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Microsoft decided to extort Windows 7 users too
semiaccurate.com ^ | Jul 14, 2014 | by Charlie Demerjian

Posted on 07/17/2014 9:17:00 PM PDT by Ernest_at_the_Beach

Not content to blow both feet off with a shotgun, Microsoft is going for the kneecaps now by blackmailing it’s customers. If you are still dumb enough to use Windows, you are about have your wallet shaken down by Microsoft in a familiar yet still unwelcome way.We don’t feel the need to sugarcoat this much because the company’s behavior is so blatant and uncaring it is almost staggering. Worse yet the victims, that would be almost all Windows users, have only themselves to blame because the pattern has been well laid out for years now. Microsoft has been unapologetically blackmailing users for years, anyone who bought one of their products in the last few years should have known better.

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TOPICS: Business/Economy; Computers/Internet
KEYWORDS: microsoft; windows7
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1 posted on 07/17/2014 9:17:01 PM PDT by Ernest_at_the_Beach
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To: ShadowAce

Charlie again.


2 posted on 07/17/2014 9:18:33 PM PDT by Ernest_at_the_Beach
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To: Ernest_at_the_Beach

Linux, Linux, Linux.


3 posted on 07/17/2014 9:24:19 PM PDT by Talisker (One who commands, must obey.)
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To: All
Says that is more profitable to

NOT FIX

the MALWARE VULNERABILITIRES!
4 posted on 07/17/2014 9:24:46 PM PDT by Ernest_at_the_Beach
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To: Ernest_at_the_Beach

I have Win7 Starter on my notebook - was thinking of putting Vista Home on it but afraid I’d loose my ASUS stuff like my wireless software ... or Xp ....


5 posted on 07/17/2014 9:25:54 PM PDT by SkyDancer (If you do not read the newspapers you are uninformed. If you do read the newspapers you are misinfo)
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To: Ernest_at_the_Beach

Well. Ill get linux mint on a thumb drive, and only use windows for games then.


6 posted on 07/17/2014 9:26:42 PM PDT by Mmogamer (I refudiate the lamestream media, leftists and their prevaricutions.)
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To: Ernest_at_the_Beach

There’s no bias in this trash article.


7 posted on 07/17/2014 9:27:23 PM PDT by for-q-clinton (If at first you don't succeed keep on sucking until you do succeed)
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To: Talisker
I suspect they bribe all peripheral manufactures to NOT write drivers for their devices....,
8 posted on 07/17/2014 9:28:02 PM PDT by Ernest_at_the_Beach
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To: Ernest_at_the_Beach
Charlie or not, he does have a point. In order for MS to continue its profitability cycle, they have chosen this course, and although the description is only “basically” accurate, it's close enough to the truth to start corporate entities to begin evaluating alternative approaches/OS’s.

Most likely, MS will cave once again to the general public and continue providing “free: critical fixes to Window 7 for years to come, but that is no guarantee. It will be interesting to see how this plays out.

9 posted on 07/17/2014 9:29:13 PM PDT by Pox (Good Night. I expect more respect tomorrow.)
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To: for-q-clinton

So what is your Malware protection?


10 posted on 07/17/2014 9:30:53 PM PDT by Ernest_at_the_Beach
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To: Ernest_at_the_Beach

You’d think a web site semiaccurate.com would be a clue to most people.


11 posted on 07/17/2014 9:33:42 PM PDT by SeaHawkFan
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To: Ernest_at_the_Beach

Wouldn’t surprise me a bit. Running a peripheral device driver shop is as easy as being a farmer paid by the government to not plant certain crops.

And extra if you keep your mouth shut.


12 posted on 07/17/2014 9:34:15 PM PDT by Talisker (One who commands, must obey.)
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To: Ernest_at_the_Beach

Semiaccurate seems to be a good name for that drivel.


13 posted on 07/17/2014 9:35:12 PM PDT by Ingtar (The NSA - "We're the only part of government who actually listens to the people.")
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To: Mmogamer
I am checking out this:

Robolinux

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John Martinson has announced the release of Robolinux 7.5.5, the latest update of the Debian-based distribution that comes with a pre-configured VirtualBox for running Windows as a "guest" operating system:

14 posted on 07/17/2014 9:39:51 PM PDT by Ernest_at_the_Beach
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To: for-q-clinton

He is not a fan of Intel either.
Or of Nvidia’s shady practices.


15 posted on 07/17/2014 9:45:56 PM PDT by Ernest_at_the_Beach
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To: Ernest_at_the_Beach

With linux you pretty much dont need any.


16 posted on 07/17/2014 9:46:33 PM PDT by Mmogamer (I refudiate the lamestream media, leftists and their prevaricutions.)
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To: SkyDancer

“I have Win7 Starter on my notebook - was thinking of putting Vista Home on it but afraid I’d loose my ASUS stuff like my wireless software”

Set up another login account as administrator account and convert your convert account to a “limited” account. Do your work on the limited account and any sysadmin work on the administrator account. It’s impossible for changes to be made to the OS from the limited account, which means its impossible for a virus to infect the OS, though a virus CAN rarelhy infect the limited account, but in such a case, logoff the limited account, logon to the administrator account and run malwarebytes antimalware, and then let it delete whatever it finds.

That’s the ONLY security anyone needs for any OS since XP and it’s the only thing that actually works. NO antivirus actually works, though they do generally create havoc with false alarms and sucking your system resource and system performance dry.


17 posted on 07/17/2014 9:50:28 PM PDT by catnipman (Cat Nipman: Vote Republican in 2012 and only be called racist one more time!)
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To: Mmogamer

And you can go just about anywhere, but keep personal data off of your storage,.


18 posted on 07/17/2014 9:50:49 PM PDT by Ernest_at_the_Beach
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To: SeaHawkFan; Ingtar

semiaccutate is a pun for a website devoted to semiconductor news. It’s actually one of the best sites around for stuff like that.


19 posted on 07/17/2014 9:52:27 PM PDT by catnipman (Cat Nipman: Vote Republican in 2012 and only be called racist one more time!)
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To: Ernest_at_the_Beach

I have had printer calls where the printer - Lanier, Ricoh, HP etc worked in XP but not in Windows 7 and there were no drivers after they upgraded the OS. Other models may have a universal driver or say go to the Microsoft Update site to get a driver. It sometimes works but they will have to get a new printer when it does not.

I think these guys get together and figure how to boost sales.


20 posted on 07/17/2014 9:56:04 PM PDT by minnesota_bound
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