Did you ever read, or do you remember my post on my Wordpress about it? Here you are again, just in case: https://jaymountney.wordpress.com/2013/11/08/falling-in-love-with-windows-8/#comments
My old Compaq is being resuscitated by my son in law because I had problems with the Lenovo - it has no inbuilt mic - it should have, and they say send it back and they'll sort it out but to allow a month... do without for a month??? And remove all my sensitive stuff first??? I think not. So I thought about an external mic and there's no portal because of course there's an inbuilt one, except that there isn't... I need to use Skype, particularly for learning Portuguese but for all sorts of other things too, and am hoping that my Compaq will cope.
I might have to pay for Windows to be reinstalled - I didn't use it for months, it rejected my password and went to a default password which I didn't know and they couldn't tell me. Microsoft are mad, bad and dangerous. Anyway, Andrew says he can install 8.1 or 10 - no other options, which, considering I am paying for it is annoying. So I might have to go for 8.1. I'm not touching 10 - in their agreement they have a thing that says if they find any illegal programs on your machine they reserve the right to delete them. WFT??? The nanny state is with us and its name is Microsoft.
Actually, I don't have any illegal programs - I used to have a pirate copy of various things on the Compaq but only because the first crash and the filter-clean wrecked stuff I had already paid for. But it's the principle of it all!!
Ah, right! I think I've read it and forgot. I guess I'd get accustomed to 8 if I had no other choice, but as for now, my curiosity ("What can be so hard in shifting to new software, anyway. Not the first and not the last time in life. Let's check it out!") in matter of minutes turned into one of greatest software disappointments ever. I find it very counter-intuitive and seems like most effort was invested into hiding everything. I'm waiting anxiously for 10 and next ones. I hope they will be more to my taste.
in their agreement they have a thing that says if they find any illegal programs on your machine they reserve the right to delete them. ...?! Oh, come on, you must be kidding, Microsoft...
The Daily Dot reported on an alarming development connected to Windows 10's End User License Agreement. "Microsoft won't hesitate to make sure the programs and games you have installed on your computer are legitimate, and if not, it has the right to disable them." The agreement includes preventing "unauthorized hardware peripheral devices" but who determines legitimate use could be a problem.
They are clearly hand in glove with TPP and TTIP. :(
And how are they going to guarantee me this legality detecting whatnot of theirs never mistakes? Knowing how such things tend to work, it will block honestly paid things because they were outdated versions it couldn't recognize or whatever. Meanwhile, I'm sure pirates will be finding a way to slalom around it in matter of days after every update, at worst. And I wish them fair winds.
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https://jaymountney.wordpress.com/2013/11/08/falling-in-love-with-windows-8/#comments
My old Compaq is being resuscitated by my son in law because I had problems with the Lenovo - it has no inbuilt mic - it should have, and they say send it back and they'll sort it out but to allow a month... do without for a month??? And remove all my sensitive stuff first??? I think not. So I thought about an external mic and there's no portal because of course there's an inbuilt one, except that there isn't... I need to use Skype, particularly for learning Portuguese but for all sorts of other things too, and am hoping that my Compaq will cope.
I might have to pay for Windows to be reinstalled - I didn't use it for months, it rejected my password and went to a default password which I didn't know and they couldn't tell me. Microsoft are mad, bad and dangerous. Anyway, Andrew says he can install 8.1 or 10 - no other options, which, considering I am paying for it is annoying. So I might have to go for 8.1. I'm not touching 10 - in their agreement they have a thing that says if they find any illegal programs on your machine they reserve the right to delete them. WFT??? The nanny state is with us and its name is Microsoft.
Actually, I don't have any illegal programs - I used to have a pirate copy of various things on the Compaq but only because the first crash and the filter-clean wrecked stuff I had already paid for. But it's the principle of it all!!
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in their agreement they have a thing that says if they find any illegal programs on your machine they reserve the right to delete them.
...?! Oh, come on, you must be kidding, Microsoft...
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http://transformativeworks.org/news/otw-fannews-staying-vigilant
The Daily Dot reported on an alarming development connected to Windows 10's End User License Agreement. "Microsoft won't hesitate to make sure the programs and games you have installed on your computer are legitimate, and if not, it has the right to disable them." The agreement includes preventing "unauthorized hardware peripheral devices" but who determines legitimate use could be a problem.
They are clearly hand in glove with TPP and TTIP. :(
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And how are they going to guarantee me this legality detecting whatnot of theirs never mistakes? Knowing how such things tend to work, it will block honestly paid things because they were outdated versions it couldn't recognize or whatever. Meanwhile, I'm sure pirates will be finding a way to slalom around it in matter of days after every update, at worst. And I wish them fair winds.
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