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Ulrich Metzner ![]() Send message Joined: 3 Jul 02 Posts: 1256 Credit: 13,565,513 RAC: 13 ![]() ![]() |
(...) I just refreshed WSUS and 3147071 shows up there, as well. I clicked the "more information" URL for it and was brought to the same page that gives the frown face. So that one has been denied for the time being. (...) Meanwhile the link for the suspicious update leads to a real site: https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/kb/3147071 Seems to be a bigger update related to problems with the connection to an oracle database. [edit] To late to the show... X) Aloha, Uli |
Cosmic_Ocean ![]() Send message Joined: 23 Dec 00 Posts: 3027 Credit: 13,516,867 RAC: 13 ![]() ![]() |
I see that now. I'm leaving it declined/hidden. I don't need to connect to Oracle DBs anyway. Linux laptop: record uptime: 1511d 20h 19m (ended due to the power brick giving-up) |
![]() Send message Joined: 25 Nov 01 Posts: 21572 Credit: 7,508,002 RAC: 20 ![]() ![]() |
Oh, Martin. Scan the QR code, infect your android phone. Good to see that the Malware developers are striving for unfettered cross-platform compatibility! Why can not 'normal' software be so easily run on any OS and on any of your hardware? Considering the Windows platform... Perhaps obscure and easily exploited QR-codes would not be needed in the first place if the Windows platform was more reliable in the first place and gave more Human meaningful error codes in any case... IT is what we allow it to be... Martin See new freedom: Mageia Linux Take a look for yourself: Linux Format The Future is what We all make IT (GPLv3) |
![]() ![]() Send message Joined: 14 Mar 12 Posts: 5375 Credit: 30,870,693 RAC: 1 ![]() |
American Homeland Security warns about Quicktime for Windows. As Apple is no longer issuing update patches for this program in Windows, it is extremely vulnerable to hacking, there are features that have been identified that can be used to steal personal data and conscript your files. It is recommended that the program be uninstalled on any machine running ANY version of Windows.. http://www.foxnews.com/tech/2016/04/18/homeland-security-warns-windows-pc-users-to-uninstall-quicktime.html ![]() "Sour Grapes make a bitter Whine." <(0)> |
![]() ![]() Send message Joined: 30 Jul 15 Posts: 268 Credit: 1,735,966 RAC: 0 ![]() |
Hi, In regard your tag line: "People who worry that the glass is half full or half empty miss the point. The glass is refillable." As an Engineer, I would modify it as follows... :) "People who worry that the glass is half full or half empty miss the point. The glass is twice as big as it needs to be." Hahaha River Song (aka Linda Latte on planet Earth) "Happy I-Phone girl on the GO GO GO" |
![]() Send message Joined: 9 Jun 99 Posts: 15184 Credit: 4,362,181 RAC: 3 ![]() |
From https://blogs.microsoft.com/iot/2016/04/22/hannover-messe-2016-epicenter-of-industrie-4-0/ IAV Automotive Engineering is using Windows 10 Continuum to stream Windows 10 and all its applications directly to intelligent mobile dashboards. This new offering can integrate data and services such as Microsoft Office 365 or Cortana, becoming a personal assistant to drivers through a notebook, tablet, or smartphone. At Hannover Messe, IAV and Microsoft will demonstrate a concept solution that enables communication to help prevent accidents. Known as “vehicle-2-x†communication (V2X), the approach uses data from the vehicle’s surroundings to improve convenience and enhance safety by anticipating and mitigating potential hazards. Other things in the InternetOfThings world to be using Windows 10 are intelligent fridges, intelligent lampposts, your smart car, smart buildings, etc. etc. You really won't be able to miss out on any of this great stuff! Just check https://developer.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/iot for the endless possibilities, like the Raspberry Pi 3 board with Windows 10 IoT Core. [sarcasm mode off] |
