gman5250
Charter Member
As many of you know, I have had serious issues with Windows 10 ever since I installed the OS. I have lost programs, and more importantly I have lost hundreds of hours of work either resulting from or during Windows updates or telemetry transmissions. I didn't know that much about the latter until I did some serious digging.
Most common were the dozens of crashes during my work day that occurred when my HD would begin banging and grinding, typically while I had work open in both 3DS Max and PhotoshopCS6. Many, many times I have lost work when Max would seize during these events and the work would be either corrupted or lost. Same for Photoshop.
After consulting my task manager during one event last week, I found the telemetry app consuming 99% of my CPU resources. I did some research and removed the telemetry function completely from my system. As a result, I have had no crashes for the last four days.
Here's the reality. Microsoft, in their infinite wisdom, has made it a priority to run volumes of invasive checks and functions that track your data...in order to share it with various clients who are interested in your data. There are numerous triggers built into the OS that will initiate these invasive and costly functions which often lead to loss of data. One link describes a partial list of these data mining invasions which include:
http://www.investmentwatchblog.com/a-traffic-analysis-of-windows-10-2/
Typed text on keyboard sent every 30 minutes
Anything you say into a microphone is transmitted
Transcripts of things you say while using Cortana
Index of all media files on your computer
When your webcam is first enabled, 35mb of data
Telemetry data
It's no wonder my system goes into seizure a gozillion times a day. Only speaking for myself here, but F.....Microsoft and their clients. I have work to do.
IF...you are running in to problems with Win10, as outlined in numerous posts on this site I highly recommend looking into disabling these ridiculous apps before taking a baseball bat to your box.
Most common were the dozens of crashes during my work day that occurred when my HD would begin banging and grinding, typically while I had work open in both 3DS Max and PhotoshopCS6. Many, many times I have lost work when Max would seize during these events and the work would be either corrupted or lost. Same for Photoshop.
After consulting my task manager during one event last week, I found the telemetry app consuming 99% of my CPU resources. I did some research and removed the telemetry function completely from my system. As a result, I have had no crashes for the last four days.
Here's the reality. Microsoft, in their infinite wisdom, has made it a priority to run volumes of invasive checks and functions that track your data...in order to share it with various clients who are interested in your data. There are numerous triggers built into the OS that will initiate these invasive and costly functions which often lead to loss of data. One link describes a partial list of these data mining invasions which include:
http://www.investmentwatchblog.com/a-traffic-analysis-of-windows-10-2/
Typed text on keyboard sent every 30 minutes
Anything you say into a microphone is transmitted
Transcripts of things you say while using Cortana
Index of all media files on your computer
When your webcam is first enabled, 35mb of data
Telemetry data
It's no wonder my system goes into seizure a gozillion times a day. Only speaking for myself here, but F.....Microsoft and their clients. I have work to do.
IF...you are running in to problems with Win10, as outlined in numerous posts on this site I highly recommend looking into disabling these ridiculous apps before taking a baseball bat to your box.
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