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AskWoody LoungerMarch 20, 2020 at 3:54 pm in reply to: Comments on Abbodi86’s Win7 ESU Installer Script (2020 Archive) #2209262No file to download, link gives blank page.
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AskWoody LoungerW10 is all about data mining and selling information.
Microsoft does not mine data or sell information.
W10 does not have ads?
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AskWoody LoungerActually, the real question is the question I asked initially.
I appreciate your perspective and respect your opinion, but I simply wanted an answer.
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AskWoody LoungerThe form:
has Company as a required field. Generally, a company is a business.
redknight says they got three licenses.
My question was if being a business, as opposed to private individual, is a requirement to obtain a license.
I have three W7 machines.
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AskWoody LoungerIt would appear not – the website used in testing is not real, so making up something seems to be OK. Note: until this has been tested more fully you should be careful parting with your money.
If you want this for your personal W7 PC then I would not bother. A regular image backup to external disk is cheaper and more comprehensive protection.
cheers, Paul
What?
So the post by redknight is bogus?
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AskWoody LoungerYou must be a business to get license?
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AskWoody Lounger“buy a new Win10 machine”
I have “a new Win10 machine”: Intel Z390 motherboard with i9-9900K, running W7.
So, if the intent was to sell new hardware; FAIL.
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AskWoody LoungerDecember 12, 2019 at 3:24 pm in reply to: Foley: This is how Microsoft’s Azure organization makes Windows #2018725Zander said. “We love Windows and will continue to love Windows.”
Riiight… and I own this bridge in Brooklyn that I will sell you, real cheap.
If they ‘love Windows’ so much, why do they continue to ruin it?
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AskWoody LoungerJust wondering about the snooping comment regarding W7.
W7 snoops more than Chrome or W10?
Umm… OK.
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AskWoody LoungerTypical, blame the victim.
What other product do people buy that the seller has designed and produced in such a way that they insist it is necessary to perform regular maintenance, even if it is not? And then, blame the buyer if their shoddy product fails?
Would you buy an automobile if you had to return to the dealership every month so they could tighten the lug nuts to prevent the wheels falling off (because they make it so that you cannot do it yourself), and if so would you tolerate that by doing so, the radio, A/C, seat warmers, etc. malfunctioned?
Microsoft is doing no-one (including Microsoft) any favors with their current business model.
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AskWoody LoungerOctober 2, 2019 at 3:51 pm in reply to: Looks like installing a clean Win10 version 1903 Home forces you to use a Microsoft Account #1971755I am truly amazed and confounded that people tolerate this blatant chicanery.
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AskWoody LoungerJuly 25, 2019 at 4:39 pm in reply to: BlueKeep is almost here. Get your XP/Win7 systems patched! #1889133So, disabling remote access to the PC is not enough?
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AskWoody LoungerSo, when a W10 version hits its EOL, it stops working?
I am currently researching way to prevent W10 from ‘phoning home’. The most obvious way is to not connect it the Internet, but perhaps there are other methods…
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AskWoody LoungerMay 20, 2019 at 4:44 pm in reply to: Patch Lady: Many updates this month… including one for XP #1709875Umm… where?
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