Other than that, the improvements to Cortana actually make Cortana finally useful, the logon screen looks nicer, the action centre and start menu are a little more useful, and Windows Subsystem for Linux means I've got a nice new gimmick to play with (until someone gives it better support for non-command-line tools, in which case I'll be able to use the minority of software I have which doesn't work under Windows without bothering with a VM.
The update disabled cortana for me.
Weird. It could be that when it got to the bit where it asked for the extra permissions it needs for the new features you turned too many off by mistake.
(08-06-2016, 02:29 AM)AnyOldName3 Wrote: [ -> ]If you've got the fast boot setting on (the Windows one, not the identically-named UEFI one) then Windows leaves the hard drive in an unsafe state when it shuts down. Usually, this doesn't cause any problems, except you'd struggle to mount the Windows partition to another OS install. However, when installing Windows (don't forget that these threshold updates, such as the 1511 build and the new 1607 Anniversary build, are basically installed like a new OS), it really doesn't like the drive to be set in this state, so to avoid problems, it removes any partitions that aren't the actual Windows install from the boot drive. This can involve unregistering any other OS installs or overwriting the MBR.
There are a couple of solutions:
- Turn off the setting before installing the update. (Recommended)
- Install the update without checking like some kind of numpty, and then use one of the many drive recovery tools available on a linux USB stick to find and re-enable any missing partitions, before finally repairing GRUB (or whatever other bootloader is gone) and everything should be fine again. (Not recommended)
Wholesale deletion of partitions because Windows "feels like it"? Terrifying.
(08-06-2016, 06:35 PM)Hamodebu50 Wrote: [ -> ]Windows 10 as a whole sucks, just steals your personal info
Can you be more specific, what info?
I have hibernation disabled so that setting doesn't exist, my computer boots so fast anyway.
(08-06-2016, 06:35 PM)Hamodebu50 Wrote: [ -> ]Windows 10 as a whole sucks, just steals your personal info
It sends no more data to Microsoft than Windows 7 and 8(.1) do, but it's just a bit more transparent about it. It's all anonymised telemetry about how your computer is being used anyway, so there isn't any way it could come back to haunt you except by it leading to Microsoft making better products that you feel compelled to buy. Microsoft's business model relies on people trusting them enough to give them money, unlike something like Google or Facebook, where they can only make money from their users' data and showing them the best ads possible.
(08-04-2016, 11:32 AM)admin89 Wrote: [ -> ]I did ...but I have issues with it . So screw it , I'll be fine without update
I do update drivers frequently though
I uh... Wow. That is really not smart!
https://www.cvedetails.com/vulnerability-list/vendor_id-26/product_id-32238/Microsoft-Windows-10.html
Please update your system
(08-07-2016, 12:00 AM)Hamodebu50 Wrote: [ -> ]then why do people still claim Windows 10 is sending personal data about the user?\
Edit: typo
Because tech websites know they can get clicks if they make silly headlines like that.
Here's the thing. Telemetrics have been a thing in Windows all the way back in 7, probably Vista too but I haven't read about the internals of Vista. The difference between 7 and 10 is that in 7, there was very few UI options to turn telemetrics off and Microsoft threw it all in the ToS. Assumed you were fine with it. 10 gives a shitload of UI options to turn it off, and that freaks people out because nobody reads ToS and nobody realizes this is really nothing Microsoft hasn't already been doing for years. If anything it's *better* now because you can actually turn it off.
I don't expect you to really understand because none of your posts have been remotely useful for any topic, but that's what it is. Tech websites see two UI functions, freak the hell out.
The thing to take away here is not "If you don't want your activities recorded at all, use 7", it's "Use linux"
(08-07-2016, 04:18 AM)Helios Wrote: [ -> ]Here's the thing. Telemetrics have been a thing in Windows all the way back in 7, probably Vista too but I haven't read about the internals of Vista. The difference between 7 and 10 is that in 7, there was very few UI options to turn telemetrics off and Microsoft threw it all in the ToS.
Exactly. It's quite easy for tech companies to do shady things. All they have to do is hide it in an extremely boring WoT. I don't really blame people for not reading them most of the time. They usually contain information like "Don't use this software for illegal purposes" or "You'll need a [company-name] to access [company-name] services." It's usually just a bunch of useless information with a potentially damaging agreement somewhere in the middle.
Anniversary Update:
- Unremovable lock screen ads
- Microsoft-only driver signing
Are these true?