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Sorry. I’m feeling a bit dense. What “menu options” in the right pane?

We’re almost back to normal – but the moderating functions for Loungers are (urp!) a bit of a glitch. Devs are working on it…

If you see anything else that’s weird, let me know!

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Mark, Myst, geekdom, Microfix

Just took out the ability to trash and edit posts.

Gimme a minute and I’ll see what else got screwed up.

I don’t know what it is. I’ve had several more reports – and it happened to me, for a while, before mysteriously returning to working correctly.

Not clear at this point if it’s only this thread….

Gotta grab a cup of coffee.

Another test post here.

And now it’s working again. I think.

Another test post as a Lounger.

At one point, the entire country of Kenya had one IP address, more or less. No idea if that’s improved.

Sounds like you’re a good candidate to ride out Win7 until it turns belly-up in early 2020.

I’ve been using Win10 for years, written two books about it, and can’t say that there’s anything in particular that’s vastly superior to Win7. Lots of little good things. But, if your primary motivation is to get things done, Win7 works fine.

When 2020 rolls around, you’ll have to make a decision – but the situation at that time will be different from how it is now. My money’s on Chromebooks becoming much more mainstream.

As for snooping and updating – there are partial solutions to both, but no On/Off switch. Microsoft designed it that way. “Basic” telemetry includes 1,600 separate pieces of info about your machine that’s sent to MS every day. The telemetry really does help Microsoft make your Windows experience better, but whether you want to dish out that much info is a personal call. (Chromebooks are worse.) If you get Win10 Pro, you can delay updates for a month or so, but there are sneaky workarounds for Home.

Good catch.

Also, the Setting for Pause Updates is back to 35 days.

I wonder if any new drivers (like the one we just saw) will get blocked by the quality update deferral setting.

Naw. I don’t think so. Although it’s hard to pinpoint an RTM these days – MS releases a cumulative update coincident with the official rollout.

b wrote:

And Woody can only come up with, “Using a Microsoft Account to sign in to Windows 10 gives Microsoft (yet another) way to collect information about you”, which sounds like FUD/guesswork.

You’re right. It’s guesswork – Microsoft hasn’t told us what data it’s collecting. But I’d be willing to bet that the Microsoft Account is picked up by Edge, and wouldn’t be a bit surprised if telemetry is tied to an MS account as well.

We don’t know. Microsoft hasn’t told us.

AlexEiffel wrote:

WIN-I, Confidentiality, General,

You lost me.

If you’re talking about the choice.microsoft.com settings, see this:

http://www.infoworld.com/article/2956715/microsoft-windows/privacy-and-advertising-in-windows-10-both-sides-of-the-story.html

It’s been there for a long time.

One Windows to rule them all…

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fJlz6nEOT7w

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WildBill

Yeah, that’s Mr Dummy you’re talkin’ about… good friend…. 🙂

I haven’t found an avatar for my “Woody MVP” account, tho. Suggestions?