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Comment Re:Microsoft had other ideas... (Score 1) 169

I have the same machine, bigger hardware specs than that, and while it can run a crap ton of VMs and a huge workload, it's still a dinosaur. The BIOS is straight out of 1995. I'm surprised there aren't MFM/RLL hard drive options in there.

Even still, if your big, old, thousand-pound dinosaur can't run Windows 11, you can put a TPM 2 card in and make it work.

Comment Bloomberg will buy the nomination (Score 1) 280

Come July 13th when the Democratic National Convention (DNC) takes place, if Bloomberg is not already the democratic candidate, they will have a "Brokered Convention" where he will come out the nominee. All of this caucus, primary, town-hall hoopla is all for show and games. He will buy the nomination, and the Dems will sell it to him.

Comment Anti Bloatware Script for Windows 10 (Score 1) 511

I shouldn't have to do this, but I run a powershell script on all of my new Windows 10 PCs to remove the bloatware. I'm sure this isn't a complete list, but it should get the vast majority of it.

(tip, to list all apps, use the powershell command: Get-AppxPackage | Out-File Apps.txt )

Here's what I run to remove obvious bloatware / crapware:

Get-AppxPackage *Minecraft* | Remove-AppxPackage
Get-AppxPackage *DrawboardPDF* | Remove-AppxPackage
Get-AppxPackage *FarmVille2CountryEscape* | Remove-AppxPackage
Get-AppxPackage *Asphalt8Airborne* | Remove-AppxPackage
Get-AppxPackage *PandoraMediaInc* | Remove-AppxPackage
Get-AppxPackage *CandyCrushSodaSaga* | Remove-AppxPackage
Get-AppxPackage *MicrosoftSolitaireCollection* | Remove-AppxPackage
Get-AppxPackage *Twitter* | Remove-AppxPackage
Get-AppxPackage *bingsports* | Remove-AppxPackage
Get-AppxPackage *bingfinance* | Remove-AppxPackage
Get-AppxPackage *officehub* | Remove-AppxPackage
Get-AppxPackage *BingNews* | Remove-AppxPackage
Get-AppxPackage *windowsphone* | Remove-AppxPackage
Get-AppxPackage *HolographicFirstRun* | Remove-AppxPackage
Get-AppxPackage *Netflix* | Remove-AppxPackage
Get-AppxPackage *Microsoft3DViewer* | Remove-AppxPackage
Get-AppxPackage *ZuneVideo* | Remove-AppxPackage
Get-AppxPackage *3dbuilder* | Remove-AppxPackage
Get-AppxPackage *Facebook* | Remove-AppxPackage
Get-AppxPackage *Microsoft.SkypeApp* | Remove-AppxPackage
Get-AppxPackage *SkypeApp* | Remove-AppxPackage
Get-AppxPackage *Appconnector* | Remove-AppxPackage
Get-AppxPackage *Wallet* | Remove-AppxPackage
Get-AppxPackage *Office.Sway* | Remove-AppxPackage
Get-AppxPackage *Zune* | Remove-AppxPackage
Get-AppxPackage *Viber* | Remove-AppxPackage
Get-AppxPackage *MusicMakerJam* | Remove-AppxPackage
Get-AppxPackage *USATODAY* | Remove-AppxPackage
Get-AppxPackage *Enpass* | Remove-AppxPackage
Get-AppxPackage *Flipboard* | Remove-AppxPackage
Get-AppxPackage *TheNewYorkTimes* | Remove-AppxPackage
Get-AppxPackage *3DBuilder* | Remove-AppxPackage
Get-AppxPackage *Xbox* | Remove-AppxPackage
Get-AppxPackage *WindowsFeedbackHub* | Remove-AppxPackage
Get-AppxPackage *Drawboard* | Remove-AppxPackage
Get-AppxPackage *king.com* | Remove-AppxPackage
Get-AppxPackage *MarchofEmpires* | Remove-AppxPackage
Get-AppxPackage *SurfaceHub* | Remove-AppxPackage
Get-AppxPackage *SketchBook* | Remove-AppxPackage
Get-AppxPackage *WinZip* | Remove-AppxPackage
Get-AppxPackage *WindowsMaps* | Remove-AppxPackage
Get-AppxPackage *Microsoft3DViewer* | Remove-AppxPackage
Get-AppxPackage *Print3D* | Remove-AppxPackage
Get-AppxPackage *Disney* | Remove-AppxPackage
Get-AppxPackage *PicsArt* | Remove-AppxPackage
Get-AppxPackage *Spotify* | Remove-AppxPackage

Submission + - Locky Ransomware Activity Ticks Up (csoonline.com)

itwbennett writes: Locky, the new family of ransomware that only emerged in the last few weeks is now commonly seen, say researchers. 16.4 percent of 18 million communications detected by Fortinet between Feb. 17 and March 2 were for Locky infections, with the rest belonging to CryptoWall and TeslaCrypt. Locky is distributed through spam messages that have been sent through the same botnet used to send Dridex, the infamous online banking malware. At first, the spam messages contained malicious Microsoft Word documents with macros that would download Locky. But McAfee wrote on Monday that recent Locky spam contains an obfuscated JavaScript file, which if executed downloads the ransomware.

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