Sleepy ![]() Send message Joined: 21 May 99 Posts: 219 Credit: 98,947,784 RAC: 28,360 ![]() ![]() |
So that MS will know even the content of your fridge? ;-) If I had a Raspi3 (actually I have 2 of the first series. 1 of the actual first batch to be sold), I would never use Win10 on it. With all the stuff available in Linux or python, I cannot see a reason to have MS tampering my (or anyone's) fridge. I cross all fingers that developers will not fall in the MS "we have it all ready smooth shiny spic&span for the IoT" trap. Sleepy |
![]() ![]() Send message Joined: 23 May 99 Posts: 7379 Credit: 44,181,323 RAC: 238 ![]() ![]() |
Greetings, Looks like there will be no getting away from Winblows 10! I can see it now (for those still getting updates from Microcrud): "This is your update program speaking. If you do not stop using this outdated Operating System, I will sabotage it so that it will no longer run and you will have no choice but to use Windows 10. It's your choice." Click your choice: [Keep the old] [Move on to Windows 10] "P.S. The red 'X' in the corner has been disabled. ;)" Keep on BOINCing...! :) 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 |
![]() Send message Joined: 9 Jun 99 Posts: 15184 Credit: 4,362,181 RAC: 3 ![]() |
At least with the fridge, it's doable. With your car... "Please find a safe spot to stop, so Windows can reboot to finalize installing new drivers for the sensor array of the turbo injector". |
Sleepy ![]() Send message Joined: 21 May 99 Posts: 219 Credit: 98,947,784 RAC: 28,360 ![]() ![]() |
I do not know if it was powered by MS, but once I was in a plane, waiting for take off. They announced that they would reboot the system because something was not in order. You know, really like alt-ctrl-del. Lights went off for a moment, all systems down, and slowly the plane regained life in a few minutes. We arrived safely at destination, but that feeling was not one of the sweetest. I love flying, by the way. Nothing usually scares me, more so it may amuse me. But these itches make you think for an instant. Sleepy |
Dr Who Fan ![]() Send message Joined: 8 Jan 01 Posts: 3390 Credit: 715,342 RAC: 4 ![]() |
At least with the fridge, it's doable. With your car... "Please find a safe spot to stop, so Windows can reboot to finalize installing new drivers for the sensor array of the turbo injector". lol... then when it finally restarts you get the (not so famous) BSOD with hex-code dump and informed to contact your nearest Automotive Dealer's help desk (repair shop) with the error code in order to have your vehicle towed so they can (attempt to) resolve the error message. |
![]() ![]() Send message Joined: 24 Nov 06 Posts: 7489 Credit: 91,093,184 RAC: 0 ![]() |
A panicked friend contacted me this morning, where he said his (Win7) laptop became 'possessed' and unusable. I said probably just m$ breaking it during the win10 update compatibility checks. He says he had updates disabled, yeah right, lol. I then relayed a lot of what's happened over the last 6 months, and he was pretty skeptical, then did his own research and is shocked enough to dump m$ altogether now. He was familiar with Redhat Linux many moons ago, so I suggested he could try out Fedora or Centos, but I indicated there are many options to try. Looks like m$ loses another ~30 year customer, through tactics that were unnecessary. He probably would have gone to win10 on his own without that. "Living by the wisdom of computer science doesn't sound so bad after all. And unlike most advice, it's backed up by proofs." -- Algorithms to live by: The computer science of human decisions. |
![]() ![]() Send message Joined: 30 Jul 15 Posts: 268 Credit: 1,735,966 RAC: 0 ![]() |
The last few posts sounds like what M$ may include in Win 11, huh? Oh, horrors! Stay here on Earth. It's the only planet with DARK CHOCOLATE !! River Song (aka Linda Latte on planet Earth) "Happy I-Phone girl on the GO GO GO" |
![]() ![]() Send message Joined: 24 Nov 06 Posts: 7489 Credit: 91,093,184 RAC: 0 ![]() |
