Tag: windows 10
Microsoft is downloading Windows 10 to PCs, even if you don’t “reserve” a copy
Ars Technica reported on Microsoft downloading Windows 10 to PCs, even if you don’t “reserve” a copy. According to The Inquirer, the situation was first reported by an anonymous reader who claimed to have discovered a hidden directory called $Windows.~BT on his computer, despite not opting in for a free upgrade to Windows 10. The…
Even when told not to, Windows 10 just can’t stop talking to Microsoft
Ars Technica reported on Windows 10 talking to Microsoft even when told not to. For example, even with Cortana and searching the Web from the Start menu disabled, opening Start and typing will send a request to www.bing.com to request a file called threshold.appcache which appears to contain some Cortana information, even though Cortana is…
Solitaire for Windows 10 is a fremium game
Time reported on [the ridiculous hidden inside Windows 10 TIME](http://time.com/3977862/windows-10-solitaire/). The newly released Windows 10 features the Solitaire Collection, which includes several variants of the classic card game. However, unlike the version of the game you played at your grandma’s house in the ‘90s, Windows 10 Solitaire comes packed with advertisements. To get rid of…
Privacy issues with Windows 10
The Next Web reported on privacy issues with Windows 10. Data syncing by default Sign into Windows with your Microsoft account and the operating system immediately syncs settings and data to the company’s servers. That includes your browser history, favorites and the websites you currently have open as well as saved app, website and mobile…
Windows 10 will use your bandwidth to push updates to others
Ubergizemo reported on Windows 10 tapping on users’ bandwidth to push updates to others. For the most part the updates are pretty fast although it seems that with Windows 10, it looks like Microsoft is finding ways to make pushing out updates even faster, and apparently one of the ways they’re looking at is to…