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I have run that and there seems a lot, but some have to do with programs, yahoo, a big bulk are microsoft, the unknown ones are more of a concern.

Do all these open if you run windows 7 only or other OP's, may be it's the nature of the beast?

windows 8.1 recently got an update that sends all the telemetry that win 10 does. they snuck it in under essential updates.
win 7 no but m.s have now made the harassment icon to update to win 10 an essential update also. again they are being sneaky.

some of the unknowns 1s will be for certificate authority's and browser updates. as well as your isp.

the system prefs reset seems to happen after i get an update for win 10. basically when the windows store and the links are updated they are re-enabled by default.
im now gonna go back through my reg entry and group policy changes and see if they have been re-enabled also.
if they have then its the final straw for me and i will be going back to 7.

I may go back to windows 7, not becasue i'm having a massive amounts of problems but simply the function I use are all from windows 7 and have no need for the extras.

(21-08-2015 12:19 )admin Wrote:  Windows operating systems used by visitors to the forum yesterday (as a percentage of total windows visits).

windows 7 – 45.00%
windows 8.1 – 21.87%
windows nt – 10.38%
windows vista – 9.69%
windows xp – 7.73%
windows 8 – 3.26%
windows 10 – 1.15%
windows 98 – 0.81%
windows 2003 – 0.05%
windows 2000 – 0.03%
windows 95 – 0.02%
windows me – 0.01%

(Note: Windows users accounted for 62% of forum visits.)

Do you have Stats for the remaining 38%?

(22-08-2015 22:50 )Censorship :-( Wrote:  Do you have Stats for the remaining 38%?

Here's the full list.

Windows 61.96%
iOS 17.48%
Android 10.59%
Macintosh 5.40%
Linux 2.61%
Sony Playstation 0.46%
Unix 0.28%
Java Mobile 0.22%
BSD 0.08%
Blackberry 0.07%
Symbian 0.02%
Nintendo Wii 0.02%
Java 0.01%

Not recognised 0.80%

(22-08-2015 13:58 )wackawoo Wrote:  That's interesting - ME - seriously? Good to see windows 95 still holding in there.

I remember the global excitement over the launch of Windows 95, but I find it amazing that anyone's still using it now.

(22-08-2015 19:10 )HEX!T Wrote:  windows 8.1 recently got an update that sends all the telemetry that win 10 does. they snuck it in under essential updates.
win 7 no but m.s have now made the harassment icon to update to win 10 an essential update also. again they are being sneaky.

some of the unknowns 1s will be for certificate authority's and browser updates. as well as your isp.

the system prefs reset seems to happen after i get an update for win 10. basically when the windows store and the links are updated they are re-enabled by default.
im now gonna go back through my reg entry and group policy changes and see if they have been re-enabled also.
if they have then its the final straw for me and i will be going back to 7.

update to this now win 7 has the update for telemetry.
if you want to remove it
go to installed updates and remove any of the below you find.
KB3068708
KB3022345
KB3075249
KB3080149
if you dont already have them installed check for updates and when they show up right click on them and select hide update. it will stop it being installed at a future date or without your knowledge.

So may I ask what the consensus of opinion is then, to upgrade or not? I have 2 computers, one with windows 8.1 and the other with windows 7. Is anyone willing to argue that it would be a good idea to upgrade either or both of these? Or is there nothing much to gain from it?

(02-09-2015 14:16 )Count Spankula Wrote:  So may I ask what the consensus of opinion is then, to upgrade or not? I have 2 computers, one with windows 8.1 and the other with windows 7. Is anyone willing to argue that it would be a good idea to upgrade either or both of these? Or is there nothing much to gain from it?

Upgrade from me, you can always roll back.

Keep the windows 7 and rid the windows 8.1. Windows 10 is the best from both of these. I see the the spy ware warnings, above but personally I have had no problems thus far.

(02-09-2015 14:16 )Count Spankula Wrote:  So may I ask what the consensus of opinion is then, to upgrade or not? I have 2 computers, one with windows 8.1 and the other with windows 7. Is anyone willing to argue that it would be a good idea to upgrade either or both of these? Or is there nothing much to gain from it?

unless you have dx12 capable hardware your not missing much. although it is a good upgrade if you use win 8.1 as its generally more user friendly in a lot of respects.
if you like your privacy however its a lot of work to stop it dialing out to m.s and other companies with your usage data, contacts and other system information.

if you have 7 stay with it for now and if you want, remove the telemetry updates.
for now there just optional so you can hide them but when they become recommended they will need hiding again.

also be aware, its been reported that the win7 and 8 are purposefully being corrupted by m.s with bad updates in the hope they force you to upgrade to 10.
i cant confirm this is true but i am hearing it from reputable sources that its either happening or gonna happen.
claims range from if you hide the telemetry updates that they will send you another update that looks for it. if it doesnt find it, it starts breaking some basic features. but like i said thats a rumor.

like i said, stay with win 7 for now, if you have dx12 hardware then upgrade when you need it to play the latest games that support it.