Every sane person worries about privacy issues online. IMHO, Win10 causes legitimate privacy concerns. However, there is the “tinfoil hat brigade” that IMHO takes things way too far. I haven’t wanted to jump the gun on addressing these issues. This sites first rule of tweaking has always been “Primum non nocere” (first, do no harm).
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Reader Emails
I got a lot of questions this week about installing Win10 so I’m gonna lump a few of the answers into one section: [Read more…] about Reader Emails
Windows 10 Dark Theme
This info isn’t new, I didn’t discover it, and it’s all over the web.
It’s been out for months, I don’t know who found it first or I would give them credit.
I’m using it, but it isn’t for everyone. I’ve posted pics below. Notice the title bar is hard to read.
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Random Wednesday Stuff…
Skylake, Meh?
The NDA on Intel’s new Skylake processors has been lifted and the reviews are pouring out.
The gist I’m getting:
– If you are on Sandy Bridge then upgrade.
– If you are on Ivy Bridge, Haswell, or Broadwell then it probably isn’t worth it.
Anandtech – The Intel 6th Gen Skylake Review: Core i7-6700K and i5-6600K Tested
[H]ardOCP – Intel Skylake Core i7-6700K IPC & Overclocking Review
Google Chrome Updated
“The stable channel has been updated to 44.0.2403.130 for Windows, Mac, and Linux.”
Download or update from within the program.
More Win10 Wallpapers I Made
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Fix Windows 10 0x80300024 Error
On attempting to clean install Win10 on a laptop I got lazy and I failed to follow my own advice.
I usually disconnect all drives except the one I’m going to install the OS on and run diskpart to wipe. I didn’t this time because I was too lazy and didn’t feel like spending the time to disconnect my second SSD. I got the error 0x80300024 during install. I Googled it and apparently this error has been happening for years. The fix?
Disconnect all other drives and attempt the install again. That’s it!
Oh Good Grief
Over the last 2 days a number of sites have attempted to impress everyone with their Win10 knowledge by showing you the Remove-AppxPackage PackageFullName command as if they’ve somehow just discovered it. [Read more…] about Oh Good Grief
Win10 Wallpapers, Graphics, etc.
I’m collecting Win10 related wallpapers, pictures, and such.
Here is what I have, click the links to download from my Dropbox.
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Win10 Customize Installation Options
Just a quickie article to show you how to configure your Win10 install.
These screenshots show options for max security and privacy as well has how to skip using a Microsoft account.
These are my personal preferences.
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No, That Is Not A Clean Install
Lots of writers saying that a Win10 Reset is or “essentially is” a clean install.
No it is not. [Read more…] about No, That Is Not A Clean Install
Forums, Comments, etc.
Several folks have asked about the comments being disabled or why I don’t have forums.
The simple reason is they take up a lot of time (and in truth is more than I can handle). Folks on the internet seem to lose all sense of decorum and decency behind the veil of the anonymity of the internet. Fanbois, trolls, spammers, and personal attacks tend to be the rule, not the exception. I’ve just lost my taste for that garbage. It’s one of the many reasons I left social media. In an attempt to keep trolls and spammers away I tried to use the Disqus comment system but it wasn’t what I was looking for. I really wanted something where people had to truly be responsible for what they say. Possibly something where the user had to provide, at some level, their real identity. I realize that may seem naive and unrealistic but there it is.
I’ve got some great folks that come by here regularly and I would love to provide y’all something. If anyone has any suggestions, please let me know.
Eric