[AccessD] Windows 10...

Are you guys who have installed it aware of just how much information you are giving to MS?

http://www.theregister.co.uk/2014/10/07/windows_10_data_collection/

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Stuart

On 4 Oct 2014 at 8:36, Charlotte Foust wrote:

> I installed it, but honestly I hate the new start menu.  It has to
> have charms to accommodate Touch but it's awfully cluttered and poorly
> organized. You can resize the charms but not replace them with a list.
>  You can uninstall apps from the start menu, which is handy for things
> like Xbox and Sports.  Of course all that may change by release. 
> Overall, I like most of it (except for the ugly start menu).  You
> still have the right-click menu on the Windows logo, so I tend to use
> that.  And of course applications now install an icon on your desktop
> by default, even the touch versions.  I put it on a 6-year old laptop
> with 4 GB RAM and a 300 Gb hard drive, and it's working fine. 
> Installing it as an upgrade from Win 8.1 was a no brainer.  I didn't
> have to touch the machine until I logged in again. It kept all my
> settings and drivers,  but I didn't actually have any apps except
> dropbox installed, so I can't say how other programs might have been
> affected by an upgrade.
> 
> I don't have it on a touch-screen box, so I can't test that, and apps
> do behave differently on a touch platform.  It feels a lot faster than
> Win 8.1 with the default boot to the desktop happening right away. 
> Haven't tested it yet using the start screen, but we'll see.  Overall,
> I'm having a positive reaction to it.
> 
> Charlotte
> 
> On Wed, Oct 1, 2014 at 8:55 AM, Gustav Brock <gustav at cactus.dk> wrote:
> 
> > Hi all
> >
> > It's now on-line:
> >
> > http://windows.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/preview
> >
> > /gustav
> >
> > -----Oprindelig meddelelse-----
> > Fra: accessd-bounces at databaseadvisors.com [mailto:
> > accessd-bounces at databaseadvisors.com] På vegne af Gustav Brock
> > Sendt: 1. oktober 2014 09:20 Til: Access Developers discussion and
> > problem solving Emne: Re: [AccessD] Windows 10...
> >
> > Hi Darryl
> >
> > Don't forget that this really isn't much more/other than a new
> > Windows 8.1 skin for the wimps.
> >
> > That said, I look forward to the desktop switching option.
> > So, certainly, this is marked as a must-do task for the weekend. I
> > couldn't do otherwise as I've run Windows 8 from the very first
> > developer preview (with the outstanding desktop betta fish).
> >
> > I'm impressed that MS has been able to hold the 10 tight while
> > everyone was talking about 9. What a surprise - and that is, of
> > course, the intention behind. It worked. Kudos to marketing dept.
> >
> > /gustav
> >
> > -----Oprindelig meddelelse-----
> > Fra: accessd-bounces at databaseadvisors.com [mailto:
> > accessd-bounces at databaseadvisors.com] På vegne af Darryl Collins
> > Sendt: 1. oktober 2014 00:52 Til: Access Developers discussion and
> > problem solving Emne: [AccessD] OT: Windows 10...
> >
> > Worth a read.  Looks better than 8.1 :)
> >
> > <<
> > http://blogs.windows.com/bloggingwindows/2014/09/30/announcing-windo
> > ws-10/
> > >>
> >
> >
> > Cheers
> > Darryl
> >
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