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hobbit709

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5. I don't use about 90% of their updates.

Thu Jul 16, 2015, 07:51 AM

Jul 2015

I don't want my system cluttered with things like Silverlight, Bing Bar, Bing Desktop, and other resource hogs. I refuse to use Internet ExploDer.

As you said it took less than a minute to remove but what else did they put in there you don't know about?

The main problem with Windows has always been the gaping security hole caused by IE being part of the OS. All their patches only put bandaids around the edges of that hole.

My media PC I got connected to the TV still runs XP. It doesn't connect to the internet and it works just fine. I used about a dozen of all the patches and fixes for XP on my systems and never had a problem.

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'Free' Windows 10 Has 3 Massive Unanswered Questions [View all] SecularMotion Jul 2015 OP

Isn't '3' the answer to '2'? This is supposed to be "the last windows", PoliticAverse Jul 2015 #1

Microsoft just reinstalled their nagware again on my machine Mnpaul Jul 2015 #2

Set Automatic Update to "Notify me of updates but don't download them" hobbit709 Jul 2015 #3

It is easier and quicker to remove them Mnpaul Jul 2015 #4

I don't use about 90% of their updates. hobbit709 Jul 2015 #5

What the heck is Silver Light for, anyway ? eppur_se_muova Jul 2015 #6

some of the streaming services demand it. hobbit709 Jul 2015 #7

+1 Go Vols Jul 2015 #8

If Microsoft gets too dictatorial, there is always some flavor of Linux that would work for most -none Jul 2015 #9

Get Real! jrandom421 Sep 2015 #10

The only thing saving Microsoft is the 3rd party software. -none Sep 2015 #11

And where are the developers? jrandom421 Sep 2015 #12