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Message 1752843 - Posted: 1 Jan 2016, 7:58:00 UTC
Last modified: 1 Jan 2016, 8:07:51 UTC

Sad, but Win10 x64 not only spy on you, it's just SLOWER than Vista x86 (!):

Vista x86:

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And same host under Win10 IP x64:

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Actually it's the first time I see so bright slowdown switching from x86 to x64 OS on capable hardware.... :(

And slowdown even greater considering not CPU but GPU part... I need x64 OS for this host cause 8GB memory installed now, but such slowdown definitely requires something else than Win10 x64 for good crunching, pity :/
(and to make it absolute clear - both listed tests were run with IDENTICAL hardware configuration, AFTER memory update. Update itself showed little speedup under Vista).

EDIT: both these run were done on "idle" CPU (Q9450). It's artifical config for this host though used routinely in benchmarking. Real production crunching done on fully loaded CPU of course. So I'll load remaining 3 cores with BOINC and repeat under real life conditions. Actually don't really hope that result will be different though :/
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Message 1753024 - Posted: 2 Jan 2016, 1:50:56 UTC - in response to Message 1752584.  

Not too sure what you mean. If you mean, can you still get the MS 'sticks, the answer is, no, not new ones, that is...they only seem to pander to X-Box users for controllers. One can of course still get 'sticks, but they'd have to be a USB connection for anything after Win XP. Maybe you're wondering if you can use a USB/gameport adapter? Oddly enough, many 'sticks will work in a fashion using one, except the Sidewinder! Even the favoured Rockfire unit can't get those working. Personally, I'm having to 'bite the bullet' and look at the Saitek X55 or the Thrustmaster Warthog and 'sticks are becoming more popular due to games like EVE, Elite Dangerous and, of course, Star Citizen.
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Message 1754362 - Posted: 6 Jan 2016, 15:52:37 UTC
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I'm getting really, really annoyed by the stupid W10 ad which pops up every single time I boot up one of my computers. It should be obvious that I do not want W10 after clicking away this stupid ad numerous times. But it still keeps popping up:-(
I will soon send an email to MS about this but right now I want to do something to stop this nonsense.
So pls advise me, what exactly do I have to do so I never see this damn ad again? Is it enough to deinstall some upgrades? Registry maybe? No third party programs pls. Oh, BTW, 2 of my computers run W8.1, my cruncher runs W7. (Home, all three)
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Message 1754366 - Posted: 6 Jan 2016, 16:06:06 UTC

gwx control panel?
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Message 1754369 - Posted: 6 Jan 2016, 16:10:30 UTC - in response to Message 1754362.  

I'm getting really, really annoyed by the stupid W10 ad which pops up every single time I boot up one of my computers. It should be obvious that I do not want W10 after clicking away this stupid ad numerous times. But it still keeps popping up:-(
I will soon send an email to MS about this but right now I want to do something to stop this nonsense.
So pls advise me, what exactly do I have to do so I never see this damn ad again? Is it enough to deinstall some upgrades? Registry maybe? No third party programs pls. Oh, BTW, 2 of my computers run W8.1, my cruncher runs W7. (Home, all three)


Disable updates.
Thats what i did years ago.


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Message 1754380 - Posted: 6 Jan 2016, 16:59:49 UTC - in response to Message 1754362.  

I'm getting really, really annoyed by the stupid W10 ad which pops up every single time I boot up one of my computers. It should be obvious that I do not want W10 after clicking away this stupid ad numerous times. But it still keeps popping up:-(
I will soon send an email to MS about this but right now I want to do something to stop this nonsense.
So pls advise me, what exactly do I have to do so I never see this damn ad again? Is it enough to deinstall some upgrades? Registry maybe? No third party programs pls. Oh, BTW, 2 of my computers run W8.1, my cruncher runs W7. (Home, all three)

Remove all of these updates. There are two methods:
1) manually by finding them in "installed updates"
2) open an administrative command prompt and do
wusa /uninstall /kb:[number] /norestart
for each one. There is a '/quiet' option, but it makes it more difficult to know if it is actually doing anything or even if it is done. Once done, you can restart the computer.

