the Internet. Microsoft has now removed the Internet entry in Windows 10 2004.

All that remains is to search the Microsoft Store as a further alternative. Windows Update then starts and the search for more current drivers begins there. The further selection to search manually on the device is now left out. Here is a comparison of the two versions in an animated gif. (Just enlarge the picture)

 

Time for another public service announcement:

 

How do you like my new Windows 10 wallpaper?
Remember their old slogan " Where do you want to go today?" They don't ask anymore. It's their decision now.


What a difference 20+ years makes. The bigger they are, the harder they fall.

 

Ah, good 'ol Mars.
But considering it's Win 10, wouldn't a burning garbage dump be more appropriate?

 

Happy days in Redmond Campus. Most of their software employees have more than enough work to do. They will not be unemployed for long time with all the mess they have created the last year(s).

Windows 10 Desktop Windows Manager crashes due to DirectX bug bleepingcomputer.com | Today
Microsoft is working on a resolution for a new issue causing the Desktop Windows Manager to crash on laptops if the lid is repeatedly closed and opened.

This new issue affects devices running all Windows 10 versions in scenarios involving displays configured to run at 4K resolution.


Microsoft admits Windows 10 bug crashes Sandbox and WDAG windowslatest.com | Today
Microsoft has been throttling the rollout of the May 2020 Update for Windows 10 to identify and address bugs that might have been skipped during the beta testing last year. It appears that Windows 10 version 2004, version 1909, and even version 1903 updates are plagued with a new bug.

Outlook problems: crashes, deleted mails, slow start
Published on July 27, 2020 by Günter Born

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Outlook users are currently complaining about various software errors. There are cases where the client takes up to a minute to start. Or there are crashes when certain pop-ups are deleted. Here is a brief overview of the situation...

 

What a crap Windows turned into..

 

LOL... That's actually a great idea. I will look for a nice high-resolution image of something like that and put the same overlay on it. If not a burning garbage dump, perhaps something even worse with a tragic, emotional and politically incorrect element to it. Like illogical riots, lawlessness, and destruction in Seattle, Redmond's next-door neighbor trash. Anything like that would be an excellent metaphorical comparison to Windows 10. Thus my desolate landscape idea with the image of lifeless Mars.

 

Why not a screen cap from the "dentist" scene in Marathon Man with the caption: Windows 10… Is it Safe?

 

The tragedy have filled 5 years. Enjoyable reading of this horror novelle. Make ready your wash-bucket if you feel for emptying your stomach....

Happy 5th birthday, Windows 10! Why aren't you (much) better? betanews.com


Five years ago today Windows 10 hit general availability and it’s fair to say the operating system has had a lot of low points in its first half-decade.

Offered free 'for the first year', (leading people to think it would turn into a subscription service after that point), take up wasn’t quite what Microsoft hoped for, so the company started forcing it onto users against their will. Let’s look at some of the more infamous moments Windows 10 users have had to endure.

Over to you -- what do you think about Windows 10?


And yeah, Microsoft continue to deliver as usual....

The Windows 10 “End of Service” myth – and creepy upgrades
Posted on July 28th, 2020 at 08:30 woody Comment on the AskWoody Lounge
Win10 version 1809 hits End of Service on November 10.

Why are so many 1809 machines getting pushed onto version 2004 — a version that’s notoriously buggy and, by most standards, not yet ready for prime time?

The answer: It’s always been that way.

Discussion in Computerworld Woody on Windows


How can a Win10 1903 user keep 2004 off their machine? askwoody.com | Posted on July 29th, 2020

Interesting question from CN:

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Do you know of a reliable magic incantation to keep MS from pushing 1903 Home to 2004? I wrote about this back in May, but now it seems that MS is going after 1903 users without offering the circuit breaker “Download and install” option.

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Microsoft to remove all Windows downloads signed with SHA-1 bleepingcomputer.com

Microsoft is removing all Windows downloads from the Microsoft Download Center that are signed using SHA-1 certificates on August 3rd, 2020.

"Microsoft no longer uses SHA-1 to authenticate Windows operating system updates due to security concerns associated with the algorithm, and has provided the appropriate updates to move customers to SHA-2 as previously announced. Accordingly, beginning in August 2019, devices without SHA-2 support have not received Windows updates. If you are still reliant upon SHA-1, we recommend that you move to a currently supported version of Windows and to stronger alternatives, such as SHA-2," Microsoft stated in the support bulletin.

Even though Microsoft only supports SHA-2 signed content for official content, Windows executables signed with SHA-1 can still run in the operating system.

If there are older SHA-1 signed files on the Microsoft Download Center that you still routinely use, you should download them before Microsoft removes them on August 3.

