-- edit -- A new issue potentially reared its head, and that is installing windows at all. I have an nvme drive, I want to install through usb 3, both of which seem to be a nightmare to make work if everything I am reading is correct. scroll down to my most recent post and I have ideas -- end edit --
Ok, Im installing windows 7 again, on an 'unsupported' cpu so that a whole other issue in and of itself i'll have to deal with or just not care about, however I have an issue that I could use help with.
My main problem with going to windows 10 is telemetry (the biggest issue is windows pushing updates that would break hardware and not being able to tell it no) that microsoft takes, the fact they didn't tell you what it was for so long, and once you got the list, it was damning in its own right to top it off, no way to disable it and when looking at the servers they connect to on fresh clean installs, they obscure it so damn much you can't just block every microsoft server. some time while windows 10 was in its pre release state microsoft decided to put telemetry on win 7 and 8.
I have a copy of windows 7 ultimate sp1 ready to go, but i'm kind of questioning updating at all if I can't get around the telemetry.
Is there an easy to download torrent or something with all the updates sans the telemetry and windows 10 'upgrade now' ones that I could get? the task of updating windows manually is a bit daunting, from what I know microsoft pushed the telemetry from optional to security to force it on people, and the fact microsoft does everything in their power to obscure the names of patches and what they do kind of make me seriously consider just leaving it as default when I get it working. I would love to have an updated windows, but damnit they aren't making it easy.
on a side note, any telemetry blocking application is non functional, as even with them, microsoft still phones home.
Ok, Im installing windows 7 again, on an 'unsupported' cpu so that a whole other issue in and of itself i'll have to deal with or just not care about, however I have an issue that I could use help with.
My main problem with going to windows 10 is telemetry (the biggest issue is windows pushing updates that would break hardware and not being able to tell it no) that microsoft takes, the fact they didn't tell you what it was for so long, and once you got the list, it was damning in its own right to top it off, no way to disable it and when looking at the servers they connect to on fresh clean installs, they obscure it so damn much you can't just block every microsoft server. some time while windows 10 was in its pre release state microsoft decided to put telemetry on win 7 and 8.
I have a copy of windows 7 ultimate sp1 ready to go, but i'm kind of questioning updating at all if I can't get around the telemetry.
Is there an easy to download torrent or something with all the updates sans the telemetry and windows 10 'upgrade now' ones that I could get? the task of updating windows manually is a bit daunting, from what I know microsoft pushed the telemetry from optional to security to force it on people, and the fact microsoft does everything in their power to obscure the names of patches and what they do kind of make me seriously consider just leaving it as default when I get it working. I would love to have an updated windows, but damnit they aren't making it easy.
on a side note, any telemetry blocking application is non functional, as even with them, microsoft still phones home.
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