It'd be safer for them than putting NSA Assistant on their machines that's for sure... (Also yes, kill Defender. Just use a good alt like pre 2.0 interface Malwarebytes.)
Windows defender EATS so many resources in the background its ridiculous. Unless your a business or a cooperation I see no need for it.
I do not use Defender, I disabled it in gpedit, but I use the latest, greatest Malwarebytes. Why use a version that is so ancient, it forgot what a virus is?
We're talking about the issue of updates being automatically downloaded and installed despite a group policy that says 'notify me to download and install'. The defender thing was just an example of the update behavior, it happens with every other update as well, I know how to disable defender.
After "Upgrade" to win10, my intel i350 lacp setup crash, no wmc, can't control how windows update handle. Plugin the acronis usb boot disk and restore the old win7 back.., problem solved
Because it still gets the same updates and is just as effective but without a crappy tabletised interface?
not able to read COA is not MS problem Any Windows 7 OEM activated machine can be upgraded to Windows 7 Ultimate as long as you have Windows 7 Ultimae OEM CD Key which is not even brand specific. This way every OEM Windows 7 user can claim a Windows 7 Ultimate upgrade. The only way MS to confirm which OS this devise is entitled for is by requesting the COA key label on that devise. Any way this only expostulations nothing certain it is only 5 days for 29 and then we will all Fuc*ing know how much fuc*ed up ....
Why do this? Why are you calling it a "M$" account? Also add this to the list: Create "My Computer" icon and put it on the desktop. Also, just found this nugget: forums.mydigitallife.net/threads/62516-Windows-10-Tweaks-amp-Fixes/page38?p=1090956&viewfull=1#post1090956
You don't understand. I'm currently using Windows Defender as the OS's AntiVirus, and I do want to have its virus definitions up to date. But instead of just notifying me that there's an update, it downloads and installs it automatically, without asking me first. I want to have the ability to check-box which updates I want, and then allow it to download and install them, just like in Windows 7. Windows Update in Win7 currently only displays "Name" and "Size" columns. A generic text and Published date are shown in the side bar, after clicking on each row. What's missing from Windows 7, though, is a "Date Published" column, and the actual explanation of what the update does/fixes (a "Description" column). A user must click on "More Information" to see the actual description of the update on MS website. If WU in Win10 behaved like WU in Win7 with those columns - it would have been a much improved experience, and I'll bet MS guys know that already. But they just made it more unusable and un-controllable. Sad, really.
Installation (OOBE phase): - Use local account - Did not enter any product key - I never use 'Express Settings' and answer 'no' to all questions - Activation was automatic (I upgraded from a DAZ activated Windows 7 first, then performed a clean install using leaked OEM image) Post-install actions: - turn off System Restore - disable AutoPlay / AutoRun - set UAC to notify *without* dimming the desktop - change Device Installation Settings to "Never install drivers from Windows Update" (which does not appear to be working properly, atm) - install device drivers (in offline mode to prevent WU installing own drivers) - install DirectX 9.0c Redist - leave / disable the 'HomeGroup' and configure advanced sharing options - install 'Attribute Changer' and 'HashCheck' shell extensions - set desktop slideshow transition animation duration to 1000ms - add 'Take Ownership' context menu - add 'Copy To...' & 'Move To...' folder context menu - remove 'Previous Versions' tab - remove 'Compatibility' context menu - uninstall useless junk - eg. OneDrive, Money etc. - reset folder views and disable automatic folder type discovery - set Default Apps (after installing my preferred web browser and media player) - configure Services & disable unneeded startup items - organize Start, taskbar, file explorer - run Windows Update - install programs, games etc. BTW, I use batch files and VBScript (.vbs) to automate certain tasks - eg. install programs, create desktop shortcuts, pin/unpin items to Taskbar. In Windows 7, I was able to pin items to Taskbar via script, but not in Windows 10... Other than this, everything else seems to be in working order. Here's a simple demonstration... Code: Set objWsh = WScript.CreateObject("WScript.Shell") Set objFSO = CreateObject("Scripting.FileSystemObject") Set objShellApp = CreateObject("Shell.Application") strAppData = objFSO.GetFolder(objWsh.ExpandEnvironmentStrings("%APPDATA%")) strWinDir = objFSO.GetFolder(objWsh.ExpandEnvironmentStrings("%SystemRoot%")) strDesktop = objWsh.SpecialFolders("AllUsersDesktop") If WScript.Arguments.length = 0 Then ObjShellApp.ShellExecute "wscript.exe", """" & WScript.ScriptFullName & """" & " RunAsAdministrator", , "runas", 1 WScript.Quit Else End If If objFSO.FileExists(strDesktop & "\Notepad.lnk") Then ' ***** Do nothing, file exists Else Set lnk = objWsh.CreateShortcut(strDesktop & "\Notepad.lnk") lnk.TargetPath = strWinDir & "\system32" & "\notepad.exe" lnk.WorkingDirectory = strWinDir & "\system32" lnk.Save End If If objFSO.FileExists(strAppData & "\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Quick Launch\User Pinned\TaskBar" & "\Notepad.lnk") Then MsgBox "Notepad already pinned", 262144+64, "Test" Else Set objFolder = objShellApp.Namespace(strDesktop) Set objFolderItem = objFolder.ParseName("Notepad.lnk") Set colVerbs = objFolderItem.Verbs For Each objVerb in colVerbs If Replace(objVerb.name, "&", "") = "Pin to Taskbar" Then objVerb.DoIt Next End If What this script does: 1. Create a desktop shortcut for Notepad 2. Pin (Notepad) to taskbar -- this function does NOT work and I haven't a clue as to why. Any ideas?