In a message on Friday 06-06-17 Ed Vance said to Holger Granholm:

GA Ed,

 HG> GN Ed because your msg is timed 00:25,

EV> My Messages tell on Me, I can't keep the Date and Time a secret
EV> UNLESS I change the Date and Time on this Computer.

The date/time is stamped on the message when it is uploaded to your Host

EV> Some times I stay up late, other times I will get up before the
EV> Roosters Crow to use my computers.

Usually I reply to messages in the morning, but today was a busy one, so
I had to leave this and some others until the afternoon, in this case,
or evening.

 HG> What Win10 Telemetry situation?? Never heard of such a thing.

 EV> I learned of it at www.askwoody.com .

 HG> Problem for you is that you read too much.

EV> I'm still TRYING to be a Mister Know-It-All, but ain't done it
EV> yet......

NO, very far from it. Stop reading all sorts of gossip.

EV> I wonder if anyone else reading this has read about Microsoft having
EV> Telemetry sent to their location from people using a computer with
EV> the Windows 10 Operating System on it?

There exists a setting where you can disable anything the machine would
like to send to M$, or anything M$ would like to know. Use it!

EV> Some Articles on www.askwoody.com have Links to articles at other
EV> web sites Bleeping Computers - Wired.com and Others about the Care
EV> and Feeding of WinTEN.

Nothing beats what you yourself choose in the settings.

There are also settings in ZoneAlarm to inform you if the machine wants
to send out something somewhere, or if some(body) wants to connect to
your machine.

ZoneAlarm is a much better Firewall (free), and the Pro version also
contains an antivirus program but is not free.

I use AVG (free) and ZoneAlarm (free) to protect the Windows machines.

EV> I use to "think (TM)" I may want to start using Windows 7, but not
EV> now.

I have skipped all versions of Windows between XP and Win10.

 EV> In Win3.1 if a program started getting messed up I could look at the
 EV> .INI file and try to see what may be causeing problems.

AFAIR the .INI file didn't show what caused problems. OTOH I don't
recall any specific problems with 3.1 or WFWG 3.11.

EV> If ever I wanted to Restore this pc to that first Backup,

EV> I'd use True Image 10.0 to make one more Full Backup so after I
EV> rolled back this computer, I would be able to put My DATA Files back
EV> on the new setup.

You should absolutely make an image or clone when the machine works as
it should.

EV> (or use the two HP Restore DVD I made the day I first turned it On),

Well, if you use that, you'll have to re-install all programs you have
added to the machine since you made that Restore DVD.

EV> In the years following I have read that a person ought to make a
EV> Full Backup or a Clone HDD as the FIRST THING they do on a new
EV> computer before they connect it to the internet.

That's exactly what I did to both Win10 machines, a laptop and a
stationary machine, but they don't contain anything that I have
installed afterwards.

That's where an image or clone come in.

EV> I tried doing an Incremental Backup but decided if I am going to
EV> back a computer up, I ought to let it save everything that is on the
EV> pc when I make the Backup.

AFAIK, an incremental backup does only change/update the previous backup

 EV> I have tried looking for where XP saves that "personal settings" so
 EV> I could delete it and let the computer recreate a new one.

DON't DO IT.


CU AGN, Sam, OH0NC

aka Holger


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