Canuck 9 Loc: Southern Cailfornia

Read this in a weekly I get.
Windows 10 is a big leap forward for Microsoft, said David Auerbach in "Slate.com." Unfortunately, one of those steps "is
straight into your personal data." By default, Windows 10 gives itself permission to pass your data to Microsoft servers, gobble
up your bandwidth, and profile your computer usage. But while "its not easy to restrict what Windows collects," it is possible. .For starters, don't use "express install" during setup. Instead,select the "custom install" and turn off the default setting in almost every case. Then' go into Windows 10's privacy settings. Look through all of the dozen sections, "painful as that may be" and decide what you're willing to share.

wingate2417 Loc: Quincy, Ca.

Give me a mac everytime

bparr1 Loc: Carthage, TN

Interesting. Thanks for posting, Canuck. I'll pass this by my IT tech son-in-law.

Erdos2 Loc: Vancouver, WA

Most of what is collected in Windows 10 is for Cortana to make suggestions. Does the Mac do something similar with Siri?

richosob Loc: Lambertville, MI

I have a relative who understands this computer crap a lot better than me. I still don't have Windows 10 and can't figure out why. But anyway he said that during the installation Microsoft turns off a program or maybe thats not the proper term, it may not be a program but maybe it's a switch of some sort and this allows them to know what sites you visit. He said it is possible to turn this switch back on to block this info from going back to Microsoft. I don't know how but I'm sure there are people here that do.

Rich

phlash46 Loc: Westchester County, New York

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bersharbp Loc: Texas

Good input! Thanks.

BigWahoo Loc: Kentucky

Apple may be collecting more information than you think.

From the Washington post:

"Apple has begun automatically collecting the locations of users and the queries they type when searching for files with the newest Mac operating system, a function that has provoked backlash for a company that portrays itself as a leader on privacy."

BigWahoo Loc: Kentucky

Apple may be collecting more information than you think.

From the Washington post:

"Apple has begun automatically collecting the locations of users and the queries they type when searching for files with the newest Mac operating system, a function that has provoked backlash for a company that portrays itself as a leader on privacy."

rmalarz Loc: Tempe, Arizona

:thumbup: :thumbup: :thumbup:
--Bob

jimmya Loc: Phoenix

I'll keep my W7 thanks.

EdJ0307 Loc: out west someplace

What I don't understand is why Mac users will click on a topic when the title specifically refers to Microsoft, Windows or PC. Is it so they can feel superior and they want to gloat that their machine is better than other people's?

Just today there was a post from a UHHer who has gone over to a Mac but she seems to be having a lot of trouble with it and PSE11. Her words: "I really thought that 3.3 GHz Intel Core i5,16 GB 1600 MHz DDR3,AMD Radeon R9 M290 2048 MB it was supposed to keep that from happening (the little color wheel spinning thing)....". She received a lot of suggestions from others to try this, do that, etc., but according to her nothing was fixing the problem.

Two of my sisters have Macs and sometimes when they are having problems they contact me. I don't know anything about Macs. One sister recently bought a Brother wireless printer she was trying to connect to her Mac but was having nothing but trouble. She spent I don't know how much time on the phone with Apple Support and Brother Support trying to get it to print. They had her update this, install that and even install the latest OS, to no avail. Of course, they blamed the problem on each other. The Apple guy said it was the printer, the Brother guy said it was the computer. She asked me to come over to her place and see what I could do. I spent over an hour on it and couldn't get it to work, which didn't surprise me. I even tried connecting with a USB cable but that wouldn't work either. A week or so later she said she was finally able to get it working. I don't know what they had her do and I didn't want to ask. In contrast, I recently purchased a Canon wireless printer for my seven year old Dell (which is a couple years older than Sis's Mac). Set it up, installed the software and it was off and running - wirelessly. No problemo.

There are basically two reasons I have not gone over to a Mac. First is they are very pricey. The second is I am afraid that if I did get one I may be disappointed based on all the glowing reviews and reports I have seen saying how wonderful they are and I find out they are not as great as I was led to believe.

Dick Z. Loc: Downers Grove IL

I'll stick with Windows 7.... Period. :) ;) ;)

rmalarz Loc: Tempe, Arizona

My reason is that, in addition to the Linux and Apple systems I use, I have a few Windoze systems, both running 7. I use them because some software I like isn't available for either Linux or Apple systems, my preferred systems.
--Bob

shelty Loc: Medford, OR

With all the problems I'm having with windows 10, I'm seriously thinking of going back to windows 7. I'm sorry I ever left windows 7. It's caused me weeks of lost apps band data.