Ye olden days operating system

[Stravinsk]

Under windows 10 and 7 remote access cannot be obtained without changing setting on your operating system to explicitly allow it. Even then a password is needed.

Did you read the TOS and privacy statements that were initially issued with Windows 10? If not, it might be worth the time to read them. I understand they've changed since - but only after public outcry. In any case, it's enough for me to move to a system where there is less chance where my files and my net movements are going to be logged by my own OS.

 

[MoreCoffee]

Did you read the TOS and privacy statements that were initially issued with Windows 10? If not, it might be worth the time to read them. I understand they've changed since - but only after public outcry. In any case, it's enough for me to move to a system where there is less chance where my files and my net movements are going to be logged by my own OS.

Maybe you need the dark net

 

[psalms 91]

I hear of the dark nwet but have never seen it

 

[MoreCoffee]

I hear of the dark net but have never seen it

That'll be because it is dark

 

[psalms 91]

lol truebut have always been curious about how it operates and how do you gain access?

 

[MoreCoffee]

lol true but have always been curious about how it operates and how do you gain access?

I believe that there are special web browsers that allow one to access it and there is or was an operating system that looked exactly like windows xp but was in reality a dark net portal.

 

[psalms 91]

never heard of it perhaps why it is so exclusive

 

[MoreCoffee]

never heard of it perhaps why it is so exclusive

If you're keen I am sure you can find out all that's worth knowing through diligent web searches.

 

[psalms 91]

If it is really hidden then I doubt it and I really dont want the government calling because I search for that

 

[MoreCoffee]

I once had an Amiga. It looked like this:

 

[Rens]

I had a 387 I think with WordPerfect 5.1. Shift F7 6 was print.
Glad the things nowadays are much quicker. Oh that printer. Can't even find a pic of such an old thing. krrrrrrrrrr krrrrrrrrrr krrrrrrr krrrrrrrr
Those were the times.

 

[MoreCoffee]

I had a 387 I think with WordPerfect 5.1. Shift F7 6 was print.
Glad the things nowadays are much quicker. Oh that printer. Can't even find a pic of such an old thing. krrrrrrrrrr krrrrrrrrrr krrrrrrr krrrrrrrr
Those were the times.

My first computer was the Amiga. I loved it.

 

[tango]

Yep, but it also seems that without a commitment from Microsoft to maintain it and keep malicious software at bay we have to move on from XP to 7 and now to 10.

Not necessarily, I figure they are banking on the masses panicking when they hear "no more support" and rushing to upgrade. And along the way you end up having to upgrade the hardware that won't support the new version, and end up needing multiple gigabytes of memory just to look at the pretty desktop.

I often wonder just how powerful a "junk" computer from, say, 2005 would appear if it were running something like Windows 98.

 

[psalms 91]

Dont know but I loved XP and am still mad at them for that

 

[tango]

Dont know but I loved XP and am still mad at them for that

So keep XP. I have one machine running 64 bit windows 7,one running 32 bit windows 7, one running XP and an old thing still running ME.

 

[psalms 91]

I have it but not having isecurity updates is not good. I run tweo protections but still

 

[tango]

I have it but not having isecurity updates is not good. I run tweo protections but still

Just stay smart, use firewalls and don't run stuff you don't know to be safe. As stuff fades away it becomes a less attractive target for hackers.

 

[Rens]

I won't take Windows 10. Way too unhandy. Don't even know what I have now.

 

[MoreCoffee]

I won't take Windows 10. Way too unhandy. Don't even know what I have now.

Windows 10 is like a slightly uglier version of windows 7

 

[psalms 91]

7 was bad enough