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    In short, DON'T! Email notices are to ONLY alert you of a reply to your private message or your ad on this site. Replying to the email just wastes your time as it goes NOWHERE, and probably pisses off the person you thought you replied to when they think you just ignored them. So instead of complaining to me about your messages not being replied to from this site via email, please READ that email notice that plainly states what you need to do in order to reply to who you are trying to converse with.

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    Yeah, I know. They are a pain in the butt. But they pay the bills to keep my server running. Just a fact of life, I am afraid.

    Want to get rid of them? Simple. Just become a Contributor level member or above and they will be gone. -> Please click HERE."

    Is that too much for me to ask of you to keep this site running? Well, sorry about that. I too wish I could get everything for free. But alas.....

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    Google Adsense ad revenue for December, 2025 was just $30 over the cost of the lease for the server running this site. So, in effect, the money providing the incentive for me to continue running this site is coming SOLELY from the paid memberships and sponsorships here. Which honestly ain't much....

Is Windows 10 for you?

Hell no, even before I watched/listened to this video. MS has been p*ss8ng me off for weeks with annoying pop ups telling me to reserve my free copy. I'll stick to FF (and my old Windows 7)
 
I'm thinking that ceasing with the upgrades to the older versions might be wise too.........
 
Agreed. Funnier even still, I was talking to my son tonight; he has no PC/tablet.

I don't have a "smart" phone, so I asked what Android OS he has on his. It's relatively old. Then when the conversation turned to PC systems, he said he would only want MS XP. Even my 21-year old son doesn't trust anything past XP.
 
Yeah, the gf's son jumped on it, and followed that with putting it her laptop...I started looking into it and found out about all the security stuff. Disabling it all is a process but I came across a few articles that detailed the steps pretty well (they effectively buried those options, so most people are unlikely to stumble across them)
 
I have been using windows 10 for a while now. It is not that bad. You do need to stop it from contacting Microsoft every 5 minutes, but that that is easy.

If you use a smart phone, then it is doing worst to you then windows 10 does. The only honest thing about 10 is that it tells you it is doing it. Android and IOS are doing the same thing, just not telling you.

If you are going to use windows 10, here is a open source free app that will disable all the spy ware with a few clicks. https://github.com/10se1ucgo/DisableWinTracking

In saying all of that, I use MINT for everything. Sure it does not support games like windows. But besides that, it does everything else. And it you are less likely to get viruses. Not impossible, but less likely.

If you want to try it, http://www.linuxmint.com/.

Does everything windows can, and you control every setting.
 
I updated my laptop which had been running Windows 8 and it all looks pretty much the same, so if you're used to Windows 8, I'd say go for it.

However, on my main PC computer I am hanging on to Windows 7 until they pry it from my cold, dead hands..... Windows 8 and 10 wants very extensive internet access, which I do not always have, and seems really designed for touch screen access which my laptop has but my PC does not.

The change from Windows XP or 7 to Windows 8 or 10 is the hardest part - the screens are very differently set out. I'm not recommending my 85 year old father ever shifts over.....
 
Windows 7 Professional rocks!:rofl: Figured out how to get rid of that "free windows 10" BS at the bottom right.;)
 
WebSlave said:
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Go to Control Panel -> Programs and Features -> Uninstall an update -> look for "KB3035583" and “KB2952664” and uninstall them. The reboot and the icon should be gone.
 
JColt said:
Go to Control Panel -> Programs and Features -> Uninstall an update -> look for "KB3035583" and “KB2952664” and uninstall them. The reboot and the icon should be gone.
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Appears to have worked...... Wait! There is smoke coming from my laptop! :laugh:

Thanks!
 
I found the 3035583, but not the 2952664. I uninstalled the one I found but that didn't get rid of the ican, and the update I uninstalled appeared on the list again after a second reboot.
 
Here is the latest and easiest for non tech types. Just tested on a win 8.1 laptop I finished repairing and no problem.

http://win10wiwi.com/

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