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Report: Windows 10 Threshold 2 Pushed Back To November

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win10_logoWinbeta is reporting that Win10 TH2 will be released in November and not October as expected.
This is good news / bad news.
It is good news because TH2 is incredibly buggy which I attribute to the new Memory Compression feature. This is simply IMHO. This will give MS time to sort things out.
It is bad news because as I stated before, I will not release thw Win10 tweak guide until TH2. I just don’t want to continually rewrite the guide. Win10 is a perpetually ungraded OS and TH2 is being followed by Redstone in 2016.

Windows 7 and 8 Spying On You Too?

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thpinpostlogoArs Technica – Microsoft accused of adding spy features to Windows 7, 8
By now we are all aware that by default Win10 sends a lot of info to Microsoft. Folks have found Windows 7 & 8 are doing it too.
Well, kinda. Let me explain. Microsoft added 2 updates that collect more info.
1 – KB3022345 superseded by KB3068708 superseded by KB3080149 adds the Diagnostics Tracking Service.
2 – KB3075249 seems to monitor UAC prompts (hopefully to make it less annoying)
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Clean Install Windows 10 Without Upgrading

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win10_logon_logoThis has been making the rounds this weekend. Folks are claiming it works. I don’t know if it does or if the activation will stick over time.
I post this as information only.
http://forums.mydigitallife.info/threads/64770-How-to-upgrade-from-W7-8-1-without-to-go-through-the-upgrade-process-itself-with-ease
original source? https://www.reddit.com/r/Windows10/comments/3i93mp/no_need_for_a_full_upgrade_to_install_10_from/

I was under the impression that Win10 activation was somehow tied to info their servers which makes me wonder if activation can be yanked.