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[Guess-Works.com]

I still run Windows XP 64 Bit

[Ben_O]

I still run Windows XP 64 Bit

[MaxAndPaddy]

I still run Windows XP 64 Bit

 

Stuff the upgrade, gonna dust off my Windows NT Workstation 4.0 CD and roll old style 

 

right, now where does the floppy boot disk go 

[Ben_O]

 

I still run Windows XP 64 Bit

 

Stuff the upgrade, gonna dust off my Windows NT Workstation 4.0 CD and roll old style 

 

right, now where does the floppy boot disk go 

 

In here..

 

[Ben_O]

Oh and don't forget that you will need 124mb of hard disk space...

[firstforward]

Microsoft’s Windows reboot has consistently made the headlines since it was announced back in 2014. Not all of it has been positive.

Windows 10 is only a couple of weeks old, but its developers have come under a barrage of criticism after some serious concerns were raised over the software’s privacy.

 

Privacy Concerns Smear Windows 10

Released at the end of July, Windows 10 has been met with widespread positivity. A marked improvement on Windows 8 and finally a reason to abandon Windows 7, the new OS received a thumbs up from myself, and my encouraging words have mirrored the tech-review spectrum as a whole. The general praise heading the way of Windows 10 has been somewhat tarnished however, by revelations surrounding how Microsoft will deal with the personal data of those using the operating system.

 

So, what’s all the fuss about? Well, remember when Microsoft officially unveiled Windows 10, and they were like “Hey look, it’s free! So why not?” As is often the case however, the compromise will be a little more serious than just your hard earned cash. Microsoft have craftily inserted a few vague clauses into their privacy policy small print (and who reads privacy policies?), essentially allowing them to snoop in on your PC and have rummage through your laundry.

The most central concern is Microsoft’s devious plan to increase their access to your data. Amongst the privacy policy for Windows 10, Microsoft have cunningly entered the following paragraph:

“We will access, disclose and preserve personal data, including your content (such as the content of your emails, other private communications or files in private folders), when we have a good faith belief that doing so is necessary to…protect our customers or enforce the terms governing the use of the services.”

Essentially then, Microsoft have given themselves the right to access the content of your emails, folders and many other communication methods on your system. Attempts are made to throw you off the scent, claiming that any data would be accessed in the name of fraud protection or government requests. But when vague statements such as “good faith” are being made by a tech conglomerate with their hands on millions of people’s personal data, you’d be foolish to assume there is no ulterior motive.

Far from ending at this fairly colossal start point, the list of potential privacy infringements goes on. Cortana is a wonderful addition in Windows 10, and far outstrips its A.I rivals Siri and Google Now. Having your own personal assistant is great, but Microsoft conveniently leave the bits stripped straight from 1984.

 

“To enable Cortana to provide personalised experiences and relevant suggestions, Microsoft collects and uses various types of data, such as your device location, data from your calendar, the apps you use, data from your emails and text messages, who you call, your contacts and how often you interact with them on your device.”

In order for Cortana to operate, the system listens to your voice and sends that data off into their servers. To improve the service, Cortana scans through your emails, locations, apps and data, intent on finding out more about you. Similarly, Cortana collects data on your voice in order to improve the quality of its speech recognition. Compounding fears over Cortana’s stalkerish nature, this will transfer over to the upcoming release of Windows 10 on mobile, when Cortana is likely to peek over your shoulder at text messages and alike.

[MaxAndPaddy]

Fear not, I have taken precautions

 

[xrocketengineer]

Well, I finally got around to upgrading my laptop to Windows 10 from Windows8.1. Everything seemed to have gone smoothly until the Toshiba built in software update system wanted to update the Nvidia graphics card driver and could not because the current driver was more advanced. OK, so decided to check device manager and my Nvidia graphics was not working. Luckily, (I guess) the laptop has two graphics cards and it was running on the Intel one. The Nvidia card is only for the 3D games like it used to be in ancient gaming history. I tried Windows to update the driver and it told me that I had the best driver available (that did not work). I then Download the latest driver from Nvidia and it installed with no problems and everything seems to be happy altogether again.

So, beware if you have an Nvidia graphics card (this one is only a year old) you might have issues with the windows 10 upgrade. This did not happen when upgrading from Windows 7 and with a much older Nvidia graphics card.

[MaxAndPaddy]

I signed up to "reserve" my slot and it took two days for the download to become available but here goes.....

 

[Ben_O]

Is this a live upgrade?

[Jordie]

You can force download it rather than waiting. Theres a download on the windows 10 website for media creation....it allows you to create a backup disc to install windows 10 in future but it also allows u just to do the install immediately.

[Ben_O]

You can force download it rather than waiting. Theres a download on the windows 10 website for media creation....it allows you to create a backup disc to install windows 10 in future but it also allows u just to do the install immediately.

I had to do that on two different machines because although it was reserved, i couldn't get it to download as i was in a queue...

 

I upgraded my laptop on release day and it downloaded and installed by half 8 in the morning.

[Jordie]

https://www.microsof...ad/windows10ISO

[MaxAndPaddy]

decided to defer it until this afternoon in case it takes ages and will do it while the GP is on.

[Jordie]

Does take a while....it checks space....then downloads.....then checks the download....then checks for updates.....then begins installl....then configures apps n desktop....yawn