 

Where is this company headed @Mr. Fox @Papusan

Microsoft signs Coca-Cola to 5-year cloud technology and business software deal
April 27, 2020
https://www.geekwire.com/2020/micro...-year-deal-cloud-tech-business-software-deal/

Microsoft: The Coca-Cola Company announces strategic partnership with Microsoft to transform global engagement and experiences

Microsoft and PepsiCo announce a five-year cloud partnership
July 27, 2020
https://www.neowin.net/news/microsoft-and-pepsico-announce-a-five-year-cloud-partnership

Microsoft: PepsiCo partners with Microsoft for new era of operational agility and product innovation amid rising consumer demand

 

"Microsoft says Coca-Cola’s call center managers will use artificial intelligence in Dynamics 365, for example, to determine which issues are most important for customers such as retailers and vendors in Coke’s supply chain."

Jeez. What could possibly go wrong?

Start hording Coke, people! Before its too late.

 

Totally in the wrong direction. The only redeeming quality that I can identify about a Windows 10 PC is that it is not a Mac. That's conceptually similar to saying getting shot in the head is better than decapitation. You might survive getting shot in the head, so I guess I can see how that is better than the alternative. But, it is certainly not a desirable situation.

 

Yeah, finally will Microsoft get paid of for the "free" upgrade to Spybox 10. Telemetry aka all the collected private data the last 5 years is useful too feed the artificial intelligence. That's disgusting!

 

There’s a Hole in the Boot

Turns out Secure Boot is not Secure anymore, MS was peddling this garbage since Win8 and still does and expect more restrictions now perhaps ? We already saw abominations like Secure Flash and PCH Bootguard cancer and ME disasters now we have another one !!

Article from the above quote - Microsoft Pulls UEFI-Related Windows Update After Users Report Problems

Look at the recommendations lmao...

Another BS hogwash incoming, see those ? They are pushing for more updates more latest OS, a.k.a SHAM. WaaS BS, aaS BS. It feels like M$ is in bed with these to push everyone to update and use latest garbage from MS so that everyone is in lockstep to bend over and take that MS story shoved. And third party vendors ? like how brother Papu's BLACKLIST mentioned because of the OEMs pushing that half cooked run off the mill BIOS patches and was destroying people's control over their own friggin HW instead of disabling the actual cancer SGX ?

Look at that first part, EFI, Bootloader partition, let me remind you one one thing which we already are aware of, MS Defender ATP trash ( UEFI scanner) !!

I called out this rubbish that day on how Secure trash is being peddled as good and best solution like those Win10 updates which I see are constantly breaking down machines left and right while normies and koolaid peddlers gulp them down with full force...

Expect more in the future, what's next ? Password mechanism is insecure in Windows and use Biometrics only ? M$ was already peddling that anyways. These days M$ is busy with their politically correct garbage more than quality of software, passion, so this was expected.

 

Which devices won't have SHA-2 support? Is it based on age of device, what kind of ages we talking?

 

Windows 10 is 5 years old

https://www.extremetech.com/computi...ail&utm_campaign=whatsnewnow&utm_medium=title

Interesting article at Extreme Tech, on the fifth birthday of Windows 10.

Windows 10. Five years after launch, it’s still a desktop OS you can buy. Five years after launch, Microsoft is still breaking things with each update. Five years after launch, it’s better in some regards, even if some of those improvements are in areas where it damaged itself in the first place.

I feel like I’m trying to write ad copy for a sequel to The Invention of Lying at this point, so I’ll try to close on something a bit more positive. Five years after Windows 10 debuted, we’re fairly certain it continues to exist, almost positive that it can’t be blamed for the state of the world in 2020, and are 100 percent sure that it’s improved in at least some ways that may or may not be relevant to you depending on your personal usage requirements.

Happy birthday.

Five years later, it's still an OS you don't need to buy.
Five years later, free upgrade is still available.
Five years later "improving" the perfect advertising machine
5 years later, it's still in BETA

 

Microsoft discontinues Cortana on Mobile, and Surface Headphones

 

Of course the morons killed the uninstall option (intended) to try gain increased market share for web browserers. Force Chromium-based Edge down the throat on people who haven't asked for it is no exception from their usual flawed thinking...


This Windows 10 update is slowing down PCs; Microsoft is investigating windowslatest.com - August 2, 2020

After deploying Windows 10 KB4559309, which is an automatic update, some people are complaining that their PCs are taking longer to boot into desktop. The problem has been reported by users in Microsoft's community...

Since we first reported on the issues in June, countless other users have started posting complaints of performance issues that they’ve faced after installing Windows 10 version KB4559309.


