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Siran d'Vel'nahr Send message Joined: 23 May 99 Posts: 7379 Credit: 44,181,323 RAC: 238 |
New Windows 10 Changes Revealed Greetings, Yet another reason to stay away from Winblows 10. More reduction in security. Bah! Siran CAPT Siran d'Vel'nahr - L L & P _\\// Winders 11 OS? "What a piece of junk!" - L. Skywalker "Logic is the cement of our civilization with which we ascend from chaos using reason as our guide." - T'Plana-hath |
tullio Send message Joined: 9 Apr 04 Posts: 8797 Credit: 2,930,782 RAC: 1 |
After the Creators Update my Windows 10 Home edition PC is able to crunch only SETI@home and SETI Beta tasks, both on CPU and GPU ( a GTX 1050 Ti). All else fails. Bu I have two older Linux boxes. One runs the SixTrack tasks of LHC@home, the other the Einstein@home tasks, both CPU and GPU on a GTX 750 Ti. Its driver has been updated by OpenSuSE and is now 384.59. Tullio |
Grant (SSSF) Send message Joined: 19 Aug 99 Posts: 13727 Credit: 208,696,464 RAC: 304 |
Yet another reason to stay away from Winblows 10. More reduction in security. Bah! Then don't select that option. Simple. Grant Darwin NT |
tazzduke Send message Joined: 15 Sep 07 Posts: 190 Credit: 28,269,068 RAC: 5 |
Normally in windows you already have the power to setup auto login and the same with Linux. You just have do some reading. |
Siran d'Vel'nahr Send message Joined: 23 May 99 Posts: 7379 Credit: 44,181,323 RAC: 238 |
Yet another reason to stay away from Winblows 10. More reduction in security. Bah! Hi Grant, The option I have selected is to stick with Win7 Pro 64bit. If this PC dies before I do, I will build another one and Win7 will be my OS of choice, only because I have stuff that only runs best ON Windows. Too complicated to get running on Linux. ;) Siran CAPT Siran d'Vel'nahr - L L & P _\\// Winders 11 OS? "What a piece of junk!" - L. Skywalker "Logic is the cement of our civilization with which we ascend from chaos using reason as our guide." - T'Plana-hath |
Grant (SSSF) Send message Joined: 19 Aug 99 Posts: 13727 Credit: 208,696,464 RAC: 304 |
The option I have selected is to stick with Win7 Pro 64bit. If this PC dies before I do, I will build another one and Win7 will be my OS of choice, only because I have stuff that only runs best ON Windows. Too complicated to get running on Linux. ;) My only issues have been stopping Win10 from updating video drivers. Grant Darwin NT |
Siran d'Vel'nahr Send message Joined: 23 May 99 Posts: 7379 Credit: 44,181,323 RAC: 238 |
The option I have selected is to stick with Win7 Pro 64bit. If this PC dies before I do, I will build another one and Win7 will be my OS of choice, only because I have stuff that only runs best ON Windows. Too complicated to get running on Linux. ;) Hi Grant, Yeah, it seems a lot of people have that problem. Microsoft just wants everything THEIR WAY, and screw what the consumer wants. ;) They're (Microsoft) is trying to lay claim to ALL devices running Winblows 10. My room mate was getting BSOD after BSOD and I figured it was related to that creators upgrade thingy. Good thing I read this forum a lot. :) I just rolled it back to an earlier Win 10 and no more BSODs. Siran CAPT Siran d'Vel'nahr - L L & P _\\// Winders 11 OS? "What a piece of junk!" - L. Skywalker "Logic is the cement of our civilization with which we ascend from chaos using reason as our guide." - T'Plana-hath |
Dr Who Fan Send message Joined: 8 Jan 01 Posts: 3206 Credit: 715,342 RAC: 4 |
Tech Republic gives FIVE reasons AGAINST and FIVE reasons FOR using Windows 10 ins separate articles: Windows 10: Five reasons to avoid Microsoft's flagship OS With Microsoft's sometimes capricious and occasionally obnoxious treatment of Windows users, here's why you might want to give Windows 10 a miss. Windows 10: Five reasons to stick with Microsoft's flagship OS As Microsoft's flagship OS celebrates its two year anniversary, here's what those running Windows 10 have got to look forward to. |
JaundicedEye Send message Joined: 14 Mar 12 Posts: 5375 Credit: 30,870,693 RAC: 1 |
I have 2 brand new Windows 7 Pro install discs I purchased a couple years ago that I'm saving for the next 2 machines I build when I get some extra cash. After that I hope enough people will be unhappy with M$ and switch to Linux based OS spurring releases of commonly used productivity software (ie Quicken/Quickbooks). I currently have a HP Laptop that I converted to Ubuntu and I'm slowly learning(re-learning as I've had prior limited Unix command line experience). Just trying to teach a real old dog new tricks. "Sour Grapes make a bitter Whine." <(0)> |
Cliff Harding Send message Joined: 18 Aug 99 Posts: 1432 Credit: 110,967,840 RAC: 67 |
I have 2 brand new Windows 7 Pro install discs I purchased a couple years ago that I'm saving for the next 2 machines I build when I get some extra cash. After that I hope enough people will be unhappy with M$ and switch to Linux based OS spurring releases of commonly used productivity software (ie Quicken/Quickbooks). I'd be careful on your builds. M$ has reneged on their promise that newer CPUs will be allowed to support Win 7. When I built my i7/7700K that my wife got me for Father's Day, I attempted to do a clean install Win 7 Ultimate (x64) on a different physical drive and it was rejected. Somewhere in the very beginning of the process something on the chip told Windows that it was not supported and it aborted after I clicked "OK". I then successfully started Windows using the original system drive. Because the free upgrade of Win 10 Pro (x64) determined that the system was a new machine (CPU, mobo, mem sticks) I had to reactive the OS. Ran into problems again, as the reactivation was not accepted, even with numerous calls to M$ to resolve the problem. I ended up buying an install USB stick ($199 + tax USD), M$ doesn't use install disks any more, except for system builder versions, and was able to install and active my Win 10 Pro (x64). so be very careful that your new builds are at least below Kaby Lake. I don't buy computers, I build them!! |
