I'm glad i stoped using windows 4 years ago now.
i've never looked back
>>55313565
i wouldent use winshit even if they paid me a minimum wage to use it
the government pays me to use windows
deal with it geeks
>>55313595
Stop lying you sack of shit
>>55313565
>Microsoft kindly gave me a Data Mining Make Profit Of Of My Interests And Documents OS for free
oh but hey, you can OPTIMIZE IT!
WHAT THE FUCK
Every problem anyone has complained about on /g/ I haven't had on my own installs of Windows 10.
>botnet
I disabled it
>poor performance
I optimized it
>can't disable Windows Defender permanently
I disabled Windows Defender permanently
>bunch of bloatware
I removed them all
>the UI makes me physically ill!
Saw my doctor and he confirmed that I don't have autism
>devices don't work
Actually my webcam from 2001 that didn't work on Windows 8.1 now works on Windows 10. Other than that, zero issues
>can't disable updates
I accidentally disabled mine for 10 months using Peerblock, which led me into thinking all the memes about updates interrupting users work was a huge myth.
>>55313911
How much time did it take from you to do all this things?
>>55314033
All of the following included research investment for the first time doing it. I can do everything COMBINED now in less than 10 minutes, which I have done on multiple computers.
Botnet: 60 minutes
Bloatware removal: 30 minutes
Windows Defender: 20 minutes
Poor Performance: 5 minutes of disabling startup programs. Bloatware and Windows defender removal were part of it.
Seeing my doctor: 90 minutes (including the drive there)
Devices working: 0 minutes
Disabling updates: 0 minutes (had to do with bloatware moving)
>>55313911
>>55314114
Pls tell how
>>55313595
I would. And given how many people here have said they would suck a dick for google fiber so would others.
>>55313911
What about pic related? Have they done anything about it yet?
>>55314221
>menu changes based on context
Who would've thought
>>55314138
Botnet: Spybot Anti Beacon and Peerblock. Add Microsoft list to Peerblock and block HTTP.
Bloatware Removal: disablewintracking.exe
Windows Defender: Go to C:\Program Files\ and open Windows Defender properties. Take ownership of the folder and it's children, then remove all the permissions so nothing can run the files inside.
Poor Performance: Many ways to go about this. The easiest is using CCleaner and looking through the Startup stuff. You can manually do it with Task Manager and clicking startup, but that might not be everything.
Disabling Updates: Block Microsoft in Peerblock
>>55314221
I already saw my doctor and he confirmed I don't have autism.
>>55314261
>>55314325
Getting defensive are we? A simple 'no' would've sufficed.
>>55313565
Which one is windows 4? I thought they went with 95 instead?
>>55313565
>Its an OS. Those cost money
>>55313911
>botnet
>I disabled it
>>55314351
>>55314422
dumb animeposter
>>55313616
Hahahahaha
That's your loss
>>55314325
Let's face it:
Either you're stuck with no security updates which makes your computer vulnerable, or you allow the possibility that Microsoft silently pushes an update that circumvents any of your hacks, which is something Microsoft has done in the past.
People are of course free to do what they please.
I will bet though, that A LOT of the users who now disables telemetry, will be the very same people that complain in a year or two when they experience crashes or bugs and there are no solutions ready for them.
How do people expect Microsoft or anybody else to provide them with a smooth user experience, to fix bugs or improve code - if people are not willing to provide information about the incidents that are present ??
I have yet to meet a developer with the ability to simply just sense that you might have a issue on your local PC.
>>55314546
>implying ms ever fixes anything or brings any kind of improvement or things people ask for
we still dont even have tabs in explorer, more filesystems or a decent, uniform ui.
>>55314546
I think too that Microsoft collects our emails, Internet connections, searches, and computing behavior tied to our advertisement ID to fix bugs.
HOP ONTO THE NAIVE TRAIN!
CHOOCHOOCHOOCHOO
>>55314261
Menu content should change, not the appearance. Its not a major problem but its a sign of shit quality and proof of laziness
>>55314545
Explain how MS would circumvent blocking the botnet, because all their servers are blocked.
>mfw Windows 10 got me off of Linux once and for all
>>55313565
>bubble gum approach
??
The fuck is wrong with this guy?
>>55313911
>botnet
>I disabled it
I caved yesterday and got Enterprise to turn of telemetry, surely MS wouldn't nose themselves into corporations and open themselves to multiple lawsuits as opposed to home/pro users
>>55314422
>>55314808
>being so bad at computers you can't run an exe and click a few buttons
>>55314597
Read again smartass
>>55314840
>>55314840
>he thinks it actually disables the botnet
silly
>>55313565
>I'm glad i stoped using windows 4 years ago now.
>i've never looked back
Good for you.
