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Windows 10 Anniversary Update: A guide to the builds (Major Win10 Update on the way...)
ComputerWorld ^ | Jun 20, 2016 | Preston Gralla

Posted on 06/21/2016 5:38:44 AM PDT by dayglored

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Here it comes....
1 posted on 06/21/2016 5:38:44 AM PDT by dayglored
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To: Abby4116; afraidfortherepublic; aft_lizard; AF_Blue; amigatec; AppyPappy; arnoldc1; ATOMIC_PUNK; ...
Windows 10 builds, Anniversary on the way...... PING!

You can find all the Windows Ping list threads with FR search: just search on keyword "windowspinglist".

2 posted on 06/21/2016 5:39:16 AM PDT by dayglored ("Listen. Strange women lying in ponds distributing swords is no basis for a system of government.")
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To: dayglored

So how much of your info is downloaded and sent to NSA with the current version?


3 posted on 06/21/2016 5:52:18 AM PDT by jsanders2001
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To: dayglored

How about if they stop screwing with the interface for once?

STOP DOING THAT. ALL OF YOU.


4 posted on 06/21/2016 5:53:07 AM PDT by Riley (The Fourth Estate is the Fifth Column.)
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To: dayglored
Reminder that the free upgrade from Win7 or Win8.1 is only until July 29.

After that ya gotta cough up the dough.

5 posted on 06/21/2016 5:54:00 AM PDT by dayglored ("Listen. Strange women lying in ponds distributing swords is no basis for a system of government.")
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To: dayglored

It would be nice if they would do something about the long boot times.


6 posted on 06/21/2016 5:54:30 AM PDT by Snowybear
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To: Riley
> ...stop screwing with the interface for once...

Ain't gonna happen. User interfaces are the Marketing Department Full Employment Act.

7 posted on 06/21/2016 5:55:21 AM PDT by dayglored ("Listen. Strange women lying in ponds distributing swords is no basis for a system of government.")
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To: Snowybear
> It would be nice if they would do something about the long boot times.

I find that Win10 boots very quickly. Of course, having at least 4GB of RAM and a fast disk help a lot.

8 posted on 06/21/2016 5:56:29 AM PDT by dayglored ("Listen. Strange women lying in ponds distributing swords is no basis for a system of government.")
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To: dayglored

Windows is a virus! Look at all the computers it had infested.


9 posted on 06/21/2016 5:57:25 AM PDT by mountainlion (Live well for those that did not make it back.)
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To: jsanders2001
> So how much of your info is downloaded and sent to NSA with the current version?

It -would- be nice if they told you... maybe they can add a little odometer on the side of the screen that tells you when they're sending your data and how much they've sent...

10 posted on 06/21/2016 5:57:56 AM PDT by dayglored ("Listen. Strange women lying in ponds distributing swords is no basis for a system of government.")
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11 posted on 06/21/2016 5:59:24 AM PDT by McGruff (How about investigating the donations to the Clinton Foundation)
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To: mountainlion
> Windows is a virus! Look at all the computers it had infested.

Actually, to be a true "virus" it would need to self-replicate, which Windows doesn't do.

You could maybe consider it a Trojan Horse, though, given that nearly all computers come with it pre-installed.

:-)

12 posted on 06/21/2016 5:59:39 AM PDT by dayglored ("Listen. Strange women lying in ponds distributing swords is no basis for a system of government.")
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To: dayglored

I have 16GB of RAM but I don’t have a SSD.


13 posted on 06/21/2016 5:59:50 AM PDT by Snowybear
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To: McGruff
Great graphic, McGruff!

I am SO stealing that for use at work... :-)

14 posted on 06/21/2016 6:00:42 AM PDT by dayglored ("Listen. Strange women lying in ponds distributing swords is no basis for a system of government.")
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To: Snowybear
"It would be nice if they would do something about the long boot times."

Roger on that....it's my only honest gripe about Windows 10....gives you time to make coffee, do laundry, alphabetize your trash, sort your sock drawer, etc.

15 posted on 06/21/2016 6:01:28 AM PDT by capt. norm (If you can't make them see the light, let them feel the heat!<)
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To: McGruff

Actually, would you mind if I use it for the Windows Ping List for Win10 Update threads?


16 posted on 06/21/2016 6:01:44 AM PDT by dayglored ("Listen. Strange women lying in ponds distributing swords is no basis for a system of government.")
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To: capt. norm

That’s been my experience and honestly, my laptop is a monster. I shouldn’t need an SSD to get respectable, even Win7 like boot times.


17 posted on 06/21/2016 6:06:54 AM PDT by Snowybear
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To: dayglored

I just had a rather unpleasant thought. Given how ham-fisted MS has been with its various voluntary-but-not-really upgrades to Win10, and its view that you don’t really own the OS on your laptop (at least if it’s Windows):

What if MS decided that, just before the deadline for the “free” upgrade, they would generate a very obfuscated popup dialog giving you one last chance to opt out of the upgrade (Do you not not not not not not want to purchase Win10?).

Then, after the deadline passes, if you didn’t opt out properly, MS “assumes” you really did want to buy Win10, downloads it to your machine and installs it, and then leaves you stranded at the “enter license key” screen.

Oh, sure, they’d “acknowledge” the hardship they imposed, and provide irate users with a utility that would enable them to retrieve their documents and other files, but after all, it’s “your” fault that Win10 is on there now (you didn’t say no), and you didn’t upgrade when it was free, so you must have decided to buy, and since they only license the OS to you, they can do whatever they want to it. Then, after several months of backlash, they’ll “grudgingly” provide a utility to let you downgrade again, though it won’t work all that well (20% failure rate). Most people will just give up and pay the fee.


18 posted on 06/21/2016 6:08:49 AM PDT by Little Pig
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To: Snowybear
That's plenty of RAM.

Do you know the RPM of your hard drive? 7200 makes a considerable difference over 5400.

I find that a small SSD (60-120GB) for the C: drive works wonders compared to any commercial rotating hard drive. The rotating hard drive can then become D: and store data.

19 posted on 06/21/2016 6:10:43 AM PDT by dayglored ("Listen. Strange women lying in ponds distributing swords is no basis for a system of government.")
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To: dayglored

Well I’m certainly glad this thread provided some useful info on this. /s


20 posted on 06/21/2016 6:10:54 AM PDT by VanDeKoik
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