Windows 10: I Want Windows 10 To Never Install Anything From Outside Of The Store

Agreed, Robot. I've downloaded and installed stuff to my RCA 'droid. If you know what you're doing, you can even upgrade your OS if the manufacturer is dragging its heels on updates.

While the Technical Preview/Beta of Office for Android (Word, Excel and PowerPoint) was going on, a large number hacked their 'droids to install KitKat, since Office for Android wouldn't install on JellyBean.

I'll hazard a guess that O for A will be in the Store when its finished and out of beta.

 

a prisoner to a clean store that all it'a app is reviewed and safe is a lot better than being fooled by adware and malware everyday and in the end having a slow PC that been hijacked by malware.
it's 2 choices :-
1-having an OS where the normal user need to know too much to be able to protect his PC and maintain it (and being ideal for advanced uses)
2-having an OS where advanced users need to toggle something in the setting and get all they want (and being safe for normal users)

what is the more logical choice ?

 

no one counted you , I don't even know you *chuckle

 

okey , I want windows to be like Android (also Mac OS do the same thing)
locked to the store by default but you can go to the settings and check a box that enable installing apps from anywhere

 

I think you didn't visit the most populor windows apps download websites , all of them bundle adware (aka malware) with every program .

also other malware and virus also are exe programs (or .msi or whatever) that will not work on normal users if windows locked to the store by default (like mac os and android)

you don't get how much safer windows will be for normal uses if it was like OSX and Android locked to the store by default (and power users will still have the ability to install whatever they want just like Android)

 

you too speak for you self (notice that you used "we" as if you talk for all the windows users)

and BTW windows is not as safe and stable as ipad ios , on ipad you can't get fooled and install viruses or malware that looked like a program that you tried to download , I'm a windows power user that know how to protect his PC but the other 1 billion users don't know how and get fooled all the time , so why not should windows be safe for them ?

 

Oh, Bull CaCa! You make it seem like all Windows users are so ignorant they don't have sense enough to come in out of the rain!

My clients are mostly senior citizens and I can tell you that they know so much more than they're given credit for . . . I don't get calls to clean their PCs up; I get calls for hardware upgrades and issues. I can guarantee that if I ever suggested to them that their PCs should be locked down "for their own protection" that would be the last time I'd be called for support.

My choice and my clients' choice is freedom from being dictated to as to what we are allowed to use on our own equipment!

 

No body is, and especially Microsoft. . .silly way to loose business. . .*Smile

 

Android is not and never has been "locked to the store". So, if Windows is like Android, it should not be locked to the Store.

 

How ? by default you can only install apps from play store.
if you want install from other places then you need to go to the settings and enable that

 

I think you don't know what you're talking about when you decide where I've visited. I know enough to unclick unwanted apps; however, I don't use those apps simply because they attempt to install unwanted stuff. I know enough to go to the official site when downloading a particular program I want or need.

How many ways can you say we're so stupid we need to be protected from ourselves? Personally, I don't need that kind of help and neither do my clients.

 

you didn't answer what choice would you make , what is the best for the more than 1 billion windows users

1-having an OS where the normal user need to know too much to be able to protect his PC and maintain it (and being ideal for advanced uses)
2-having an OS where advanced users need to toggle something in the setting and get all they want (and being safe for normal users)

 

well you know that , the other billion don't know

if bundling adware was not profitable and effective then cnet and other download site will not invest money on doing it (it's profitable because people install them without knowing about them)

this is the reality , there is no point in denying it.

 

"This we" is intended to suffice for "me". As to speaking for all Windows users, yes, I think you could say that because you've already lumped us into one great big mass that needs protecting by locking down our computers so we're limited to what you think we should have. So, since you have lumped us into this great big mass of computer illiterates, yeah, I'm answering back and saying to you that it's not your right, nor is it Microsoft's to tell us how we can use our computers.

Oh, so now you're the only one who actually knows how to protect his PC, eh? Wow! All one billion of us just don't know how to protect our computers and we get fooled all the time, eh? Geeze, I bow to your superior knowledge! NOT

 

great , so can you next time when you see me use "we" assume that I meant the same things .

and no I didn't lump you one great big mass that needs protecting , I very clearly said normal users (and also said advanced users, and I let you choose which side you're on) my assumption is that most of this forum members are advanced users

and yes all of us need to be protected by having a safe OS (use windows XP if you think you don't need microsoft protection) , even sony got hacked and I'm sure their IT division know more than us .

it's microsoft duty to make a safe and stable OS (the same said about Google and Apple) , if they can create a safe store that contain most win32 and .Net apps then they should tell users that they created a safe place for apps and that there OS by default can only get safe apps , and if you're an advanced user they should give you the option of enabling other app sourced (just like android)

does that sound good to you ?