Disable windows defender?
Disable Wi-Fi sense?
Disable Prompts?
Um, some of those settings I do NOT agree with.... I hope like heck that program doesn't re-write the registry... It will lock up your system for sure.
Wow....
I'm not a fan-boy, but man, all these "computer savvy" guys telling you to shut off stuff that is vital for your "new" windows to operate correctly is crazy.
What if 85 year old gramps doesn't know how the internet stuff works and follows the "Disable web search".... and wonders why his computer can't find half the stuff he's looking for...
guess what he is going to do.... take it to some frikkin' geek who charges him $$$$ to "fix your stuff".
Which is the reason that half of the software guys who write programs to by-pass all the "optional" things you can do by simply putting a check or removing a check in the windows program write the stuff for, to make a buck fixing what they do to your system....
I've used windows defender since its inception and decline over the last 15 years.... it has never failed me, didn't always stop the newest web add stuff, but face it... NORTON and MACAFEE don't either.... and defender doesn't slow your system to a crawl like they do.
Ok, you know what, i'm not gonna defend windows against all the slamming going on... I'll just sit back and enjoy my trouble free version, that the average joe will get, on his average computer.
I won't hack into the program to try to change it because its "gathering all my information".....I'll simply go into the settings provided and shut off the stuff I find intrusive.
Besides, everyone who takes your money for anything now days is "gathering your information"....
Wonder why lowe's, sears or home depot, or several other companies want your phone number?
Ever use a credit card in a store?
Ever use a debit card in a store?
How about a gas station?
A restaurant?
Face it, the world wants to know what you are doing so it can SELL you something.... and send you an ad, on suzukisavage.com, oh... you mean you didn't know this web site gathers information?
Well anyway... week two here...the laptop is running just fine.... no black suited guys have knocked on my door, and no pictures of my face have appeared anywhere that I can see, or any voice recordings of my wife and sister in-law talking about what shows they are going to watch tonight, or me talking on Ventrilo with my buds on world of Warcraft about killing some Orc or Warlock.....
Yup, if they are recording everything I do..... someone is having a laugh....ME.....