Siran d'Vel'nahr Send message Joined: 23 May 99 Posts: 7379 Credit: 44,181,323 RAC: 238 |
I have 2 brand new Windows 7 Pro install discs I purchased a couple years ago that I'm saving for the next 2 machines I build when I get some extra cash. After that I hope enough people will be unhappy with M$ and switch to Linux based OS spurring releases of commonly used productivity software (ie Quicken/Quickbooks). Hi Cliff, I remembered this when I read your post here. There is a way to circumvent the block Micro$oft put in place to block Win 7 and 8.1 on Kaby Lake and Ryzen. I hope that this is not a moot point. ;) Have a great day! :) Siran CAPT Siran d'Vel'nahr - L L & P _\\// Winders 11 OS? "What a piece of junk!" - L. Skywalker "Logic is the cement of our civilization with which we ascend from chaos using reason as our guide." - T'Plana-hath |
Mike Send message Joined: 17 Feb 01 Posts: 34255 Credit: 79,922,639 RAC: 80 |
I`m running win 7 on a Ryzen and its working perfectly. With each crime and every kindness we birth our future. |
Cliff Harding Send message Joined: 18 Aug 99 Posts: 1432 Credit: 110,967,840 RAC: 67 |
I remembered this when I read your post here. There is a way to circumvent the block Micro$oft put in place to block Win 7 and 8.1 on Kaby Lake and Ryzen. But I think that only works if you already have Win 7 installed on your machine. I`m running win 7 on a Ryzen and its working perfectly Lucky you, maybe at this point in time it's only affecting Intel processors. I don't buy computers, I build them!! |
Mike Send message Joined: 17 Feb 01 Posts: 34255 Credit: 79,922,639 RAC: 80 |
I remembered this when I read your post here. There is a way to circumvent the block Micro$oft put in place to block Win 7 and 8.1 on Kaby Lake and Ryzen. So long your motherboard comes with win 7 drivers it should work on Intels too. I found a few instructions during my web search. You need to create a boot USB stick of the win 7 install disc with USB 3 drivers included. I used universal USB installer. With each crime and every kindness we birth our future. |
JaundicedEye Send message Joined: 14 Mar 12 Posts: 5375 Credit: 30,870,693 RAC: 1 |
I buy barebones boxes from a company in Cincinnati with everything except SSD and Hard drives pre-installed as I've discovered it's actually less expensive and saves time and annoyance. As I generally stick to older CPU(Gen 6 Intel) and Motherboard Chipsets (Z99 is what I'm considering) rather than bleeding edge technology I think the install will go ok. If not my journey deep into Linux will commence sooner than anticipated. "Sour Grapes make a bitter Whine." <(0)> |
Jord Send message Joined: 9 Jun 99 Posts: 15184 Credit: 4,362,181 RAC: 3 |
New examples of what your Windows 10 Creators Update sends back, depending on if you selected the Basic or Full telemetry: From https://privacy.microsoft.com/en-us/windows-10-feedback-diagnostics-and-privacy: At Basic we collect only data necessary to keep Windows devices up-to-date and secure. Basic data includes information about the device itself, the proper function of Windows and Store updates, and basic error data. We collect the following data at the Basic level: Full data includes everything collected with Basic data, plus additional information that enables Microsoft to fix and improve products and services for all users. We collect the following additional information at the Full Level: According to Microsoft 71% of the computers is set to send back full data. You're all crazy. |
ML1 Send message Joined: 25 Nov 01 Posts: 20257 Credit: 7,508,002 RAC: 20 |
New examples of what your Windows 10 Creators Update sends back, depending on if you selected the Basic or Full telemetry: Jord! Thanks for that... The "You're all crazy" sent a perfectly innocent coffee up my nose and elsewhere...!! Quite the understatement of the day? ;-) Happy crunchin', Martin See new freedom: Mageia Linux Take a look for yourself: Linux Format The Future is what We all make IT (GPLv3) |
Jord Send message Joined: 9 Jun 99 Posts: 15184 Credit: 4,362,181 RAC: 3 |
The "You're all crazy" sent a perfectly innocent coffee up my nose and elsewhere...!!Martin, you still haven't learned how to drink coffee off your monitor? :-) |
HAL9000 Send message Joined: 11 Sep 99 Posts: 6534 Credit: 196,805,888 RAC: 57 |
The "You're all crazy" sent a perfectly innocent coffee up my nose and elsewhere...!!Martin, you still haven't learned how to drink coffee off your monitor? :-) Something along the lines of this I would imagine. SETI@home classic workunits: 93,865 CPU time: 863,447 hours Join the [url=http://tinyurl.com/8y46zvu]BP6/VP6 User Group[ |
tullio Send message Joined: 9 Apr 04 Posts: 8797 Credit: 2,930,782 RAC: 1 |
I chose the "basic" option. But now patch updates come like thieves in the night. I got one yesterday. Tullio |
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