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  The Windows 10 "upgrade" virus Homer <usenet@slated.org> - 2016-05-07 00:04 +0100
    Re: The Windows 10 "upgrade" virus Chris Ahlstrom <OFeem1987@teleworm.us> - 2016-05-06 21:04 -0400
      Re: The Windows 10 "upgrade" virus Homer <usenet@slated.org> - 2016-05-07 23:59 +0100
        Re: The Windows 10 "upgrade" virus Chris Ahlstrom <OFeem1987@teleworm.us> - 2016-05-07 19:26 -0400
          Re: The Windows 10 "upgrade" virus Me Sham <osirus47@yahoo.com> - 2016-05-09 11:07 -0700
          Re: The Windows 10 "upgrade" virus Homer <usenet@slated.org> - 2016-05-10 15:34 +0100
            Re: The Windows 10 "upgrade" virus Chris Ahlstrom <OFeem1987@teleworm.us> - 2016-05-10 15:09 -0400
              Re: The Windows 10 "upgrade" virus ronb <ronb02NOSPAM@gmail.com> - 2016-05-10 21:26 +0000
                Re: The Windows 10 "upgrade" virus Chris Ahlstrom <OFeem1987@teleworm.us> - 2016-05-10 20:04 -0400
                  What Windows 10 is good for Takuya Saitoh <taka0038@gmail.com> - 2016-05-10 19:23 -0700
                    Re: What Windows 10 is good for Chris Ahlstrom <OFeem1987@teleworm.us> - 2016-05-11 07:16 -0400
      Re: The Windows 10 "upgrade" virus chrisv <chrisv@nospam.invalid> - 2016-05-09 07:15 -0500
    Re: If you can't configure Windows 10 properly, don't use it. benj <nobodyxx@gmail> - 2016-05-07 09:38 -0400
    Re: The Windows 10 "upgrade" virus ronb <ronb02NOSPAM@gmail.com> - 2016-05-07 17:27 +0000
      Re: The Windows 10 "upgrade" virus Homer <usenet@slated.org> - 2016-05-08 00:05 +0100
        Re: I'm about to do the upgrade, Win8 to Win10. Takuya Saitoh <taka0038@gmail.com> - 2016-05-07 18:27 -0700
          Windows 10 sends screenshots to Microsoft Takuya Saitoh <taka0038@gmail.com> - 2016-05-08 18:16 -0700
            Re: TakuyaSaitoh has a really good imagination, no facts. Takuya Saitoh <taka0038@gmail.com> - 2016-05-08 19:59 -0700
        Re: It took me 11 hours to upgrade from Win8 to Win10. benj <nobodyxx@gmail> - 2016-05-08 08:43 -0400
          Re: I made Win10 do what I want. Takuya Saitoh <taka0038@gmail.com> - 2016-05-08 06:37 -0700
        Re: Most people shouldn't even attempt it. benj <nobodyxx@gmail> - 2016-05-09 00:52 -0400
        Re: Many people can't afford Windows, both in terms of money and skills. The Starmaker <starmaker@ix.netcom.com> - 2016-05-09 21:34 -0700
        Re: Many people can't afford Windows, both in terms of money and skills. benj <nobodyxx@gmail> - 2016-05-10 02:29 -0400
          Re: Many people can't afford Windows, both in terms of money and skills. JEDIDIAH <jedi@nomad.mishnet> - 2016-05-11 14:24 -0500
        Microsoft is now a malware vendor Homer <usenet@slated.org> - 2016-05-10 16:08 +0100
          Re: Microsoft is now a malware vendor chrisv <chrisv@nospam.invalid> - 2016-05-10 11:29 -0500
            Re: Microsoft is now a malware vendor ronb <ronb02NOSPAM@gmail.com> - 2016-05-10 18:26 +0000
          Re: Setting the "Windows Update" service to "Disabled" ( not "Manual") will not save you from Microsoft's grasping tentacles Takuya Saitoh <taka0038@gmail.com> - 2016-05-10 19:48 -0700
          Re: Microsoft is now a malware vendor DFS <nospam@dfs.com> - 2016-05-11 18:54 -0400

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#353978 — The Windows 10 "upgrade" virus

'At the end of April, Microsoft's Windows 10 nagware interrupted a live
TV weather broadcast to urge meteorologist Metinka Slater to upgrade her
computer.

