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Reply to MICROSOFT STOLE MY 'SPECCY' in Personal Computing WinCustomize Forums

[quote who="starkers" reply="38" id="3613033"] Nope, Win 10 is NOT for me. [/quote] I agree with you, starkers. There are two sides to every issue. The practical side and the emotional side. A company can install Windows 10 and make people do their work on this platform. This forum is for people who LIKE Windows and when you realize you don't want to use Windows 10 it's a sad moment. I felt I lost something and I don't think I am the

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Reply to MICROSOFT STOLE MY 'SPECCY' in Personal Computing WinCustomize Forums

All my files are in OneDrive. All my emails are in Outlook. Microsoft already owns my digital life. And still Windows 10 scares me, because Windows used to be one thing and now it is a completely different beast. I do not know to what extent Windows 10 scans the drives. Maybe it doesn't and I am wrong about this. I remember reading something about it but now I cannot find it. MS admitted Insider Preview had a keylogger. I mean keylogger, that is realtime surveillance. What

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Reply to MICROSOFT STOLE MY 'SPECCY' in Personal Computing WinCustomize Forums

Tinfoil hats, the devil and jokes aside, I think Windows 10 is a serious threat to the privacy/integrity of users (and developers). Microsoft did a pretty good job of keeping Windows open and non-intrusive for many years. Now they want to make Windows the iOS of the desktop. I felt for many years that Microsoft was better than Google and Apple. Now Microsoft has become the worst of the pack. Forced updates, deleted apps, invasive data collection - not just telemetry, but scanning hard

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Reply to MICROSOFT STOLE MY 'SPECCY' in Personal Computing WinCustomize Forums

Windows 10 codename "North Korea". Windows 7 was about fixing Vista. Windows 8 was about Metro apps. Windows 10 is about "how much can we get away with?". The more people that uses Windows 10 the worse it will get.

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Reply to Windows Blinds and Firefox in WindowBlinds WinCustomize Forums

[quote who="chorn48" reply="11" id="3610786"] And now Chrome is acting hinky. [/quote] Chrome is not my favorite browser... Firefox should work if you have no add-ons/extensions and default theme. Otherwise open a support ticket with Stardock.

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Reply to Windows Blinds and Firefox in WindowBlinds WinCustomize Forums

[quote who="chorn48" reply="8" id="3610781"] No. Just version 8.13. I downloaded version 10 from the site as a beta but I'm hesitant to install it. Probably worth a try anyway. [/quote] Maybe it's like Neil says and WB8 is as good or better than WB7. It's easier to save presets in WB8 so maybe I will upgrade. Don't bother with WB7 since maybe it's not supported anymore. [quote who="chorn48" reply="9" id="3610782"] Firefox 43

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Reply to Windows Blinds and Firefox in WindowBlinds WinCustomize Forums

[quote who="Neil Banfield" reply="5" id="3610749"] You can add texture to the titlebar, taskbar and startmenu with WB8 on Win7 or WB10 on Win7. The feature is not provided on Windows 8 or 10 but it remains on Windows 7. [/quote] Thanks, good to know that WB 8 and 10 don't drop functionality compared to WB 7 on Windows 7. I opened WB 7 and played around. It was a long time since I did this before and now I don't remember how to save a theme. How do you save modificati

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Reply to Windows Blinds and Firefox in WindowBlinds WinCustomize Forums

[quote who="Neil Banfield" reply="3" id="3610739"] This is very poor advice. For released versions use WB8 on 7/8/8.1 If you wish to use betas use WB10 on 7/8/8.1/10 Regarding the issue, it sounds like there is some sort of conflict as I have just checked here and Firefox looks fine. What video driver do you have and what version of Firefox is it? [/quote] Maybe it is silly to argue with the dev, but in my experien

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Reply to Windows Blinds and Firefox in WindowBlinds WinCustomize Forums

My advice is this (from personal experience): If you are running Windows 7 install Windowblinds 7 If you are running Windows 8.x install Windowblinds 8 If you are running Windows 10 install Windowblinds 10 Windowblinds 7 is very stable for me. It's the best version in my opinion.

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Windows 10 in production environments? in Personal Computing WinCustomize Forums

This is kind of a rant, but I felt I had to get these thoughts out of my head: Some say Windows 10 just works. Of course it works, it's not the point. The point is all the problems associated with it. Forced updates Forced driver updates – potential instability <p style="margin-bot

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Reply to FBI Wants Mandatory Backdoors in Personal Computing WinCustomize Forums

Backdoors in software (Windows, Linux, OSX) are just the top of the iceberg. I believe Intel/NSA access most computers through BIOS/UEFI firmware. Don't take my word for it. Research this yourself. It is sad but true. Intel Active Management Technology: <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org

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Windows 10 branding in Personal Computing WinCustomize Forums

Joe Belfiore tweeted this: https://twitter.com/joebelfiore/status/559845609020993536?s=03 Windows 10 branding has the potential to cause confusion. This is my understanding of the future of Windows. <p style="marg

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Reply to Windows 10 Icons - You cannot be serious, Microsoft! in Personal Computing WinCustomize Forums

I think the new MS icons look very "Google". They are not 100 % Material design, but not far off. I don't like Android, now Windows is becoming Android for the desktop. I think Win Aero and Vista/7 icons have stood the test of time. Why go back to 16 colors when our display technology is better than it was 20 years ago?

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