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This is not permanent, it is so people don’t get caught without emergency sercices while the 3G phones are phased out. At some point, the 3G signal will stop and 911 will no longer work.

By then, you should have noticed you can’t make or receive normal calls and likely will have contacted the phone company. They will tell you to switch phones.

Martin

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wavy

Your network would use 4G/LTE once 3G is retired. Your phone appears to be able to use LTE, so I guess it would still work. Check your manual for details.

Martin

At the same time, I am thinking of getting the Apple Lightning Ethernet adapter for iPhone…
For all your high speed transfers in RF-crowded areas 😉

Remember that the RF spectrum is a FINITE ressource!

Martin

That’s exactly what I did, but got a NAS instead (NOT exposed to the outside world, VPN connection needed).

There are benefits and drawbacks, but I have customers that use multiple external hard drives for some machines and a NAS for the others. Each has benefits, options are good!

Martin

Hi!

Yes, Live Grid is the online portion of the antivirus, similar to the Microsoft Smartscreen feature that asks online servers for file/download/attachment safety. This feature is in addition to regular antivirus protection, especially useful for new threats.

I recommend you check your firewall settings, or to reinstall. Reinstalling usually fixes the Windows firewall (unless you use an ESET product that includes one, in that case it is replaced). Live Grid (and its bigger brother ESET Dynamic Endpoint Protection) are very useful for detecting newly emerging threats.

Martin

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LHiggins

Hi!

I expect that the Microsoft security baselines don’t use them?

Martin

Hi,

There’s a safer option : just get Windows Pro, and use the built-in group policies.

I figured that the amount paid to upgrade to Pro (for those who cannot buy the machine with Pro included) is well worth the time wasted on fiddling the updates manually (or being the Microsoft ginea pig). And that’s without the inconvenience of trusting third-parties to do the job for you. Don’t ignore the obvious option Microsoft gives you!

Martin

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wavy

Hi!

I also wanted to point out that ESET was responsive when I opened a ticket with them some time ago, but I have a handful of business licenses (remote management is worth it for me). Using the right channel for support is important as there’s a few unofficial ones.

About support for ESET ending in Windows 7, that is probably going to coïncide with the end of its official support by Microsoft. Just normal, as it shouldn’t be used beyond its expiry date (you are on your own from that point on). ESET supported Windows 7 while the enterprises that missed the deadline moved on to something supported. Once Microsoft permanently pulls the plug on it, ESET support will end like pretty much everything else will stop supporting it. They won’t spend ressources on something obsolete!

Martin

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LHiggins, opti1

The reason why it’s OK to download the updates over HTTP instead of HTTPS is missing:
It’s because every update in the Catalog is signed by Microsoft and installation is refused if the package doesn’t verify.

This way, things like MITM are unheard of even if the package is from an insecure channel (HTTP). Of course, practice safe computing and only get your updates from official channels!

Martin

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Taliaferro, wavy, SueW

Immoral, but that never stopped big corps…

Thee who owes nothing is rich, my dad says.

Every subscription or invoice is a golden bar to your self-made jail 😉

Martin,

Who is gaming the bank by purchasing everything with his credit card for cash rewards and paying it completely every month. Free money I get, taken by the bank from someone else’s pockets. (All their money comes out of someone’s pocket after all!)

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Steve, wavy

I believe it won’t upgrade to Windows 11, but on my machine with Windows 10 TRV settings, I DID get the system check for Windows 11, which wouldn’t let me check my system’s readiness because of TRV…

One more proof of Microsoft’s half-baked work!

Martin

[ve2mrx]

I agree, this is the typical capitalist monopolistic way of using user’s need of your product to force them to meet your capitalist desires.

If you’re small, you are the product. If you are bigger, you are the product but with a voice proportional to the money you give. Exactly the same as what Facebook does. The OS hasn’t been designed for the needs of the users since Windows 8. I sorely miss Windows 7!

<insert_deity_here>, please take me from this hell!

Martin

Update: Give users just enough so they don’t get motivated to switch to another OS. Same as what’s been going on for at least the last century to keep the worker class from revolting against the powers in place!

• This reply was modified 1 year, 6 months ago by ve2mrx. Reason: Additional note

Good to point DSLr, the comms company I use has a tiny subforum for customer issues staffed with employees. As the DSLr crowd is more technically minded, the issues tend to be “edge cases” that the support drones don’t know how to handle. The few employees staffing the subforum are especially suited for those special cases and can solve complex issues!

I must admit that the Big Corp I use for TV/Internet has better support than I expected, and a hard to find but very helpful “Directors’s office” contact point. I was able to send them a vulnerability report about their modem/Wi-Fi/router blob, and the issues got fixed…

I have many reasons to dislike the Corp, but support and service quality aren’t part of it!
Martin

Capitalism only works for customers if there is genuine competition. There is no such thing in many fields now, and that is the reason there’s been so many mergers – to reduce competition.

If there is no real competition, the customer is stuck with few options, and as companies cut expenses for more profits, the support services get to a level just enough to keep the profits coming in…

Capitalists will give you only just enough so you don’t rebel. After all, giving you more only makes them poorer! How could they afford a space program otherwise? 😉

You are ALWAYS the product in a capitalist world. Freedom is only an illusion.

Now, there are companies that don’t fully adhere to pure capitalism rules and DO care about their customers. Those are pebbles in the shoes of the big corporations.

Thankfully, I work for one. I care for the customers that needs our technical support. We have limited resources, but do our best!

Martin