A week later, while playing Counter Strike: Global Offensive to 130,000
spectators on Twitch.tv, Erik Flom was blasted out of his match by the
Windows 10 installer. This was even after he spent a few frantic minutes
trying to delay the upgrade until after his game had ended. The fun
starts about nine minutes into this recording of the live stream. "Fuck
you, Windows 10!" was Flom's response.

But it's not just TV presenters and video-game celebrities getting
caught out by Windows 10's enthusiasm to plonk itself down on PCs.
Plenty of Register readers, who have also had their work and home
computers hijacked out of nowhere by the software, have been in touch to
share their stories.'

http://www.theregister.co.uk/2016/05/06/windows_10_upgrade_hell

Includes a weather channel and a radio station being unexpectedly
hijacked by Microsoft's "upgrade" virus, even after explicitly and
repeatedly rejecting Microsoft's "offer".

Windows has always been the market leader in computer viruses, so I
suppose it makes sense that it would eventually become one.

-- 
K.
http://slated.org

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#354000

Homer wrote this copyrighted missive and expects royalties:

> 'At the end of April, Microsoft's Windows 10 nagware interrupted a live
> TV weather broadcast to urge meteorologist Metinka Slater to upgrade her
> computer.
>
> A week later, while playing Counter Strike: Global Offensive to 130,000
> spectators on Twitch.tv, Erik Flom was blasted out of his match by the
> Windows 10 installer. This was even after he spent a few frantic minutes
> trying to delay the upgrade until after his game had ended. The fun
> starts about nine minutes into this recording of the live stream. "Fuck
> you, Windows 10!" was Flom's response.
>
> But it's not just TV presenters and video-game celebrities getting
> caught out by Windows 10's enthusiasm to plonk itself down on PCs.
> Plenty of Register readers, who have also had their work and home
> computers hijacked out of nowhere by the software, have been in touch to
> share their stories.'
>
> http://www.theregister.co.uk/2016/05/06/windows_10_upgrade_hell
>
> Includes a weather channel and a radio station being unexpectedly
> hijacked by Microsoft's "upgrade" virus, even after explicitly and
> repeatedly rejecting Microsoft's "offer".
>
> Windows has always been the market leader in computer viruses, so I
> suppose it makes sense that it would eventually become one.

Yours was the only post out of about 90 to make it through.

Much troll thrash in COLA.  (Nothing new).

   https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YCqw9FmBgKY

   Francis Hates Windows 10

   "C'mon little buddy, let's turn you into a Steam machine..."

LOL

-- 
Let him choose out of my files, his projects to accomplish.
		-- Shakespeare, "Coriolanus"

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#354066

On Saturday 07/05/2016 2:04 AM, Chris Ahlstrom wrote:

>    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YCqw9FmBgKY
> 
>    Francis Hates Windows 10
> 
>    "C'mon little buddy, let's turn you into a Steam machine..."
> 
> LOL

Wow, Cartman is _real_?

-- 
K.
http://slated.org

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#354068

Homer wrote this copyrighted missive and expects royalties:

> On Saturday 07/05/2016 2:04 AM, Chris Ahlstrom wrote:
>
>>    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YCqw9FmBgKY
>> 
>>    Francis Hates Windows 10
>> 
>>    "C'mon little buddy, let's turn you into a Steam machine..."
>> 
>> LOL
>
> Wow, Cartman is _real_?

Francis also hates being called "Cartman":

   https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rOr1mSnGQ9A

-- 
Beware of a tall blond man with one black shoe.

