revolution wrote:

Why can't Linux/FreeBSD/Something save us from this tyranny?

There are folks who already moved to Linux/FreeBSD land and live happily there without resorting to Windows at all
(or mostly, probably except for playing games).

In the meantime, the vast majority of Windows 10 users -- a whopping 61.1 percent -- are still running the April 2018 Update from a year ago, suggesting people unsurprisingly prefer stability over the latest bells and whistles. Windows 7’s enduring popularity is testament to that…

To fix RASMAN error 0xc0000005 with Group Policies, follow these steps:

Launch Group Policies (gpedit.msc) from Start or Windows Run.
Browse to the following path:
Computer Configuration\Administrative Templates\Windows Components\Data Collection and Preview Builds\Allow Telemetry
Double-click on the policy to enable it.
Choose one of the three levels – Basic, Enhanced, and Full.
Open Start menu and search ‘Services’
On the Services tab, look for Remote Access Connection Manager.
Right-click on RASMAN and restart it.

What Microsoft confirms it did was quietly switch off Registry backups in Windows 10 eight months ago, despite giving users the impression this crucial safeguarding system was still working. As Ghacks spotted at the time, Registry backups would show “The operation completed successfully", despite no backup file being created.

So why has Microsoft done this? In the company’s own words: “to help reduce the overall disk footprint size of Windows”. And how big is a registry backup? Typically 50-100MB.

And, no, my systems have not become overrun with malware. I know many people would like to suggest that a system without updates will become some sort of malware magnet and start ruining the Internet or something. But that just doesn't happen. At least not in my experience.

My XP machine is still my main workhorse when I'm in the office; and it hasn't been updated in eons.

But inside the update is a botched Cortana fix which is causing the service to gobble up to 40% of user’s CPUs. Wave goodbye to half your PC’s power and a good chunk of battery life.

And what’s most frustrating is Microsoft was warned about this prior to release, shipped it anyway and continues to ignore it.

There's currently a major bug in Windows Defender, the free antivirus software that ships with Windows 10.

Running a Quick or Full scan will fail after a few seconds and only go through a handful of files, resulting in incomplete, superficial results. Such scans are usually known to take tens of minutes, and even hours.