Re: [MBZ] Win 10 owns your computer

2015-07-19 Thread Rich Thomas via Mercedes
I figured. M$FT abandons a product but still makes it have to get approval to be used. Makes perfect $en$e. --R On 7/18/15 7:04 PM, rawil...@eatel.net via Mercedes wrote: Yes Sent from my Android-Powered Device - Reply message - From: "Rich Thomas via Mercedes" To: Cc: "Rich Th

Re: [MBZ] Win 10 owns your computer

2015-07-18 Thread rawillms
Yes Sent from my Android-Powered Device - Reply message - From: "Rich Thomas via Mercedes" To: Cc: "Rich Thomas" Subject: [MBZ] Win 10 owns your computer Date: Sat, Jul 18, 2015 10:13 What's the story with XP these days? Does it still have to phone home to get a code to run? --R

Re: [MBZ] Win 10 owns your computer

2015-07-18 Thread Craig via Mercedes
On Sat, 18 Jul 2015 14:48:36 -0400 archer75--- via Mercedes wrote: > On Sat, 18 Jul 2015 11:46:57 -0600 > Craig via Mercedes wrote: > > > Garmin no longer supports XP with their map update application, so I > > got a Win 7 Home Premium DVD from an eBay seller to load on the > > Windows partitio

Re: [MBZ] Win 10 owns your computer

2015-07-18 Thread archer75--- via Mercedes
On Sat, 18 Jul 2015 11:46:57 -0600 Craig via Mercedes wrote: > On Fri, 17 Jul 2015 22:41:37 -0500 fmiser via Mercedes > wrote: > > > Never the less, I agree. I think I should _own_ my system, > > not "use in on loan from Microsoft". > > > > I'm still able to use XP for all the things that req

Re: [MBZ] Win 10 owns your computer

2015-07-18 Thread Craig via Mercedes
On Fri, 17 Jul 2015 22:41:37 -0500 fmiser via Mercedes wrote: > Never the less, I agree. I think I should _own_ my system, > not "use in on loan from Microsoft". > > I'm still able to use XP for all the things that require > MSWin, but I think I see the day approaching where I'll have > to upgr

Re: [MBZ] Win 10 owns your computer

2015-07-18 Thread Rich Thomas via Mercedes
What's the story with XP these days? Does it still have to phone home to get a code to run? --R On 7/17/15 11:41 PM, fmiser via Mercedes wrote: archer75--- wrote: Windows 10: You'll get UPDATES LIKE IT or NOT – unless you have Enterprise Edition 'You agree to receive automatic updates with

Re: [MBZ] Win 10 owns your computer

2015-07-17 Thread Curly McLain via Mercedes
> archer75--- wrote: Windows 10: You'll get UPDATES LIKE IT or NOT - unless you have Enterprise Edition 'You agree to receive automatic updates without notice' That does it. I'm looking for another OS. Put it behind a firewall, then block access to all MS hosts. *evil grin* Never the

Re: [MBZ] Win 10 owns your computer

2015-07-17 Thread fmiser via Mercedes
> archer75--- wrote: > > Windows 10: You'll get UPDATES LIKE IT or NOT – unless you > have Enterprise Edition 'You agree to receive automatic > updates without notice' > That does it. I'm looking for another OS. Put it behind a firewall, then block access to all MS hosts. *evil grin* Never the

Re: [MBZ] Win 10 owns your computer

2015-07-17 Thread Curly McLain via Mercedes
Windows 10: You'll get UPDATES LIKE IT or NOT - unless you have Enterprise Edition 'You agree to receive automatic updates without notice' Microsoft's licensing on the upcoming Windows 10 OS means that most users will find their systems updating on command from Redmond without any option to st