So this means one of three things:
>you are a neet that can do whatever the fuck xhe wants
>you have one of the few jobs (academia?) where you can actually use linux
>you are a """"designer""""" or some similar thing, in one of the few shops where they still insinst on using apple
Unfortunately, most other jobs require some amounts of windows And while is working hard to change that, it'll still be a while till using a better systems becomes a thing accepted in the mainstream.
>>55313793
Disabling telemetry isn't optimizing. In fact it does the opposite since you don't send valuable information that Microsoft can use to improve Windows 10.
>>55314950
>he thinks it doesn't
kek, I guess the blocked packets just magically fly out of my computer speakers and Microsoft uses a giant ear in the California desert to listen to them.
>>55315004
>blocked
ayy lmao
>>55315004
You can't use a program within an operating system to stop the operating system from doing whatever it pleases.
>>55315028
>>55315032
Then show me a way Peerblock or the hosts file can be circumvented, that I can reproduce on my machine.
>>55315139
Do me and run a wireshark with all your "blockers" active. I have. Enjoy!
>>55315139
>he thinks hosts can block ip addresses
>>55315207
Works fine.
>>55315241
The amount that peerblock has to block has gone down massively since I blocked MS servers in the hosts file.
>>55315260
hosts files is to bypass the DNS and direct domains to other domains or directly to a different IP adress. the hosts file itself can't direct an IP address to a different IP address.
>>55315291
Yes...I know that. But 99.999% of software on the planet uses host names, including Microsoft, because when I blocked the host names a huge amount of the Microsoft connections that would appear in Peerblock disappeared.
>>55313911
Sounds really fun to do that on every new installation of Windows 10.
When I first got Win10, I did about half of the stuff you listed before realizing how it wasn't worth the effort at all. You mind as well use that time/effort to install free software that doesn't fuck you in the ass for the rest of your life.
>>55314966
NSA pls go
>>55313565
"I'm vegan."
^ you're like those guys, OP.
>>55314840
>being so good with computers that you can reverse engineer windows and remove all the malicious features.
>>55315260
>only blocking 3 million IPs
You need to block at least 1000 times that to be safe
>>55315775
>having to reverse engineer the entire computer to things on the internet
Wow, I guess Ublock Origin and Adblock must've reverse engineered Windows, Linux, and Apple OSes to be able to block ads!
>>55315799
Microsoft doesn't own 90% of the IP addresses on the planet.
>>55315862
That's not necessary. They can tunnel telemetry data to their server through another computer running windows 10.
>>55315908
Sounds like a boogieman scare story. Any evidence to back this up?
>>55313565
>tfw I fell for the windows meme
it took them one day to make me hate them
>clauses that allow spyware
>clauses that allow them access to every file you own
>changes your user account to a microsoft account so they can control you even more
FUCK this
>>55315921
You can't know what information is transferred. Notice how it says "download" and not "upload". You can opt-out of downloading from other computers but you can't opt-out of uploading.
>>55315965
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Argument_from_ignorance
>>55314840
>running executables from 3rd party sites in order to fix your malware OS
Why don't you use a dedicated 4chan lurking application for maximum comfyness?
https://github.com/VaccineApp/vaccine
>>55316205
oh that was meant to be a thread..
Is there a point to this thread? Or did a potentially useful thread die simply so OP could snap one off in the botnet circle jerk?
Wait, I forgot where I was. Carry on.
>>55314840
The problem is that microsoft does this on purpose, if after their huge record of being shitty with their customers you still don't feel there's anything wrong with supporting them go for it.
>>55313911
You can't disable the botnet. How naive are you exactly?
>>55315988
ok but consider microsoft's record, if it were uncommon for them to screw their users it would be much easier to trust them but considering they now do it openly it's even harder.
>>55314325
Wew lad. Microsoft has hundreds and possibly thousands of IPs you wouldn't even know are connected to Microsoft. That's why it's Microsoft and its partners. The only way to de-botnet Windows 10 is by creating a hardware-level exception for every single IP you deem safe, i.e. you block all connections at first and then start to open up the system. The other option is to keep the system permanently offline.
>>55316205
>https://github.com/VaccineApp/vaccine
What GTK theme are you using that makes the close, minimize, etc buttons look like this?
Looks mac-ish but also flat and comfy.
![[Mori] Kono Subarashii Sekai ni Shukufuku wo! - 11 OVA [720p BD][56B0FA27].mkv_snapshot_04.02_[2016.06.26_10.20.41].jpg](https://i.imgur.com/fnCKyec.jpg "[Mori] Kono Subarashii Sekai ni Shukufuku wo! - 11 OVA [720p BD][56B0FA27].mkv_snapshot_04.02_[2016.06.26_10.20.41].jpg")
>>55313911
>botnet
>I disabled it
Keep thinking that, lad.