In addition to slower boot time, users noted that Windows 10 load apps and web pages slower after applying this automatic update, which was forced via Windows Update.

Windows 10 KB4559309 has been released to replace the old Edge browser with the new Chromium-based one, but it appears that something within the update process is hampering the performance of some laptops and desktops after the installation, especially during boot up.

 

I think the last time I remember seeing a Windows update that improved performance was maybe like about 2009 or 2010. Pretty much all of them degrade performance, including those that they lie about and say improve performance. The only time they help is when a patch patches a patch that harmed performance, but in that case, all they are doing is fixing what they previously screwed up and undoing the damage is not actually improving performance.

 

After the recent Windows update it seems like O&O shutup10 can no longer turn off Windows defender. Everytime I go out and go back into O&O shutup10 the disable windows defender bar is turned off again.

Had to use group policy editor to disable it.

 

Use this program it will disable it plus it has other great tweaks
Winaero Tweaker v0.17.1

 

Can also use DEFENDER CONTROL

 

Microsoft Defender flags hosts files with Microsoft server redirects as malicious

 

Windows 10 tools that add entries to the hosts file may be affected by this negatively. Most privacy tools that manipulate the hosts file to block Telemetry will certainly fail to add the entries to the hosts file if Microsoft Defender is the resident antivirus solution.

It is possible that other servers will also be seen as a threat by Microsoft Defender. Windows 10 users may allow the threat in Microsoft Defender, at least for now, to add these redirects to the file again. The problem with the approach is that it will allow all modifications, even those by malicious software. Another option Best option is to turn off Microsoft Defender and start using a different security solution for Windows. So simple


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Windows Defender criticizes Windows Hosts file - Part 2
Posted on August 3, 2020 by Günter Born
Unsightly thing if all this is true so or has occurred. It looks like Windows Defender has run amok again and considers the Windows own hosts file to be harmful and complained about it as a HostFileHijack. At the moment, however, it is unclear to me whether the problem has always existed or whether there has just been a 'false alarm' in this area.

Defender blocks hosts entries with redirects from Microsoft sites - part 3
Published on August 4, 2020 by Günter Born
Microsoft has started to categorize and block as HostFileHijack in its antivirus products such as Microsoft Defender redirects in the Windows-own hosts file, which affects Microsoft pages, as harmful. I already mentioned this in part 2 of the series of articles - but now I get a more complete picture.

And the usual...

Windows 10 2004 OneDrive problem: no access after upgrade
Published on August 4, 2020 by Günter Born

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[ English ] Today is still a problem that actually runs through all Windows 10 builds. After an upgrade to the next build, OneDrive goes on strike and delivers 'OneDrive cannot connect to Windows'. There can also be printer problems. Here is some information on the subject that a blog reader gave me. Microsoft has confirmed the problem and is working on a fix. But I didn't know the workaround that the reader provided me with and didn't know that it would help for various ailments (printer, OneDrive). Maybe this is helpful for one or the other admin.

 

I got KB4559309 installed since end of June, I've noticed that sometimes web page loading is slow, like it pauses for a few seconds before doing anything, and I know no one else is using my internet bandwidth....it happens everyday. I don't know if it's KB4559309, but sounds like it could be.

 

Microsoft now lets you run Android apps in Windows 10

https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/ne...-now-lets-you-run-android-apps-in-windows-10/

 

Microsoft is hiring engineers to shape the future of Surface Duo windowslatest.com - August 6, 2020

In July, Microsoft hired a number of engineers and designers from global design services company based in Romania. According to reports, an internal team has been formed in Microsoft Devices division to shape the future of Surface Duo and its software.

Surface Duo, which will be based on Android 10 (with Android 11 support coming later this year), is expected to begin shipping in the last week of August. Rumours have previously suggested that the work has already begun on Surface Duo 2 and Microsoft has now started expanding the internal team.

Why not use those new hired engineers to test out coming OS versions/patches before they being rolled out to millions of Windows machines around the world? Microsoft should put more resources into the core products before they start play with new useless toy products!

 

"Windows 10: HOSTS file blocking telemetry is now flagged as a risk"

- Starting at the end of July, Microsoft has begun detecting HOSTS files that block Windows 10 telemetry servers as a 'Severe' security risk.

- Microsoft now detects HOSTS files that block Windows telemetry

- As soon as I saved the HOSTS file, I received the following alert stating that I could not save the file as it "contains a virus or potentially unwanted software." I also received alerts that my computer was infected with 'SettingsModifier:Win32/HostsFileHijack.''

https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/ne...-blocking-telemetry-is-now-flagged-as-a-risk/

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A little bit more info on previous posts...

