Don't want W10? Concerned about privacy? Make sure to kill/uninstall these updates...

[MuffinLord]

First and foremost, a big "thank you" goes to my friend known as Matrix Leader on NBR for all the work that he has put into isolating updates that are affecting our privacy in W7/W8.x and are pushing the W10 "upgrade" on us whether we like it or not...

This is the current list of updates that you DON'T want, along with what they *actually* affect...

KB2952664 (Windows 10 Upgrade preparation)
KB2976978 (Windows 10 Upgrade preparation)
KB2977759 (Windows 10 Upgrade preparation)
KB2990214 (Windows 10 Upgrade preparation)
KB3021917 (Windows 10 Upgrade preparation + Telemetry)
KB3022345 (Telemetry)
KB3035583 (Windows 10 upgrade preparation)
KB3044374
KB3068708 (Telemetry)
KB3075249 (Telemetry)
KB3080149 (Telemetry)

NEW: KB3123862 (Windows 10 upgrade preparation)
Added 02/27/2016 by RBS, see here for more info: http://www.infoworld.com/article/303021 ... 23862.html

NEW: KB3072318 (Windows 10 Upgrade preparation for W8.1)
Added 06/10/2016 by RBS


Original thread on NBR can be found here:

http://forum.notebookreview.com/threads ... ry.780476/

This list will be updated as more information becomes available. Stay tuned.

It's been five years and I've only just thought about it, thank you!

[TRS-80]

In my mind it's sort of the same thing as wiping clean and re-installing after a system has been compromised, because there is no way to really be sure...

Besides that, why would you want to continue to use software from a company who is your adversary? I finally got sick enough of it some years ago and installed GNU/Linux, and (after some initial months of dual booting) never looked back. And I have never been happier. You don't need to worry about any more of this sort of nonsense (which I only expect to continue to get worse). There are a lot of other benefits, too.

More info in the link in my sig, if I have piqued anyone's interest. Because it was not until I got my head around the notion of "Free (as in Freedom) Software" that it all fell into place for me.

Cheers,
TRS-80

[skx]

Besides that, why would you want to continue to use software from a company who is your adversary? I finally got sick enough of it some years ago and installed GNU/Linux, and (after some initial months of dual booting) never looked back. And I have never been happier. You don't need to worry about any more of this sort of nonsense (which I only expect to continue to get worse). There are a lot of other benefits, too.

With W11 and their TPM, Trusted Enforced Platform Module requirement, I hope the remaining blind people will start to see the light

[afton]

Besides that, why would you want to continue to use software from a company who is your adversary? I finally got sick enough of it some years ago and installed GNU/Linux, and (after some initial months of dual booting) never looked back.

I tried with Ubuntu for a week but couldn't get to make wifi work on my T430s, so sadly I have to go back to W10

[axur-delmeria]

I tried with Ubuntu for a week but couldn't get to make wifi work on my T430s, so sadly I have to go back to W10

What kind of issue are you having with the WiFi? Is the card itself detected? Is the WiFi radio somehow disabled? Can you detect wireless access points but not connect to them?

Ubuntu is supposed to be the easy-for-beginners distro, so I'm a bit befuddled that you're having trouble.