Caporegime
Beacon is a great program
Can you put a link to the software homepage for this? I don't think it's going to be Mavis Beacon somehow (thanks Google).
Beacon is a great program
Can you put a link to the software homepage for this? I don't think it's going to be Mavis Beacon somehow (thanks Google).
To be fair Asim has a point about Windows 10. Personally I think it's the best version of Windows since XP. But it does log an extraordinary amount of data. I still use it a lot but am gradually moving over to Linux for anything that doesn't specifically need Windows. My biggest annoyance is the frequent updates when I most need to use it to login to work remotely. Drives me nuts.
100% legit Windows 8.1
I hate to break it to you, but repackaged/modified ISOs usually have LESS spyware on them than original/legit ISOs.
Who would you rather trust? A small time and trustworthy lone hobbyist who is spending his free time trying to remove spyware and telematics harvesting from Windows ISOs, or a multi-million dollar company who is the one milking money from unlimited data collection/harvesting, with thousands upon thousands of potentially messed up people having access to your data???
I'm actually tempted to jump on our VLSC to grab this virus/spyware laden Windows 8.1 you are talking of Just to have a looksee...
Almost entirely this.
Beacon is a great program, I also use glasswire to block internet access for any windows process that doesn't absolutely need it. I've stripped out as much as I can like cortana, win Store, default apps etc
I love win 10 but it's a real step towards intrusiveness.
ive run it on 100s of machines can confirm uses a lot of CPU, however since you only really gonna run it every 6 - 12 months what does it matter?Never seen that happen to me on any PCs with disk cleanup.
Is this Windows 10? 1709 build?
That Glasswire software is a lovely looking program, very neat UI. But why is my computer talking to the Amazon Firestick on the TV?
At least on my Toshiba tablet (I largely avoided Windows 8) it has surprisingly little going on in the background especially compared to 10 - I was a bit surprised Asim's post was about 8 rather than 10. Stripped down it runs surprisingly well though I do miss having a proper start menu (I've implemented a start menu of sorts but it still not the same as 7 or 10) and the UI like 10 is an eye sore sadly especially if I open up Explorer with so much going on in a mismatch of UI styles all of which look disjointed and ugly.
I had to laugh when I heard about Polaris, with RT, etc. they've proved they are incapable of making a success of something like that and they haven't even finished the underpinning work for something like that in 10 which is still a work in progress migrating things to a new platform - but off they go (borrowing an apt phrase from someone else) chasing butterflies again.
protestations lol. good grief. The OP is using windows 8.1 and yet you are still shoehorning in jabs at windows 10!Yup - despite the protestations in the other thread more often than not Windows 10 likes to use a lot of CPU and the manner updates are delivered in is just a pain in the rear and seem to have a habit of being at the most inconvenient time as well.
Thanks for those - never heard of either. I think the former might be like the O&O Windows 10 Shut Up app - but I'll give them both a go - I run LTSB at home, so it's pretty stripped out anyway, but interesting to see what these two apps suggest.
protestations lol. good grief. The OP is using windows 8.1 and yet you are still shoehorning in jabs at windows 10!
Sorry for the slight OT - but I thought that 8.1 had ditched metro and brought back the start menu? Unless I'm misreading your post, and you're on 8 and not 8.1
Re. the UI - I agree, working on 10 since release, it seems a bit mad having the newer 'Settings' type screens, yet still have the underpinned old style XP menus; but I can't help but feel that they are keeping those to make IT workers happy - as it's always nice knowing I can find and change settings through decades old shortcuts and whatnot - though the shift from "Add/Remove Programs" to "Programs and Features" still catches me out
The start button returned but not the original start menu - it goes to a fullscreen start screen menu thing instead of the pop out menu - Metro was rejigged but not removed.
Can you put a link to the software homepage for this? I don't think it's going to be Mavis Beacon somehow (thanks Google).
Don't feed the troll.
Thanks, that was nice and simple to activate!