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Re: Why is Microsoft Smart App so damned retarded?

From Paul <nospam@needed.invalid>
Newsgroups comp.os.linux.advocacy, alt.comp.os.windows-11
Subject Re: Why is Microsoft Smart App so damned retarded?
Date 2025-03-27 11:50 -0400
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On Thu, 3/27/2025 8:36 AM, CrudeSausage wrote:

> 
> At the very least, Microsoft should have understood that both ArmouryCrate 
> (used by most ASUS hardware) and Samsung Magician (used by most Samsung SSDs) 
> are legitimate pieces of software and whitelisted them. The fact that even in
> those cases it feels the need to "detect" whether they are good or bad is troubling.
> For now, I feel better disabling the setting.

Microsoft wants to remove *all* third party drivers. That's
the long term intent. The "Vulnerable Driver Blocklist" is an
interim solution, until they are in control of all the drivers.

They want to own all of Ring 0.
And you can have a portion of Ring 3 :-)

   Paul

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Why is Microsoft Smart App so damned retarded? CrudeSausage <crude@sausa.ge> - 2025-03-26 20:16 -0400
  Re: Why is Microsoft Smart App so damned retarded? Paul <nospam@needed.invalid> - 2025-03-26 21:44 -0400
    Re: Why is Microsoft Smart App so damned retarded? CrudeSausage <crude@sausa.ge> - 2025-03-26 21:56 -0400
      Re: Why is Microsoft Smart App so damned retarded? Paul <nospam@needed.invalid> - 2025-03-27 00:48 -0400
        Re: Why is Microsoft Smart App so damned retarded? CrudeSausage <crude@sausa.ge> - 2025-03-27 08:36 -0400
          Re: Why is Microsoft Smart App so damned retarded? Paul <nospam@needed.invalid> - 2025-03-27 11:50 -0400
            Re: Why is Microsoft Smart App so damned retarded? CrudeSausage <crude@sausa.ge> - 2025-03-27 12:17 -0400
            Re: Why is Microsoft Smart App so damned retarded? candycanearter07 <candycanearter07@candycanearter07.nomail.afraid> - 2025-04-09 18:50 +0000
    Re: Why is Microsoft Smart App so damned retarded? vallor <vallor@cultnix.org> - 2025-03-27 02:36 +0000
      Re: Why is Microsoft Smart App so damned retarded? Paul <nospam@needed.invalid> - 2025-03-27 00:26 -0400
      Re: Why is Microsoft Smart App so damned retarded? Frank Slootweg <this@ddress.is.invalid> - 2025-03-27 16:14 +0000
    Re: Why is Microsoft Smart App so damned retarded? Jeff Barnett <jbb@notatt.com> - 2025-03-27 11:01 -0600
      Re: Why is Microsoft Smart App so damned retarded? Frank Slootweg <this@ddress.is.invalid> - 2025-03-27 18:24 +0000
    Re: Why is Microsoft Smart App so damned retarded? ...w¡ñ§±¤ñ  <winstonmvp@gmail.com> - 2025-03-27 11:32 -0700
      Re: Why is Microsoft Smart App so damned retarded? Frank Slootweg <this@ddress.is.invalid> - 2025-03-27 19:23 +0000

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