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Yeah, this is bad. Microsoft is sometimes really, really stupid.
1 posted on 12/29/2015 8:57:57 AM PST by zeugma
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To: dayglored

MS Ping please.


2 posted on 12/29/2015 8:58:59 AM PST by zeugma (Last time I was sober, man I felt bad. Worst hangover I've ever had.)
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To: zeugma

Very painfully stupid.


3 posted on 12/29/2015 9:06:05 AM PST by wally_bert (I didn't get where I am today by selling ice cream tasting of bookends, pumice stone & West Germany)
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To: zeugma

No, Microsoft isn’t stupid. They are smart enough to bend with the wind when it blows in from the NSA.


4 posted on 12/29/2015 9:07:35 AM PST by PAR35
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To: zeugma

My next computer will be a used Apple!!!


6 posted on 12/29/2015 9:13:10 AM PST by ontap
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To: zeugma

ping


7 posted on 12/29/2015 9:14:45 AM PST by dennisw (The first principle is to find out who you are then you can achieve anything -- Buddhist monk)
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To: zeugma

Got to disagree here. Microsoft knows many of the customers are stupid and they need to protect them from themselves.


9 posted on 12/29/2015 9:30:23 AM PST by Diplomat
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To: zeugma

Can anyone tell me why Windows 10 will not let me copy the img of pictures to post them on the web?


10 posted on 12/29/2015 9:33:32 AM PST by Salvation ("With God all things are possible." Matthew 19:26)
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To: zeugma
Yeah, this is bad. Microsoft is sometimes really, really stupid.

Bill Gates nearly released Windows 95 without a browser, because he didn't think the Internet would be a thing. So, yeah.


11 posted on 12/29/2015 9:33:42 AM PST by Buckeye McFrog
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To: zeugma

The website listed to go to for signing in to your Microsoft account is not a Microsoft site. How do I know that is not a phishing site meant to get info on how to break in to my computer?


16 posted on 12/29/2015 9:52:05 AM PST by exDemMom (Current visual of the hole the US continues to dig itself into: http://www.usdebtclock.org/)
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To: zeugma

They’ve always had some sort of back door into every computer.


17 posted on 12/29/2015 9:52:41 AM PST by bgill (CDC site, "We still do not know exactly how people are infected with Ebola")
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To: zeugma

There’s a simple answer, you should have purchased a Mac! People who buy PC’s are like the British continuing to buy British cars. It gives them something to work on every weekend instead of taking a drive!


22 posted on 12/29/2015 10:33:30 AM PST by vette6387
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To: zeugma

I was under the impression that you can install Windows 10 without ever logging into Microsoft.

I don’t know how wholly accurate this article’s suppositions are.


23 posted on 12/29/2015 10:45:40 AM PST by ConservativeMind ("Humane" = "Don't pen up pets or eat meat, but allow infanticide, abortion, and euthanasia.")
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To: zeugma
Another solution is to employ another program to encrypt individual files.

i use this nice little program named 'AxCrypt' to encrypt individual files under Windows. It integrates nicely with Windows Explorer.

25 posted on 12/29/2015 11:08:21 AM PST by The Duke ( Azealia Banks)
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To: zeugma

Sounds like another reason to NOT load Win 10 or, if you do, another reason to not create a Microsoft account.


26 posted on 12/29/2015 11:17:51 AM PST by upchuck (Happiness never decreases by being shared.)
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To: zeugma

If you’re dumb enough to create a Microsoft account when you first install your Windows OS, you deserve what you get.

YOU DO NOT HAVE TO HAVE A MICROSOFT ACCOUNT TO USE WINDOWS!


27 posted on 12/29/2015 11:20:18 AM PST by rarestia (It's time to water the Tree of Liberty.)
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To: zeugma

Unless you have a reason folks, and a serious competence with the subject, DON’T encrypt your drive.


30 posted on 12/29/2015 1:48:35 PM PST by roamer_1 (Globalism is just Socialism in a business suit.)
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To: zeugma

I did mine right, on that last link, it says I have no backed up keys. I did bitlocker with local only. It’s not that hard.


39 posted on 12/29/2015 8:27:26 PM PST by Monty22002
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To: musicman

BFLR


42 posted on 12/30/2015 9:25:56 AM PST by musicman (Until I see the REAL Long Form Vault BC, he's just "PRES__ENT" Obama = Without "ID")
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To: zeugma

Freepers need to do what I’m just about to do. Turn off my modem and completely get off the internet. I will then


43 posted on 12/30/2015 9:28:35 AM PST by Starstruck (I'm usually sarcastic. Deal with it.)
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