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Microsoft’s support has become seriously flawed. It doesn’t look to be getting any better. Their efforts must be going into shoving their corporate customers into Microsoft’s cloud. They are simply not trustworthy these days. There needs to be a strong effort by MS to undo the entropy that they’ve let into the Windows update system.

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It’s another money driven move by Microsoft. They charge $100 per device to upgrade from Home to Pro. I see no technical reason to have downgraded the Surface Pro, that was touted as coming with Windows Pro when released, to Windows 10 Home. Except profit. Now, you need to buy a separate keyboard, pen and Windows 10 Pro for $100 each, if you plan to get the most out of the device. 

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Elly, Great Lake Bunyip, Ascaris

Let’s keep in mind that Apple is the only company with an approved encryption for use in China. I believe the Chinese government has full access to it. If true, when it comes to China’s totalitarian government, Apple respects money more than Chinese users privacy. Someone post links that can prove that’s not the case.

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I found the bug a couple of weeks ago and installed 7Zip, not realizing that it was more than just my PC acting up. At least 7Zip works as expected, unlike Windows 10.

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BobbyB

This seems to have been cobbled together quickly to soothe users ruffled feathers. I don’t expect to see any real change, since Microsoft is still relying on unpaid outsiders that have nothing to lose. They need to restore the QA department and test properly, fix bugs, and retest until everything works properly.

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lanceboil, rc primak, lurks about

Cellular or satellite Internet are the only viable options to destroyed landline Internet infrastructure. Good luck getting satellite if hundred of thousands of others also sign up for it after a disaster strikes. Having an active smartphone, hotspot, or laptop with cell connection built in, like yours, are the only practical options, presuming they stay up and aren’t also destroyed like Verizon’s Florida service after Hurricane Michael. Thanks for giving me something to think about.

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I really appreciate all of Woody’s posts. He does a nice job of expressing Windows rage with humor.

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flackcatcher, Charlie, SueW, HiFlyer, Jan K., Propje, Myst

You are correct in that there are still good coders working at Microsoft. Too bad they’re not in charge. As long as the quarterly profits keep climbing, there is no reason for Redmond to change their sloppy ways. After all, by the time their big money Enterprise customers receive updates, millions of consumers have painfully found the bugs so MS could fix them. I remember attending a Microsoft sales seminar, over ten years ago, where one of the key messages was to sell by removing pain points that competitor’s products cause. At some point in the future Microsoft will likely see how their current AGILE system worked against them, from the bottom up, when consumer/educational Chromebook users move into management positions and move to eliminate Windows wherever possible. Those kids are growing up today.

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HiFlyer

I’m very careful when logging into Facebook. I use Sandboxie to isolate Chrome. All cookies are cleaned first, all history is cleaned, uBlock Origin keeps the dozens of ads away, and still I want to know if they’re letting the nastiness into my feed. So the extension is installed. Thanks, Susan!

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No one wants to be the messenger that gets shot.

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Or, people can just make backups that are not kept attached to the computer and therefore cant’t be hijacked.

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HiFlyer, lanceboil, Elly, Microfix, rc primak

Only Windows Enterprise customers now get full Microsoft’s attention, while paying for it in the form of higher prices or subscriptions to Microsoft 365 and the upcoming DAAS. Windows Home and Windows Pro customers are now treated very much alike.

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rontpxz81

Their current take on Windows Home and Pro does seem to mirror how Windows Mobile was treated. They kept stating that they supported it ,while they let it slowly die off from mismanagement.

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lurks about, RamRod, lanceboil, WildBill

When Microsoft pulled v1809 yesterday, that should be a huge red flag that their OS is no longer the best one for people to use, other than businesses stuck using older software designed for Windows. Chromebooks run and update so smoothly today, they make Windows look like it’s on life support.

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Bobc, bknight721, lurks about, lanceboil

If deleted files were highly fragmented you can expect to recover many copied of the same files. I’ve recovered files on PC’s where someone mistakenly hit reset that had over one million files recovered. It’s a very long process to sift through the list, which we can again thank Microsoft for by automatically fragmenting every file that it opens. It’s also a great way for someone that hasn’t yet learned the value of file backups to quickly learn it.

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