From this point, there are two options:
1) Turn updates off
2) Continue to allow updates, but you'll need to change the settings over to "let me choose what to download and install" and look at the list of available updates and see if any of the above KB numbers are there. If there are any, right-click > Hide update. You'll have to do that a bunch the first few times after removing all of those updates. But you'll have to keep an eye out for them from now on. I research every new update that is presented to me to decide if I want it or not, but most people don't have the time or desire to do so.
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Message 1754396 - Posted: 6 Jan 2016, 18:05:10 UTC

Remembering that some of the updates are rather reluctant to be hidden, taking two or three attempts before they finally submit :-(
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Message 1754414 - Posted: 6 Jan 2016, 19:44:09 UTC

Yes the GWX Control panel is a godsend for having to deal with multiple Windows 7/8 systems and the thrice-dammed Win 10 icon and pop-ups.

The creator's site is here: http://ultimateoutsider.com/downloads/

His 'blog' about it: http://blog.ultimateoutsider.com/2015/08/using-gwx-stopper-to-permanently-remove.html

It is a small, quick download and install. It allows you to stop Windows 10 installs/updates/etc. with just a mouse click or two. It even has a monitoring mode if you want to 'watch' and see if MS tries to change it. It even allows you to remove the preinstall files MS downloads to your system.

Now, that having been said, he has stated that with some of the new patches in the last patch day or two, MS has tried to overwrite/change/reset the settings that GWX changes so you might have to rerun it some but its pretty clear about showing what your system is set to do.

I have a lot of clients and as MS gets more and more aggressive about 'forcing' Windows 10 onto 7&8 systems, GWX Control Panel makes it much easier for me to control this as most of my clients have applications that are not Windows 10 compatible yet. That and some users at my clients are more that a bit 'click happy'.

I have and deal with a decent number of Windows 10 systems and all in all, I like it except for all the privacy removal and the forced update issues. However, I expect someone to come out with an app that gives at least the Pro versions the ability to easily control updates; or I will just have to setup WSUS on most all of them.
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Message 1754548 - Posted: 7 Jan 2016, 11:17:55 UTC
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Thx everybody, especially Cosmic Ocean for the link!

And regarding GWX panel: I don't wanna use third party programs for this because I had a very bad experience with O&O on W10.
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Message 1754554 - Posted: 7 Jan 2016, 12:00:59 UTC - in response to Message 1754548.  
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Thx everybody, especially Cosmic Ocean for the link!

And regarding GWX panel: I don't wanna use third party programs for this because I had a very bad experience with O&O on W10.

As I use O&O shutup on 4 Win 10 machines and have not had any problems so far, would you mind detailing what happened.

I don't want to have the same problems.

I also have recommended O&O to everybody I know running Win 10

Thank you
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Message 1754556 - Posted: 7 Jan 2016, 12:15:40 UTC

Bernie, I used O&O to disable the automatic updates. That worked, but then I couldn't do manual updates either so I tried to enable updates again via O&O and that didnt work. To make a long story short: I couldn't do any more updates, got an error no mattervwhst I tried. That was the moment when I said "screw W10" and went back to 8.1.
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Message 1754587 - Posted: 7 Jan 2016, 14:09:27 UTC - in response to Message 1754556.  

Bernie, I used O&O to disable the automatic updates. That worked, but then I couldn't do manual updates either so I tried to enable updates again via O&O and that didnt work. To make a long story short: I couldn't do any more updates, got an error no mattervwhst I tried. That was the moment when I said "screw W10" and went back to 8.1.

OK, yes I did that once, by mistake and couldn't re-enable it. I just used the restore point that O&O creates.

As I would never advise most people I deal with to disable updates anyway not a problem.
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Message 1754589 - Posted: 7 Jan 2016, 14:14:17 UTC
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I bought a new Phone on Monday. A Nokia 640 running Win 8.1(I very specifically avoided a Win 10 Phone). So far so good, Cortana is not as intrusive as I suspected and the dictation feature helps me overcome my 'sausage finger syndrome' when trying to use mini keyboards.

I'm a newbie on 'Smart'Phones and resisted getting one, but the world technology interface has become so structured to their use that now they are reaching the point of near necessity(could they be the 'mark of the beast' from Revelations?).[edit] And like all the shiny new electronic toys, they can be rendered into paperweights by the next CME and it's attendant EMP.

