question for lrryie ,and or,omni ab out windows 10/browser upgrade

robert_lazarrobert_lazar
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Windows 10 has a new browser called edge I think? Now I have heard that when you upgrade all your files and settings are automatically saved with the windows 10 installation. Now on my windows 7 laptop, I have IE set in a way I like along with my favorite sites saved under favorites. If I upgrade to windows 10, will these IE settings/favorites be saved in the new browser?

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  • robert_lazarrobert_lazar
    I won't upgrade if it is going to be a pain in the ass.
  • OmniNegroOmniNegro
    It will be a pain in the ass. Some of the settings in the OS absolutely will not let you disable the "fuck you" parts like keyloggers and such. But I will never use it. So Irryie is the person to listen to.
  • robert_lazarrobert_lazar

    Relax Omni. I wasn't trying to start a fight. The reason I ask is I have two computers. One runs windows 7 and the other one windows 8.1. I am debating whether to upgrade to windows 10 or not. I will wait for lrryies advice how how the finer technical aspects will work like browser settings and stuff.

     From what I have seen of windows 10 it is far superior to that crap Microsoft pushed in windows 8 and 8.1 . I hate modern metro stupid apps. I hate the stupid start screen. I hate the stupid charms bar. I hate how it is difficult to shut the computer down. I hate that there is no start menu or button.

     why the hell did Microsoft push windows 8 so damn hard,,,then,,back down,,and admit they fucked up by making windows 10? I just don't get it

  • cosmoxlcosmoxl
    all the stuff can be turned off.  the only privacy thing that can't be turned off except with the enterprise edition is telemetry.  but, you can edit the hosts file to keep windows from reaching telemetry servers. :)
  • robert_lazarrobert_lazar
    irryie have you had a chance to examine and use the new browser that comes with windows 10? if so what is your opinion of it?
  • catcher749catcher749
    You can't turn off backdoors.
  • OmniNegroOmniNegro
    Respectfully, I have no idea how you can see a program designed to capture keystrokes for any purpose and say it is not a keylogger.

    If I pulled a pistol out and pointed it at you, you would be threatened even if I never said anything to you. Likewise MS has a keylogger that you are claiming is not a keylogger. So should I claim the pistol is not actually a firearm?

    I could give my pistol a nice name like Cortana too. Does that give me impunity to murder people with the firearm that is not a firearm because I said so?

    It *IS* a keylogger, even if it was made to help you and not to spy on you. I cannot accept any argument on this one point. That it can supposedly be disabled is not even important. I would never use a system with a keylogger I know of.
  • OmniNegroOmniNegro
    I am an American citizen. I do own a firearm. (Not a pistol as my example above suggests. And I am reasonably certain you know I am not and will not threaten you.)

    But you are drawing a rather odd line about what a keylogger is. The difference is that all the normal things we do on the PC do not retain a database of what you typed for later use and none of it is sent to any remote system. Cortana sounds like it does.

    In fact, can you actually argue that a program that in their own words captures "handwriting patterns and typing history" is not a keylogger? If so, then so be it. I disagree. We can argue until the cows come home, but I doubt either of us will relent on our prospective.
  • catcher749catcher749
    edited August 2015
    Who here trusts Windows proprietary software to uphold your privacy? Anyone? You can flip a few switches, but there's no 'opting out' of their EULA.
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