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#354326

On Saturday, May 7, 2016 at 6:31:29 PM UTC-5, Chris Ahlstrom wrote:
> Homer wrote this copyrighted missive and expects royalties:
> 
> > On Saturday 07/05/2016 2:04 AM, Chris Ahlstrom wrote:
> >
> >>    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YCqw9FmBgKY
> >> 
> >>    Francis Hates Windows 10
> >> 
> >>    "C'mon little buddy, let's turn you into a Steam machine..."
> >> 
> >> LOL
> >
> > Wow, Cartman is _real_?
> 
> Francis also hates being called "Cartman":
> 
>    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rOr1mSnGQ9A
> 
> -- 
> Beware of a tall blond man with one black shoe.

He's also a moron who is literally going to drop dead any day now due to his catastrophic health condition.

I bet he loves not being able to play any games on his fake "Steam Machine."

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#354445

On Sunday 08/05/2016 12:26 AM, Chris Ahlstrom wrote:
> Homer wrote this copyrighted missive and expects royalties:
> 
>> On Saturday 07/05/2016 2:04 AM, Chris Ahlstrom wrote:
>>
>>>    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YCqw9FmBgKY
>>>
>>>    Francis Hates Windows 10
>>>
>>>    "C'mon little buddy, let's turn you into a Steam machine..."
>>>
>>> LOL
>>
>> Wow, Cartman is _real_?
> 
> Francis also hates being called "Cartman":
> 
>    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rOr1mSnGQ9A

This ought to be satire, but sadly I suspect it isn't.

-- 
K.
http://slated.org

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#354550

Homer wrote this copyrighted missive and expects royalties:

> On Sunday 08/05/2016 12:26 AM, Chris Ahlstrom wrote:
>> Homer wrote this copyrighted missive and expects royalties:
>> 
>>> On Saturday 07/05/2016 2:04 AM, Chris Ahlstrom wrote:
>>>
>>>>    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YCqw9FmBgKY
>>>>
>>>>    Francis Hates Windows 10
>>>>
>>>>    "C'mon little buddy, let's turn you into a Steam machine..."
>>>>
>>>> LOL
>>>
>>> Wow, Cartman is _real_?
>> 
>> Francis also hates being called "Cartman":
>> 
>>    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rOr1mSnGQ9A
>
> This ought to be satire, but sadly I suspect it isn't.

I'm pretty sure the schtick of "Francis" (not his real name) is just that...
a schtick.  Sometimes he's pretty funny, in my opinion.  Bu then,
I am only a man-child who likes silly things :-).

-- 
Suspicion always haunts the guilty mind.
		-- Wm. Shakespeare

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#354578

On Tue, 10 May 2016 15:09:04 -0400, Chris Ahlstrom wrote:

> I'm pretty sure the schtick of "Francis" (not his real name) is just
> that...
> a schtick.  Sometimes he's pretty funny,

I thought a couple of his rants were fairly funny, but it's pretty much 
the same thing over and over again and I'm not tempted to watch any more.

-- 
Zero tolerance for WinDrones and iCultists

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#354589

ronb wrote this copyrighted missive and expects royalties:

> On Tue, 10 May 2016 15:09:04 -0400, Chris Ahlstrom wrote:
>
>> I'm pretty sure the schtick of "Francis" (not his real name) is just
>> that...
>> a schtick.  Sometimes he's pretty funny,
>
> I thought a couple of his rants were fairly funny, but it's pretty much 
> the same thing over and over again and I'm not tempted to watch any more.

And some are excruciating to watch.  But so far there's about four or five
that I like.

-- 
I was gratified to be able to answer promptly, and I did. I said I didn't know.
		-- Mark Twain

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#354623 — What Windows 10 is good for

Of course guys, the fonts!  The FOSS putzes don't have the patience to make nice looking ones, even the Infinality....

https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Microsoft_fonts

https://aur.archlinux.org/packages/ttf-ms-win10/

https://aur.archlinux.org/packages/ttf-wps-win10/

and this may be also of some use when fiddling with the M$-friendly hardware/firmwares:

https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Windows_PE

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#354656 — Re: What Windows 10 is good for

Takuya Saitoh wrote this copyrighted missive and expects royalties:

> Of course guys, the fonts!  The FOSS putzes don't have the patience to
> make nice looking ones, even the Infinality....

