I just want to talk to Scarlett again. Is that so much to ask?!
So... what's up with this Windows 10 thing?
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Maybe it's a bit narcissistic of me, but I'm just tickled that Cortana recognizes my old band's music. ("Hey Cortana...what's playing?")
ScarJo broke my heart in that movie without even showing up once.[DOUBLEPOST=1439173361,1439173304][/DOUBLEPOST]
And I'm all like, "wait no not now, I want to watch porn first."
Yeah I meant the upgrade, sorry if that wasn't clear. Every time I turn on my computer it pops up going HEY CONGRATS YOU GET AN UPGRADE LET'S UPGRADE NOW WHEEE!!
And I'm all like, "wait no not now, I want to watch porn first."
I have to say I am extremely impressed with Cortana. Not only is she able to pick up my voice on the webcam even when I whisper mumble, but when it seems she is way off she somehow figures it out anyways.
Example, I told her, through a whisper, "open wow model viewer", the text based on what it thought I was saying said "open now model bieber". In most any other voice activated assistants, this is where it send me to a Justin Bieber modelling website or something equally stupid, but nope, Contana still loaded up wow model viewer as if it knew what I was talking about the whole time.
Example, I told her, through a whisper, "open wow model viewer", the text based on what it thought I was saying said "open now model bieber". In most any other voice activated assistants, this is where it send me to a Justin Bieber modelling website or something equally stupid, but nope, Contana still loaded up wow model viewer as if it knew what I was talking about the whole time.
GasBandit
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What are you using instead, then? Just MSE?
I'm using the built in Windows Defender.
GasBandit
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I hope you're also running adblock and also regularly scanning with Malwarebytes, in that case. The windows security suites have really slid downhill the last few years.
Adblock plus and ghostery are still running on Firefox. Just ABP for Chrome. I'll look into Malwarebytes a bit later. Working tonight, so bed.
I've used nothing but built in windows defender for the past five years, and I think the last time I had a computer virus was close to 15 years ago.
Of course, I'm also not an idiot or internet inept, so that helps.
GasBandit
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Yep. This. This is why adblocking software is mandatory for web browsing. Affiliate advertising is a neverending shitball of passed bucks and irresponsibility. It's even worse than radio.
Well huzzah.
Ok, so I run with ABP "allowing non-intrusive ads" (because some sites to merit some ad dollars as long as they don't annoy me too much) and a few trusted sites (Halforums being one of them).
1. If one of my "trusted sites" gets a crappy ad, I'm fucked?
2. Could this be an issue through "non-intrusive" ads? I don't know how or where they determine the difference.
3. What added benefit would Ghostery give?
GasBandit
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1) yes. The only safe option is to block all ads. Sorry, websites. Affiliate advertising is too dangerous.
2) non intrusive just means no pop ups/sound/video. It doesn't protect you in any way. Disallow non-intrusive ads.
3) ghostery is for extra amounts of control.. consider it like... driving manual in your browser, instead of automatic. It's not really 100% necessary, so long as you've got adblock blocking EVERYTHING. But if you want to customize more of what sites show you and what they can't, this is something for that.
GasBandit
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Now I'm reading all this stuff about how windows 10 scans for and disables pirate software and "unauthorized hardware." WTF constitutes "unauthorized hardware?" With Microsoft's track record, what's our insurance against false positives? Also reading more about how all the "opting out" doesn't actually stop Win10 from sending data home and whatnot.
I assume they mean things like mod chips (and possibly video output dongles for recording/streaming content without permission). Also there's how it completely and utterly breaks the SecureROM and SafeDisc DRM schemes, so you know, no more games like BioShock, Mass Effect, The Sims...
--Patrick
--Patrick
GasBandit
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This would be the first time I've heard of a PC needing a mod chip. Someone I read, however, said it disabled his third party/modded Xbox controller.
The desktop was running the same basic installation from when I built the PC in 2011. Time to clear out the debris.
After backing up everything worth backing up, I decided to do the refresh and clear both drives, the SSD holding Windows and the HDD with my user directory.
It failed after about 2%. Multiple attempts failed to get it to continue. When I finally decided to try the turn off PC option, turning it on again got a "no operating system found" error, and even trying booting from the optical drive would fail at first. Using the BIOS boot menu finally got the install DVD going again. A little detour to run sysprep in the middle got the user folder on the HDD where it belongs, and now I'm back in business. Apparently the boot order in the BIOS got swapped out when I wasn't looking. I fixed that.
After backing up everything worth backing up, I decided to do the refresh and clear both drives, the SSD holding Windows and the HDD with my user directory.
It failed after about 2%. Multiple attempts failed to get it to continue. When I finally decided to try the turn off PC option, turning it on again got a "no operating system found" error, and even trying booting from the optical drive would fail at first. Using the BIOS boot menu finally got the install DVD going again. A little detour to run sysprep in the middle got the user folder on the HDD where it belongs, and now I'm back in business. Apparently the boot order in the BIOS got swapped out when I wasn't looking. I fixed that.
No, Windows 10 is not spying on you. No, Windows 10 is not sending the contents of your hard drive to the FBI.
What gets me is people who should know better, like Leo Laporte, are spreading this tinfoil hattery FUD.
TWiT, indeed.
IIRC there's also some clause about whatever you type into search boxes being used, but again, that makes sense. You're searching through them, thus they use that information.
It would be creepy if it extended to anything you type which I believe is what some are accusing, but I haven't seen an explicit reference to at this time.
It would be creepy if it extended to anything you type which I believe is what some are accusing, but I haven't seen an explicit reference to at this time.
I believe it's anything you type that you have Cortana enabled to respond to, because that text goes to Microsoft to process what Cortana will do.