Why didn't I think about that?! I've modified hosts file entries to get around some stupid pop-ups I'd get while browsing. Using it to defeat Windows Telemetry is BRILLIANT!

 

The latest maneuver in the advancing wickedness of the Redmond Mafia to ensure their ability to collect data against the wishes of those that are not willing to allow it only means that Defender has become a severe security risk and should be flagged as a virus and potentially definitely unwanted software.

 

Not so sure this will help on buggy patches. More features... = More bugs. And more useless features. As well refresh the OS to be able to collect more of your data.



Microsoft’s reorg confirms its renewed investment in Windows 10
Windowslatest.com | August 7, 2020

This move comes after Microsoft realized the importance of Windows to its business during the past few months.

Yeah, with the new Edge Chrome browser they will get good use of all collected data from its user base the last 5 years!


According to reports, Microsoft’s Windows + Devices group will build platforms and products that create and complete magical experiences under the leadership of Panos Panay.

“Bringing Surface devices, Windows fundamentals and developer experience into the same team under Panos Panay is a great move in our opinion”


This doesn’t look promising!

 

it is not promising. It will end badly. The disaster is inevitable and there is no reason to expect a favorable ending.

Do you have your favorite Linux distro picked out yet? When there are no more Windows 7 drivers available there will be only Linux, unless their disease successfully manages to kill that as well.

 

Yeah, great move. Borrowing features from their coming smartphopne OS. Nice. Back to Win 8 once again. Windows 10 will never ever be a real desktop OS. In best case a hybrid but with more weight on phone/tablet useability.


Windows 10 is getting this new feature from Windows 10X windowslatest.com - August 8, 2020

When Microsoft first announced Windows 10X during last year's Surface event in October, Microsoft positioned the OS as software designed for dual-screen devices, such as its own Surface Neo.... But this has now changed.

Windows 10X features for Windows 10
In addition to the emoji panel, rumours have suggested that faster Windows Updates experience is also coming to Windows 10, which could mean that some updates on Windows 10 will install instantly.

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Forced into Windows Update. Great changes as usual!

Windows 10 Device Manager loses ability to update drivers over internet windowslatest.com - August 9, 2020

Microsoft allows users to download, install or update drivers on Windows 10 in multiple ways. You can update a device driver manually, including using Device Manager, Windows Update, and tools from device manufacturers. Microsoft has now quietly disabled the option to update drivers in Device Manager over the internet.

 

The plot to the Windows 10 Toy Story:

 

The disgusting truth is Windows 10 is still "free"(as an upgrade from Windows 7 or 8, even a pirated version) because end-users are the product. Windows 10 is merely a vehicle that facilitates the digital harvest.

Ignore the hair. Hear the message.


*Warning* Not PG-13 > Watch on YouTube

 

I'm just waiting for the new version of win 10 LTSC to drop

 

Windows 10 Enterprise LTSC 2019 is the best version of Windows 10 (absolutely) but it's still not very good. It's just not as bad as Home/Pro/Enterprise (non-LTSC). It's still Windows 10. Choosing LTSC is like choosing herpes over AIDS. A no-brainer, but who really actually wants either one? Windows 7 is still better, even though it is no longer "supported" for consumers. It will continue to be better until it is no longer possible to find drivers that will function for newer hardware. And, we can pretty much count on the Redmond Mafia making sure that their hardware manufacturing "partners" don't provide future driver support for Windows 7.

Every generation of Windows after Windows 7 SP1 has been an incremental downgrade. Skunks don't change their stripes. I am curious if you have a good reason to believe the new version of LTSC is going to be better. That would be the exact opposite of what is normal in the 21st Century, particularly so in the tech world, and most especially where Windows is concerned.

 

Well unfortunately thats the sad truth. I'm using windows 10 pro at the moment and the best thing i can get is LTSC. And right now only windows 10 home/pro support DX12 ultimate so I'll have to wait for the next LTSC release.

Personally I'd stick with windows because its the most widely supported OS, especially for games. Its like having a slotted screwdriver (W10) vs a philips head screwdriver (Linux, Mac os). Sure the philips head screwdriver is a better design but its not as versatile. With a slotted screwdriver you can unscrew both slotted and philips head screws, but with a philips head screwdriver you're limited to just unscrewing philips head screws.

 

I understand exactly what you're saying. The only reason I waste any drive space on Windows 10 is for benching. Since I am not doing that very much anymore, my only reason for having Windows is almost non-existent at this point. I like gaming, but I am not sure that I like gaming enough for it to be a sufficient reason to continue to tolerate the bottomless cesspool of Micro$lop filth for much longer. At some point, and I am almost there now, it is no longer worth it.