Bullshit

> https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Microsoft_fonts
>
> https://aur.archlinux.org/packages/ttf-ms-win10/
>
> https://aur.archlinux.org/packages/ttf-wps-win10/
>
> and this may be also of some use when fiddling with the M$-friendly hardware/firmwares:
>
> https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Windows_PE

The Droid/Roboto fonts alone show that Microsoft isn't the only company that
can buy fonts :-D

-- 
Q:	How do you save a drowning lawyer?
A:	Throw him a rock.

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#354268

Chris Ahlstrom wrote:

> Homer wrote:
>>
>> Windows has always been the market leader in computer viruses, so I
>> suppose it makes sense that it would eventually become one.
>
>Yours was the only post out of about 90 to make it through.

Heh.  You must be filtering on any reference to the thing.  Not a bad
plan.

-- 
"Oh, speaking of the EXIF data silliness did you see Peter Köhlmann
looking for the EXIF data on Usenet messages ... that was just
frickin' hilarious..."  -  some thing, lying shamelessly (but no one
can quote it lying)

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#354030 — Re: If you can't configure Windows 10 properly, don't use it.

On 05/07/2016 07:13 AM, Jeff-Relf.Me wrote:
>
>
>     If you can't configure Windows 10 properly, don't use it.

Good advice Rolf. In fact given it's windoze that means nobody cn 
properly configure it so that means....

Wait for it...

NOBODY should ever use it!

Is anyone EVER going to write an OS where things like the mouse and 
screen actually work and it is not enabling software for HVAC's/Bill's 
slave police state he dreams night and day about being the dictator of.



>     If you have few needs and/or no technical skills,
>     please use a "kiosk" ( Android, iPhone or ChromeBook ).
>
>     If, on the other hand, you have half a brain...
>     "Disable GWX" and "Disable OS Upgrade".
>     [ GWX = Get Windows X (10) ]
>
>      From "http://Jeff-Relf.Me/Win_8_.REG.TXT":
>
>        [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Policies\Microsoft\Windows\Gwx]
>        "DisableGWX"=dword:1
>
>        [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Policies\Microsoft\Windows\WindowsUpdate]
>        "DisableOSUpgrade"=dword:1
>
>

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#354040

On Sat, 07 May 2016 00:04:14 +0100, Homer wrote:

> Windows has always been the market leader in computer viruses, so I
> suppose it makes sense that it would eventually become one.

I see that they've just announced that the malware will -- finally -- go 
away when they start charging for Windows 10 (July 29th, I believe).

-- 
Zero tolerance for WinDrones and iCultists

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#354067

On Saturday 07/05/2016 6:27 PM, ronb wrote:
> On Sat, 07 May 2016 00:04:14 +0100, Homer wrote:
> 
>> Windows has always been the market leader in computer viruses, so I
>> suppose it makes sense that it would eventually become one.
> 
> I see that they've just announced that the malware will -- finally -- go 
> away when they start charging for Windows 10 (July 29th, I believe).

But only once Microsoft has infected hundreds of millions of PCs against
the users' express wishes, so they can brag about how "popular" it
supposedly is.

Their OEM racket was bad enough, but this takes "pathetic" to a whole
new level.

-- 
K.
http://slated.org

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#354077 — Re: I'm about to do the upgrade, Win8 to Win10.

Microsoft Warns Windows 7 Has A Serious Problem

Earlier this year Microsoft MSFT +0.88% warned users that Windows 7 has serious problems. I dismissed its claims as a desperate attempt to shift copies of Windows 10 (and I still do), but now Microsoft has warned of a new serious Windows 7 problem that is very real - even though it makes no sense whatsoever...

More: http://www.forbes.com/sites/gordonkelly/2016/05/04/microsoft-warns-windows-7-boot-up-problem/

Now Microsoft is breaking Windows 7 to get users to upgrade to Windows 10

Microsoft has made a change to an update for Windows 7 that can prevent certain systems from booting. While you might expect me to say, "good news, the software giant has fixed the problem", in fact what Microsoft has done is switch the update from "optional", to "recommended". So, on some systems, it will now install, and break Windows 7 automatically.

