Windows 10 Announced - Released 29-Jul-2015

AFAICT there are no Windows 10 compatible third party firewalls available yet so use the built in one to begin with. I would check in the firewalls section here for info about 10 compatible products. Last I read in the Comodo forum they are going to announce a compatible version of their suite (and separate firewall, etc) very soon. There are also many relevant threads here:

http://www.tenforums.com/antivirus-firewalls-system-security/

 

Windows 10 Privacy: Step by step
http://www.zdnet.com/pictures/windows-10-privacy-step-by-step/

 

Ten of the Best Places to Learn About Window 10 (by techsupportalert)

 

my firefox (regular, beta, nightly) ran very sluggish after upgrading from windows 8.1 to 10. Waterfox run really well. How to fix it ? Is it known problem ?

 

Is there a way to choose what updates are installed on W10 Pro?

 

Thanks

 

Combined with Microsoft's hide & block tool

 

'Chinese Security Firms Suspend Windows 10 Downloads Due to Bugs. Qihoo 360 and Tencent have both decided to remove the download links for Windows 10 until Microsoft manages to address them and provide the smooth upgrade it has promised."

http://news.softpedia.com/news/chin...windows-10-downloads-due-to-bugs-488740.shtml

 

Regarding the countless privacy related settings, there's a wonderful podcast (just like all the others there) at twit.tv, Security Now with Steve Gibson. Windows specific discussion start about just before halfway the show.

https://twit.tv/shows/security-now/episodes/519?autostart=false

 

Have a question for you guys regarding Flash. Why is it in Control Panel and what is it doing there? Does these default apps or Edge need it? How do I get rid of it, if it is redundant. It was not there pre upgrade from W7.

 

@TS4H How to remove Flash from Windows 10.

 

Ah did not know that. Much appreciated. As long as its maintained and regularly updated like Chromes' inbuilt flash. Ill leave it as is for now then.

regards.

 

Windows 10 Update KB3081424 fails to install (thewindowsclub)

 

@roger_m -- thanks for posting that link. I do wonder (as does the author of the article) whether this will result in permanent removal or whether flash will somehow get re-installed via a windows update (or otherwise). Regardless, I bookmarked that link and thanks again for posting it.

 

Is the focus rectangle still visible in Win 10?

 

Although that "dotted rectangle" appears to be gone, as you can determine from the screenshot, focus is still highlighted when you hover.

 

Thanks for the response, I really appreciate it. So are you saying that you never get to see the dotted lines, not only on the desktop (Windows GUI) but also not in the GUI of applications?

 

Correct; I don't recall seeing any dotted lines since I upgraded to Win10. If you look at the highlighted area around the screenshot in my earlier post, I distinctly recall seeing a dotted line around the Recycle Bin icon when I was running Win8.1, but now it's just a solid line.

The screenshots below should be further illustrative. The first shows the Customize button (in Taskbar and Start Menu Properties) with a solid line around it while the second shows how the MBAM dashboard appears if I hover over Settings.

 

Can I delete $Windows.~BT & $Windows.~WS folders after Windows 10 upgrade? (by thewindowsclub)

 

Don't do it that way. Use Disk Cleanup, Cleanup System Files.

 

Yes, Disk Cleanup works well, I used it on my upgrade setup before I did my clean install. Works great.