Funnily enough, My friend mentioned his fears about 'Windows 11'. I responded with an explanation that after this it is just 'Windows', because genocide on the prior generations leaves no need for a version number. "Living by the wisdom of computer science doesn't sound so bad after all. And unlike most advice, it's backed up by proofs." -- Algorithms to live by: The computer science of human decisions. |
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I had an interesting phone call last night which I let go to voice mail as the Caller ID was 800 services usually indicating a robo call. The message left was to the effect of "Your subscription to Windows has expired, all Microsoft services have been stopped on your computer. To renew your subscription please call 1-877-236-0792." I am referring that number to the local authorities for investigation(which I doubt will lead to anything), and to Homeland Security(which I have similar expectations of success). Upon pondering further though I wonder if this may be a harbinger of the actual future of Wndow$............. [edit] apparently I'm not alone..... http://800notes.com/Phone.aspx/1-877-236-0792 ![]() "Sour Grapes make a bitter Whine." <(0)> |
![]() ![]() Send message Joined: 30 Jul 15 Posts: 268 Credit: 1,735,966 RAC: 0 ![]() |
hhahahahahahaha River Song (aka Linda Latte on planet Earth) "Happy I-Phone girl on the GO GO GO" |
![]() ![]() Send message Joined: 24 Nov 06 Posts: 7489 Credit: 91,093,184 RAC: 0 ![]() |
Yeah, 'Old Bill' is so desperately in need of cash he needs to spam people by phone WAR Diallers, ROFL The Phone companies are so outdated, vulnerable and corrupt, their own employees can voluntarily or by duress give databases to criminal gangs. Same with the banks. (not to mention pissed off sacked employees). If you work at such a place, take a walk and look for a real job. When this comes to a crunch, mark my words, it will once again be Narcissists preying on the weak to prop up their insane addictions. "Living by the wisdom of computer science doesn't sound so bad after all. And unlike most advice, it's backed up by proofs." -- Algorithms to live by: The computer science of human decisions. |
![]() ![]() Send message Joined: 14 Mar 12 Posts: 5375 Credit: 30,870,693 RAC: 1 ![]() |
Yeah, M$ has gone way to the financial dark side without Gates and Allen, but latest earnings report and outlook appears to indicate a similar path for Apple without Jobs and the Great and Powerful Woz(meant with the utmost respect). ![]() "Sour Grapes make a bitter Whine." <(0)> |
![]() ![]() Send message Joined: 24 Nov 06 Posts: 7489 Credit: 91,093,184 RAC: 0 ![]() |
Yeah, M$ has gone way to the financial dark side without Gates and Allen, but latest earnings report and outlook appears to indicate a similar path for Apple without Jobs and the Great and Powerful Woz(meant with the utmost respect). Yeah, Have to say, wacky as those guys were, they're choirboys compared to whoever devised this Sh@tstorm "Living by the wisdom of computer science doesn't sound so bad after all. And unlike most advice, it's backed up by proofs." -- Algorithms to live by: The computer science of human decisions. |
Cosmic_Ocean ![]() Send message Joined: 23 Dec 00 Posts: 3027 Credit: 13,516,867 RAC: 13 ![]() ![]() |
Friend of mine gets at least one phone call per week from somebody with a very heavy Indian (dot, not feather) accent in a noisy call center telling him "I'm calling on behalf of your internet provider to inform you that your Windows computer may be infected with a virus, as we are seeing many connections originating from it. I need you to open the start menu.." My friend replies "I don't have one." "Yes, you do sir, just click on the Windows logo on the bottom left of the screen." "But that's where my clock is." "Impossible. What version of Windows are you running?" "Redhat Ubuntu with the 128-bit kernel." *few seconds of silence* "Thank you, have a good day*click*" Linux laptop: record uptime: 1511d 20h 19m (ended due to the power brick giving-up) |
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