Thanks, Microsoft, but I’m still saying no to Windows 10

Recently I heard a lot of friends about how Windows 10 is the best Windows and people would be stupid to not change. Being friends, I do not want to be rude, but ... cough, ahem, I do not think so.

Is safety your main concern? Well, Windows 10 is no safer than Windows 7, which means it's a deeply insecure operating system. There were many serious Windows security patches in the last year, and Windows 10 had all the same problems as Windows 7.

It is true that Windows did not have anything as bad as MacOS 'incredible security hole "Allowing anyone to log in as an administrator", but the fact that Microsoft has not spoiled things as badly as Apple did does not deviate it. I mean, what's the name when Microsoft fixes security holes in Windows 10 that do not patch in Windows 7? I call him really, really stupid.

Yes, I know, not repairing Win7 is consistent with Microsoft's desire to introduce everyone in Windows 10 as soon as possible, but come on! The last time I checked, it was assumed that Windows 7 would continue to receive security patches until January 14, 2020.

Nor would I like to be "updated" against my will, as was the case with Windows 10 users who had changed what they needed to alternate with Microsoft. "Do not move me from Windows 10 1703, Windows 10 Fall Update, to 1709, Fall Creators Update." As my colleague Woody Leonhard points out, this happened through Windows Update with the November patches, when there were "so many problems with the patches". This month's security is hard to decide where to start. "

By the way, I want to record that I do not want the rapid release rate of Windows 10, with its ephemeral support timelines. Two important updates, or service patches, as I still think about them, one year is too much. I can not make sure everything works with a major update every six months. I do not know anyone who can.

As for the November patches, the myriad of problems that Microsoft admitted to solving were awe-inspiring: almost two dozen of them. I suppose that Microsoft can not maintain this rhythm twice a year either. The problems ranged from the minor ("Try cleaning temporary files in the Windows Phone results in the error code" E_FAIL ") to completely annoying (" Modern applications created with JavaScript may not be initialized ") to" pull out your hair "and shout, 'No! No! NO !!!' "bad (a black screen appears with only one cursor, and you must restart to log in correctly).

Then there were things as fun, funny and fun as the patches that broke the Epson dot matrix printers. Now, you may think that dot matrix printers disappeared with the arrival of laser printers. Nop. They are still used in businesses that need multiple copies of a printed document, for example, point-of-sale terminals. Believe it or not, Epson is still selling a full line of new dot-matrix printers. Someone should send the news by fax to Microsoft!. 70-417 Braindumps

As for the security features of Windows 10, some of them do not look so good. Recently, Will Dormann of the CERT Coordination Center (CERT / CC) of Carnegie Mellon University tweeted that the implementation of the random distribution of the address space (ASLR) of Windows 10 as a security measure is "essentially useless". Dormann followed with a CERT security warning. That's the equivalent of a four-alarm fire in security circles.

Microsoft responded by stating that what Dormann had detected was not really a security problem. "The configuration problem is not a vulnerability, it does not create additional risk and it does not weaken the existing security posture of the applications." But, later in the document, the Windows programming team admitted: "CERT / CC identified a problem with the Windows Defender Exploit Guard (WDEG) configuration interface that currently prevents the entire downstream scrambling system from being enabled. above. "Eventually, Microsoft will patch this. Meanwhile, he gave us some solutions.

What all adds up is that, while Windows 10 is certainly a good operating system, it is far from great. At the moment, I'm left with Windows 7 on my Windows machines, and I recommend you do it too. I know what to expect from Windows 7, but with Windows 10, every new forced update is a roll of dice.