Windows 10: View Poll Results: Staying with Windows 10 or not?

I use about 7 or 8 crucial programs, so it was quick work even just to go download them again.

 

I use about 12.. I could just download them each time but I find it much easier in the long run to have them on my data(HDD) drive.

 

I only have the one laptop drive.

 

Large 'staple' programs I will keep on an external drive, smaller programs that, perhaps update frequently, I'll download fresh.

 

That makes sense,. I'm just lazy I guess and downloading my programs seems like a waste of time to me. But.. it would be that hard and I would get the latest version of the programs.

 

No looking back for me, everything works! Win 95, Win98SE, Win 2000, Win XP, & Win 7 all were wonderful but its time to move on again. Didn't touch at all Win ME, Vista and Win 8. Win 10 is the future and has support for all the latest and upcoming PC technologies.

 

There is no doubt about it, Windows 10 is lightning fast and boots up almost faster than you can 'blink'

So as I have two copies of Windows 7, I put Windows 10 on both Hard Drives.

Waiting for Windows 7 to boot is like waiting for paint to dry, so all things considered I love it, except for just one thing.

Does Windows 10 keep 'phoning home' with everything we type or else maybe recording every Key Stroke?

I don't think I'm being Paranoid here, its more like we could be complacent and choosing instead to bury our heads in the sand.

Just wondered if anyone else agrees with that?

 

Key logging it doesn't do but it does use some information like location to provide better localized service. Much of the stuff can be turned off on expense of some services like Cortana etc.

 

I've gone right off Cortana, just wish that I could turn her off altogether as She is using processer power just sitting there doing nothing, like some high maintenance female, that you wished you never asked out.

 

Now you reminded me, how to check which resources Cortana is using ? I can't find anything by that name in Task manager.

 

Neither can I but I do remember reading a post, where someone mentioned this but I haven't been able to find it.

 

Install process explorer Mike. Then say Hey Cortana. I did and it uses a bunch of different services and other thing that have been in windows since vista and 7. There is really no one "Cortana"