Cliff Posted January 29, 2021 Report Share Posted January 29, 2021 Got my lovely missus a new laptop n asus studio book . it came pre loaded with Win 10. I started Win 10 up o it and in the blizzard of stupid questions micorsoft's politburo asked me was a question about advertisements. Seems you can have them spy on you to tailor advertisements to more meet your detected preferences. If you don't specify they will just blast advertisements at you. So let me see if I have this right. Microsoft makes the most vulnerable virus prone unstable vulnerable to malware operating system on the planet AND AND AND they want to use it to push advertisements thus turning the customer into the product like one of Fank Tyson's chickens. That feels like Mark Zuckerberg's ploy. Lure people in with inflated empty promises and then turn them into cat food. Any of you win 10 users out there know anything about these adverts? Just curious. Doesn't matter really because I won't be keeping Gate's poisonous software. I'll burn it out and install linux. I won't have microsoft in my home on anything. Link to comment
lew Posted January 29, 2021 Report Share Posted January 29, 2021 Here's how to turn it all off- https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/general-privacy-settings-in-windows-10-7c7f6a09-cebd-5589-c376-7f505e5bf65a Use https://duckduckgo.com/ search engine I tried to learn Linux way back when it first started but couldn't get the hang of it. I know the newer distributions are easier to use. I wonder if they still have trouble with the drivers for some of the MS hardware. Link to comment
p_toad Posted January 30, 2021 Report Share Posted January 30, 2021 When i got my new computer, i made sure it was NOT connected to the internet on the first bootup. With that in mind, i put in the ID i wanted to use and do NOT have a MS userid and was able to configure almost everything the way I prefer. I don't get ads from them on my desktop at all and have slowed the updates they push out (helps let them get their sh!t together before i get my machine hosed by them). I do run Zonealarm AV and other stuff although the computer came loaded with MS av and some scammy McAfee stuff that i never use. Since i run ad-block on my browsers, i usually never see ads there. I NEVER use MS browser since it's just a messed up version of google's crap. I use Firefox and Thunderbird for most of my browser and email stuff. Link to comment
John Morris Posted January 30, 2021 Report Share Posted January 30, 2021 23 minutes ago, p_toad said: When i got my new computer, i made sure it was NOT connected to the internet on the first bootup. That's the best way, do not create an MS user id, just boot up the pc without user id. Otherwise they got their claws in ya. Link to comment
Ron Dudelston Posted January 30, 2021 Report Share Posted January 30, 2021 I switched over to Mac a few years ago and now I’m a convert. My phone, iPad and MacBook all sync. We just went fully digital on City Council with new Surface Pro 7s and it’s been tough to get used to it. Thankfully I used Windows since the 80s. Link to comment
John Morris Posted January 30, 2021 Report Share Posted January 30, 2021 Been thinking about it Ron. My two girls seem to love their iphones and ipad. Link to comment
Fred W. Hargis Jr Posted January 30, 2021 Report Share Posted January 30, 2021 We gave up on windows some time ago and switched to Macs. Then I found out that most software (like Cutlist) is written for Windows and often the vendor doesn't make a Mac version. Oh, well...I've lived without it. But I have been wanting to dip my toes into CNC and that's almost all windows as well. Recently, Krumy talked how he uses about Inkscape and Delta Cad for the one he runs....and those are available for a Mac. So I intend to download them (I think Delta cad costs $30 or so) and play around with them. Link to comment
John Morris Posted January 30, 2021 Report Share Posted January 30, 2021 4 hours ago, lew said: Link to comment
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FlGatorwood Posted January 31, 2021 Report Share Posted January 31, 2021 I started with Microsoft OS with DOS 3.1, then to 5.0, then to Windows 93. The ones that I liked best was NT and XP. After Bill Gates retired in 1999, Steve Balmer took over and to me, Microsoft has gone down hill since. There is too much prying and too much gaming that I don't like. I have a Solitaire game and it wants only Microsoft approved software. The latest update installed Edge again. I deleted it from the desktop, but cannot uninstall it in the programs. Will try to logon as administrator to see if I can wipe it away. This will be my last computer and about to get off it altogether. It seems now that insurance, shot appointments, doctor appointments are now going to be online. I am going to be bullheaded and not support it. Why can't folks answer a phone? Why not talk to one another? This has all gone too far. End of rant. Putting away my soapbox. Have to keep some for another day. LOL Link to comment
lew Posted January 31, 2021 Report Share Posted January 31, 2021 Use Power Shell https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.techrepublic.com/google-amp/article/how-to-uninstall-the-edge-browser-in-windows-10/ the semiannual quality update will probably reinstall unless you run- https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/deployedge/microsoft-edge-blocker-toolkit Link to comment
FlGatorwood Posted January 31, 2021 Report Share Posted January 31, 2021 Thank you, Lew. I am still learning, but will I remember it tomorrow? LOL Link to comment
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