Top Tips for Hidden Windows 10 features
(Including “GodMode”!)
Folks, here’s an article you “Power Users” who’ve got the new Windows 10 will want to read…
* GodMode and More: Top Hidden Win 10 Tricks
“Here’s what you need to know to amp up your Windows 10 install and get the most from the latest Windows version.” Read more..
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Today’s quote: “I believe that if life gives you lemons, you should make lemonade… And try to find somebody whose life has given them vodka, and have a party.” ~ Ron White
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July 29th, and Windows Ten
Folks, many of you (well, any Windows user, really) will ‘need to know’ the following…
* What happens to those free Windows 10 upgrades after July 29, 2016?
“We’re nearing the end of Microsoft’s unprecedented free upgrade offer for Windows 10. The offer officially expires July 29, 2016, on the one-year anniversary of the operating system’s initial release. But what happens then?” [Updated] Read more..
Once you’ve understood that, you may next want to refer back to the article I posted the other day: How to lock in your free Windows 10 upgrade and keep using your old Windows version
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Today’s quote: “The wise does at once what the fool does at last.” ~ Baltasar Gracian
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How to lock in your free Windows 10 upgrade and still keep using your old Windows
Folks, doing this kinda makes it a ‘win-win’ (presuming you’re like me, and perfectly happy with Windows 7)
* How to lock in your free Windows 10 upgrade and keep using your old Windows version
“The year-long free upgrade offer for Windows 10 ends on July 29. But what if you’re not ready to upgrade yet? Here’s how to claim your upgrade so it’s available at no cost when the time comes.” Read more..
Related: Six Windows 10 annoyances: How to make them go away for good
“You’ve got complaints about Windows 10? Don’t worry, you’ve got plenty of company. From my mailbox, these are the top gripes about Microsoft’s new OS, with instructions to help you make those problems vanish.” Read more..
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Today”s quotable quote: “Go for it now. The future is promised to no one.” ~ Wayne Dyer
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Windows 10, and your privacy
Folks, I think everyone should read this…
* Microsoft’s Remarkable Pivot: Windows 10 Abandons Privacy
“You can read all you want about Windows 10 powerful new privacy features, but that doesn’t mean you have them.” Read more..
More like it..
* Baby Monitors Expose Home — And Business — Networks
“Researchers find major security flaws in popular networked video baby monitor products that could allow attackers to snoop on babies and businesses.” Read more..
Today’s quote: “Once you replace negative thoughts with positive ones, you’ll start having positive results.” ~ Willie Nelson
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Guide for securing Windows 10
Folks, for those of you have ‘upgraded’ to Windows 10 (and for those of you who will soon) this tutorial is a ‘must read’. (I even reco it for those of us who plan on sticking with Win7 until the wheels fall off. It says a lot about tech and the Internet.)
* How to secure Windows 10: The paranoid’s guide
“Worried sick over Windows 10’s privacy settings? There’s a lot you can do to lock them down, but you will lose some functionality along the way.” Read more..
Other items of interest:
* Attackers can access Dropbox, Google Drive, OneDrive files without a user’s password
“The so-called “man-in-the-cloud” attack is said to be a common flaw in most cloud-based file synchronization services.” Read more..
* Could cyberwar knock us back to the Stone Age?
“If the United States were involved in a major cyberwar, just how badly would it be hit? Could the U.S. survive? Could modern civilization survive? In this thought experiment, David Gewirtz explores such a scenario in-depth.” Read more..
[ if you can even think to ask the question.. the answer is ‘yes’. ]
Today’s quote: “I have an advanced degree in procrastination and another one in paranoia.” ~ Joanne Harris
Want more? Nuclear nightmare: Industrial control switches need fixing, now
“Researchers at Black Hat USA have disclosed critical SCADA/ICS vulnerabilities in switches actively used in industrial control management systems, such as substations, factories, refineries, ports, and other areas of industrial automation.” Read more..
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Alert: Scary Windows Ten Scams
Folks, as you might know (or have learned to expect), there are some dangerous scams circulating you need to be wary of (and tell your less-savvy friends and family about).
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New Windows 10 scam will encrypt your files for ransom
“Just days after Microsoft released its latest operating system, hackers have begun targeting soon-to-be Windows 10 users with an emerging kind of malware.” Read more..
- Don’t get fooled into clicking phony Windows 10 upgrade emails
“If you’re still waiting for your reservation to come up as Microsoft rolls out Windows 10, we can’t blame you for being eager to get your virtual hands on Microsoft’s latest OS. But if you get an email encouraging you upgrade to Windows 10, you’ll want to exercise a little caution, lest you get taken by scammers. ” Read more..
So the fun just continues… Does anyone even use email any more? Or am I the last holdout..?
Today’s quote: “Life’s Tragedy is that we get old to soon and wise too late.” ~ Benjamin Franklin
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Windows X Review
Many of you will be aware today is ‘Windows 10 Day’ (meaning, you can get it today). And many of you are wondering what I think of it. (I’ve already said, “wait for the Service Pack”.) No I won’t be downloading it — I don’t want any of it’s new “features” (they’re kinda creepy, in a Big Brother kind of way) and I use what it will remove (i.e., Media Center), so, I refer you instead to this article for a detailed review of Microsoft’s latest operating system.
* Windows 10 review: Full of promise, but not a must-have just yet
“Should you upgrade to what Microsoft has called the last version of Windows?” Read more..
Today’s quote: “The human race is a herd. Here we are, unique, eternal aspects of consciousness with an infinity of potential, and we have allowed ourselves to become an unthinking, unquestioning blob of conformity and uniformity. A herd. Once we concede to the herd mentality, we can be controlled and directed by a tiny few. And we are.” ~ David Icke
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• About Tech Paul
I am a Retired computer & network technician. I used to think the machines were pretty cool. Now I don’t.
They’re anything but.
I regularly posted how-to’s and tricks & tips and general computing advice here starting in 2007. (Use the Search tool to find answers. But be aware, many are rather dated.) Sometimes I answered (your) specific questions in an article if I believed the answer was generally helpful to “everyone”. All the writing you see was my own, typos and all. There always is/was an implied “IMHO” in what you see here.
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