Microsoft Win 10 Update Just Screwed The Old Games Again

Wuli | 9/30/2017 | Wuli

[E. Pluribus Unum]

You might consider a $26 Kodi TV box. Basically it's a cell phone processor running android with an HDMI output to your HDTV. Kodi is open source/free home theater software. There are some pretty good streaming TV add-ons for it like Plex.

[Axenolith]

As much of a waste as reading through this thread to end up dropping a holier than thou comment?

[Axenolith]

Close series comes to mind too.

[MarkL]

I usually use an old IE6-based tabbed browser for FR. It has several editing add-on utilities that are not available with other browsers. When FR ‘fixed’ the security certification issue several months ago, that broke IE. I had a computer reboot due to electrical surge and it ‘lost’ my IE log-in to FR. The problem is when the HTTP log-in screen tries to switch to an HTTPS secure page. The problem does not happen with Opera, FF, Chrome.

Sorry, but IE 6 on XP simply isn't capable of using sha-2 certificates, a fact due to the design of the operating system and IE. Earlier hashing algorithms (md5, sha) are simply insecure at this point in time, and using web browsers that only support these older security implementations is dangerous. IE 6 uses Windows XP's security mechanisms, which are completely insecure at this time. Other browsers don't have that limitation.

Microsoft has been notoriously slow at implementing security upgrades, for the simple reason that they're "inconvenient." Even in Windows 7 and Windows Server 2008R2, TLSv1.2 (a security mechanism that is considered secure,) is optional, and is something of a PITA to implement.

Mark

[MarkL]

Yep. Software as a Service. Add in Cloud, so even your data isn’t yours anymore, and you’ll keep paying fees for the software and the storage until you are ready lose access to all of your data.

There is no "cloud." You're just using someone else's server.

But IT management doesn't want to hear it.

Mark

[joma89]

What exact update was installed that caused the issue?

JoMa

[PAR35]

You may even be sharing that server with someone else - perhaps a competitor. But you know you can trust the provider’s security. It’s not like big companies have ever been hacked. /s

[Wuli]

the 9/25/17 build

https://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/release-info.aspx

[Wuli]

If you set your Internet connection to “metered”, even though it isn’t, the update cannot/will not run without your consent - under the theory that as a metered connection, your Internet connection available time may not be sufficient time.

You can changed your home Internet connection, Wi Fi or otherwise to “metered” whether or not it really is. It does not seem to have any performance draw back.

[mdmathis6]

I loved that pinball game...I wish they had it updated for HD graphics...the physics were real with increasing acceleration as the ball rolled down the middle, realistic bumper action...quite impressive for the time!

[AllAmericanGirl44]

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