If major issues arise with regards to privacy or forced updates I will post my experiences.

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Message 1754592 - Posted: 7 Jan 2016, 14:22:57 UTC
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Scary stuff here.
http://blogs.microsoft.com/blog/2016/01/05/automakers-choose-microsoft-as-connected-car-partner/
When Microsoft talks about mobility, our interest is the mobility of the person, not of any single device. After all, people now want their technology experience to move with them, from place to place and device to device, at home, at work, and on the move.

Nowhere is this more evident than in today’s connected cars. People expect their car’s computing power to match its horsepower. And automakers are leading the way, bringing mobility solutions to their cars to meet drivers’ changing expectations, as well as enhance safety. These automakers see their cars as technology platforms, and they are choosing Microsoft as their partner.

They are choosing Microsoft because we uniquely deliver end-to-end solutions from the cloud, to the device, to predictive analytics, and do so in a way that allows all our partners to innovate on top of their existing systems. Nobody else offers this breadth and depth to the auto industry.

Today from the International CES in Las Vegas, Volvo Cars, Nissan, Harman and IAV announced new details about their partnerships with Microsoft to enhance their connected car strategies. They join Toyota, Ford, Qoros, Delphi, and other companies already working with Microsoft to bring their cars into the mobile-first, cloud-first world.

In the near future, the car will be connected to the Internet, as well as to other cars, your mobile phone and your home computer. The car becomes a companion and an assistant to your digital life. And so our strategy is to be the ultimate platform for all intelligent cars.


And http://news.microsoft.com/2016/01/05/nissan-selects-microsoft-azure-to-power-nissan-telematics-system/
Nissan Motor Co. Ltd. and Microsoft Corp. on Tuesday announced that all Nissan LEAF models and Infiniti models in Europe will have Connect Telematics Systems (CTS) powered by Microsoft Azure.

Maps, range prediction, charging station availability, charge status, plus all the services customers have come to expect when inside a vehicle are dependent on that connectivity. Azure provides a global cloud platform with cutting-edge security that allows Nissan to deliver services worldwide to this broad customer base.


So, I guess you're not going to buy a new car soon either. Unless you really do not mind Microsoft storing everything now known about you. And getting Windows Updates on the freeway. Rebooting the car... Blue screening when you start it...
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Message 1754596 - Posted: 7 Jan 2016, 14:34:47 UTC

So, I guess you're not going to buy a new car soon either.
My vehicles are a 2001 Dodge Dakota and a 2005 Toyota Avalon, both with less than 70k miles and no Sat link. At 68 years old and driving only about 5000 miles a year since retirement, I'd say I'm never gonna buy another new car.......":D)

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Message 1754611 - Posted: 7 Jan 2016, 15:40:26 UTC - in response to Message 1754592.  

Scary stuff here.
http://blogs.microsoft.com/blog/2016/01/05/automakers-choose-microsoft-as-connected-car-partner/
When Microsoft talks about mobility, our interest is the mobility of the person, not of any single device. After all, people now want their technology experience to move with them, from place to place and device to device, at home, at work, and on the move.

Nowhere is this more evident than in today’s connected cars. People expect their car’s computing power to match its horsepower. And automakers are leading the way, bringing mobility solutions to their cars to meet drivers’ changing expectations, as well as enhance safety. These automakers see their cars as technology platforms, and they are choosing Microsoft as their partner.

They are choosing Microsoft because we uniquely deliver end-to-end solutions from the cloud, to the device, to predictive analytics, and do so in a way that allows all our partners to innovate on top of their existing systems. Nobody else offers this breadth and depth to the auto industry.

Today from the International CES in Las Vegas, Volvo Cars, Nissan, Harman and IAV announced new details about their partnerships with Microsoft to enhance their connected car strategies. They join Toyota, Ford, Qoros, Delphi, and other companies already working with Microsoft to bring their cars into the mobile-first, cloud-first world.

In the near future, the car will be connected to the Internet, as well as to other cars, your mobile phone and your home computer. The car becomes a companion and an assistant to your digital life. And so our strategy is to be the ultimate platform for all intelligent cars.