More: http://betanews.com/2016/05/05/asus-secure-boot-windows-7-update/

In brief: It's official - Microsoft is screwing Windows 7

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#354249 — Windows 10 sends screenshots to Microsoft

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zgs9g-Q-Zm8

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#354254 — Re: TakuyaSaitoh has a really good imagination, no facts.

On Monday, May 9, 2016 at 11:37:51 AM UTC+9, Jeff-Relf.Me wrote:
>  
> You (TakuyaSaitoh) wrote:
> > Windows 10 sends screenshots to Microsoft
> > https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zgs9g-Q-Zm8
> 
> You've got a really good imagination, no facts.

Most normal people know shit about the registry, they leave it all on the factory setting, i.e. M$ freely spying on them...

But they should at least use something like:
https://sourceforge.net/projects/windows-10-lite/

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xdZah2wV2js
- LOL, the 10 looks like a chimera between Gnome top panel and the Cairo, LOL

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#354126 — Re: It took me 11 hours to upgrade from Win8 to Win10.

On 05/08/2016 05:45 AM, Jeff-Relf.Me wrote:
>
>
>     It took me 11 hours to upgrade from Win8 to Win10.
>
>     My "System Folders" (e.g. "Documents") reverted to their defaults;
>     I set them back using:
>
>        http://Jeff-Relf.Me/Win_8_.REG.TXT
>        [ a ReBoot was required ]
>
>     But, due to "Security" reasons, the "Documents" and "Downloads"
>     folders had to be "moved" and "ReNamed" manually.
>
>     I had to ReInstall the "MS Mincho" and "DejaVu LGC Sans Mono" fonts.
>     "MS Mincho" is a nice FixedWidth font, with Single- and Double- Wide
>     glyphs; I like its chess pieces.
>
>     On the "MicroSoft OneDrive" notification icon, in the taskBar,
>     I RightClicked "Settings", to stop it from AutoRunning on StartUp.
>
>     I RightClicked the TaskBar and chose: "Search -> Hidden".
>
>     To remove the Start Button from the TaskBar,
>     disable the "Charm Bars" and Metro (the StartScreen), I created
>     a "Kill StartButton  .LNK" file in my StartUp folder which runs:
>          "C:\__\EXEs\Shell\StartKiller.EXE".
>
>          "C:\__\EXEs\Shell\" is in my global "Path";
>          "StartKiller.EXE", "StartKiller.INI" and "ashook.dll" are there.
>
>     Some things, like how notifications should appear on the TaskBar,
>     must now be done via "ms-settings:", a "modern app"; to wit:
>
>        CMD.EXE /C start ms-settings:
>        [ Yes, that colon must be there, on the end ]
>
>     However, because it's a "modern app", I get a (bogus) PopUp which says that
>     the "BuiltIn Administrator" isn't allowed to run it (for security reasons);
>     more specifically, it doesn't like:
>
>        [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\System]
>        ;  Disable LUA ( Limited User Account; now called UAC, User Account Control ):
>        "EnableLUA"=dword:0
>
>     Win10 borked my "Open With" defaults;
>     I've yet to figure out how to fix them.
>     Due to added security, it wants me to do it manually, I think.
>
>     Win10 installed a newer version of FireFox without asking;
>     I reverted it.

Rolf, it's high time you started learning to LOVE Bill. If he upgrades 
things it's for your own good. You MUST have the latest version. 
Everybody knows that rule. I don't think spending a day to upgrade your 
system from 8 (snicker) to win 10 is any reason to complain. If Bill 
says it's good for you you should just shut up and do it.

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#354129 — Re: I made Win10 do what I want.

On Sunday, May 8, 2016 at 9:52:26 PM UTC+9, Jeff-Relf.Me wrote:
>  
> Quite unlike you (BenJacoby), I can make Win10 do what I want.
> 
> It isn't easy, I admit; it takes a lot of time and skill.
> Still, it can be done... I did it.

You are the Registry savvy, Jeff.  I tried to be once but gave up, now I trying to master the dconf in Linux...  I also used to edit the Registry from Linux, when the Bill's sucker locked me out due to some security issues:

https://pogostick.net/~pnh/ntpasswd/editor.html

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