Excellent, Dr. Quest. Excellent.
Posted on 01/19/2017 4:21:12 PM PST by markomalley
There’s some good news for privacy-minded individuals who haven’t been fond of Microsoft’s data collection policy with Windows 10. When the upcoming Creators Update drops this spring, it will overhaul Microsoft’s data collection policies. Terry Myerson, executive vice president of Microsoft’s Windows and Devices Group, has published a blog post with a list of the changes Microsoft will be making.
First, Microsoft has launched a new web-based privacy dashboard with the goal of giving people an easy, one-stop location for controlling how much data Microsoft collects. Your privacy dashboard has sections for Browse, Search, Location, and Cortana’s Notebook, each covering a different category of data MS might have received from your hardware. Personally, I keep the Digital Assistant side of Cortana permanently deactivated and already set telemetry to minimal, but if you haven’t taken those steps you can adjust how much data Microsoft keeps from this page.
Second, Microsoft is condensing its telemetry options. Currently, there are four options — Security, Basic, Enhanced, and Full. Most consumers only have access to three of these settings — Basic, Enhanced, and Full. The fourth, security, is reserved for Windows 10 Enterprise or Windows 10 Education. Here’s how Microsoft describes each category:
Security: Information that’s required to help keep Windows, Windows Server, and System Center secure, including data about the Connected User Experience and Telemetry component settings, the Malicious Software Removal Tool, and Windows Defender.
Basic: Basic device info, including: quality-related data, app compatibility, app usage data, and data from the Security level.
Enhanced: Additional insights, including: how Windows, Windows Server, System Center, and apps are used, how they perform, advanced reliability data, and data from both the Basic and the Security levels.
(Excerpt) Read more at extremetech.com ...
“reduces”?
I find Cortana, the Digital Assistant, essentially useless.
No matter what question I ask, or what directive I give, Cortana just scans the key words and sends me to Bing, which is Microsoft's search engine.
I'd rather use Google, since the You Tube help videos for Windows are usually better than the Microsoft videos on Bing.
Great. My most recent “Upgrade” took about 8 hours to install. I have no idea why. Lightning fast Core-i7 processor, SSD C:/ Drive 100 Mbps Internet and 8 hours to update.
Go figure.
The subdirectories that hold upgrade files are probably damaged. At least it finally upgraded.
Microsoft keeps me on the foreskin of technology.
The subdirectories that hold upgrade files are probably damaged. At least it finally upgraded.
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What would cause that? Errors in the download process?
My mother's pc has an "update failed" problem about every other update. It was originally running Win7. Deleting the directories has solved issue each time.
Can't remember if I blew away all the subdirectories away in the download subdirectory, or just the ones with the update date.
Thanks for the tip. I’ll follow up on that. I can’t be the only one with the problem.
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Thanks to deoetdoctrinae for the ping!!
I’ve been fighting MS for at least 20 years.
Microsoft is really bad.
I tell everyone who cant run programs to buy Apple products.
’ (sorry about that, chief. :)
The Balmer years nearly destroyed Microsoft.
Had Windows 7 on the home PC and all four of us in the family could be logged in and not signed out and there would not be any problems. Now, only one person can be logged in. If that person doesn’t sign out and another person logs in the new person is plagued with out of memory problems.
I was excited about, but have been disappointed in Windows 10.
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