And http://news.microsoft.com/2016/01/05/nissan-selects-microsoft-azure-to-power-nissan-telematics-system/
Nissan Motor Co. Ltd. and Microsoft Corp. on Tuesday announced that all Nissan LEAF models and Infiniti models in Europe will have Connect Telematics Systems (CTS) powered by Microsoft Azure.

Maps, range prediction, charging station availability, charge status, plus all the services customers have come to expect when inside a vehicle are dependent on that connectivity. Azure provides a global cloud platform with cutting-edge security that allows Nissan to deliver services worldwide to this broad customer base.


So, I guess you're not going to buy a new car soon either. Unless you really do not mind Microsoft storing everything now known about you. And getting Windows Updates on the freeway. Rebooting the car... Blue screening when you start it...

Greetings Jord,

Whatever happened to the car being a TRANSPORTATION device. A car is a lethal weapon. With all the crap they put in cars these days it's no wonder there aren't "accidents" every tenth of a nanosecond. When driving a car you are to do ONE THING, pay attention to the road, NOT do butt or finger dancing while listening to your favorite playlist, not talking incessantly on the cell, not texting, not eating (soon we'll have replicators in cars for our lunching enjoyment WHILE driving), etc., etc., etc...

The only computer in our car is the one that monitors and maintains the operations of the car. When I drive, I don't hear the radio much at all, I'm watching the world and road around me as I am supposed to be doing. I'm 64 this month and I have yet to have any altercation with another vehicle because I'm not doing what I'm supposed to do when the car is in motion, pay attention.

It's too bad my 33 year old Datsun truck no longer runs. It will take some major overhaul to get it on the road again. I just don't have the money to do it. There's NO computer in that truck and that's the way I like it. I parked that truck in the garage 3 years ago and I haven't gotten it to run since. :(

Computers in cars should NOT be interactive by the operator of that car. There should be nothing to draw a drivers attention away from the road. Plain and simple.

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Message 1754631 - Posted: 7 Jan 2016, 17:47:23 UTC

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Message 1754756 - Posted: 8 Jan 2016, 2:53:11 UTC - in response to Message 1754611.  

Whatever happened to the car being a TRANSPORTATION device.


I agree. Cars are heavy machinery that should be operated by responsible, focused drivers. I understand interfacing with new mobility devices, updating the controls and customizability with new technology, and taking advantage of connectivity in order to improve travel efficiency, emergency response, etc. But they should not be entertainment or mobile outlets. But I think it's inevitable. However, I'm sure the manufacturers and regulators will make restrictions of using them during operating times, or separate them between driver and passengers. I think Tesla has the most complex interface right now, and they lock some functions during driving. But then, I think people might find ways around it, or maybe whatever precautions are done, some people will still be distracted.

Also, new connectivity leads to new security problems that need to be dealt with. I think the last related article I read, a security team was able to wirelessly hack into a Jeep Cherokee and affect stuff while it was in motion.
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Message 1754822 - Posted: 8 Jan 2016, 9:29:19 UTC - in response to Message 1754756.  

However, I'm sure the manufacturers and regulators will make restrictions of using them during operating times, or separate them between driver and passengers.

Yeah, but if enforcement isn't doing much of anything about that, then you have rules such as 'drive with your seat belt on' and 'do not use your phone behind the wheel', which everyone seems to be ignoring because the law enforcement isn't enforcing it en masse. The fines can be extraordinary high (€140 and €230 in above example), but really as long as you can get away with it 12 months out of the year, it's really not going to be a restriction.
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Message 1754867 - Posted: 8 Jan 2016, 15:27:16 UTC

Next up: M$ is going after outdated Internet Explorer users on WIN 7 with a NAG SCREEN...
How to disable impending IE nag notices

Next week, Microsoft's Internet Explorer browser (IE) will begin displaying nag notices to users who have not upgraded to the latest available for their operating system.

Users can disable those notices and continue running retired editions without the disruption of the in-browser warnings.

On Jan. 12, Microsoft will deliver the final security updates for IE8, IE9 and IE10 on Windows 7 Service Pack 1 (SP1) to make good on an August 2014 announcement that it would shut off patches and other support for those browsers on the OS.

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