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shadesofdeath - Re Purchasing - try disabling any web browser privacy addons - troubleshoot/safe mode in firefox - "pause on this site" for addon's as these can sometimes affect online ordering and payments. If that fails try another browser - i use SlimJet Portable(just extract - no installer) when Firefox plays up :/

tip - always take a full page screenshot(in firefox) of any purchase until the confirmation/receipt emails arrive :)
 
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shadesofdeath - Re Purchasing - try disabling any web browser privacy addons - troubleshoot/safe mode in firefox - "pause on this site" for addon's as these can sometimes affect online ordering and payments. If that fails try another browser - i use SlimJet Portable(just extract - no installer) when Firefox plays up :/

tip - always take a full page screenshot(in firefox) of any purchase until the confirmation/receipt emails arrive :)
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Not sure what you're replying to but 2Checkout was down yesterday or the day before that. I tried to buy a license and it was giving a bad gateway error.
 
I'm writing this to continue on my above post and in response to this thread:

https://ntlite.com/community/threads/microsoft-edge-update-32-bit-process.6123/#post-57503

I don't want to hijack that thread any more.

My perspective on Windows modding has changed recently.

Skipping those big monthly security updates is no longer a good idea and should not be recommended and encouraged. I used to that for the last two years, but I stopped. All my machines have now Secure Boot and VBS enabled and are updated regularly. You need these Windows patches a.s.a.p., not just Defender intelligence updates via WAUManager. The security landscape is changing in a big way and very fast.

The wonderful invention of AI not only causes global hardware shortages, prices Armageddon and energy crisis but also affects OS and software security in a big way that many people still fail to realize. This is a paradigm shift and a new era in computer security.

New, AI assisted malware is targeting new Windows (and Linux too, btw...) vulnerabilities nearly in real time, this is no longer your old school malware and viruses. What used to take weeks to develop, now takes minutes and they can have working exploits in under an hour and start distributing them the same day. The exploits are also more sophisticated now. Typical antivirus strategies will no longer work, you need to keep your Windows or Linux OS patched and updated first and foremost, you need as many backups as you can and you need to maximize your online life hygiene and be extra vigilant.

Although backups alone won't do you any good if your government or banking credentials are stolen and THAT is what they're mostly after these days, they don't give a damn about your files on your disk, they want your logins, numbers and online data. Malware is business now, this is no longer script kiddies trying to be kewl and annoy you by replacing your wedding pictures with porn, it's all about information and money now.

"But I never had any malware" -- you keep missing the point.

Home users are in less danger than enterprise, because we're less valuable targets, but "security by obscurity" was never a good idea to begin with.

Here is some additional reading:


www.pcworld.com

AI malware threatens Windows 11 security. Traditional antivirus can't keep up

AI-powered fileless malware is changing what it means to keep a Windows 11 PC secure. Here's what's happening and what to do.
www.pcworld.com www.pcworld.com

www.helpnetsecurity.com

Microsoft is rewriting Windows patch guidance because of AI - Help Net Security

Microsoft recommends shorter Windows update deployment timelines to reduce AI-driven exploit risks and speed security patch adoption.
www.helpnetsecurity.com www.helpnetsecurity.com

arstechnica.com

Anthropic is finding bugs faster than Microsoft can fix them

Microsoft is on a mad dash behind the scenes to patch exploits before hackers find them.
arstechnica.com arstechnica.com
 
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Great stuff! As long as 'YOUR' happy with it?, that is all that matters my friend :) What is important to you, should be adhered to by you, and let no one tell you different! ;)

Likewise, I have my own strategy, and no one will persuade me from it :)
 
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Great stuff! As long as 'YOUR' happy with it?, that is all that matters my friend :) What is important to you, should be adhered to by you, and let no one tell you different! ;)

Likewise, I have my own strategy, and no one will persuade me from it :)
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Like I just said in the other thread, you're not using Windows as most of us do. It's your secondary machine (for gaming, I guess?) and so you can afford to strip it down, to remove most of its components and cripple its functionality because it doesn't matter to you.

You use Linux as your main system (btw, the above applies to Linux too) so your experience and your "Windows strategy" is really irrelevant to most of us here. You can boast all you want about removing everything from Windows but I can't do what you do and there is no way I can take any of your advice or you'd care about anything that I say. I can't afford to cripple Windows the way you do and you're giving a bad advice based on your different circumstances, because you're not really using Windows.

I use Windows for everything. Linux desktop software is inadequate for my needs, otherwise I would have switched to Linux years ago already.

I can use Linux if I had to, but I prefer not to, if I don't have to.

I'm just waiting until the end of the year to see where Microsoft is taking Windows. Are they genuinely trying to fix it or it's all just empty promises. If 26H2 turns out to be a disaster then I may switch after all because I am getting tired of this. But, when you switch to Linux you just trade one set of issues and annoyances for another set of different issues and annoyances. But I don't want to make this a Linux discussion, I have my opinion and you have yours.
 
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What MS really needs is a boss who is a nerds nerd, a geeks geek who will say "NO", "THIS IS UNACCEPTABLE" and "FIX THIS NOW!!!" but we are back at "the 3 hopes" again. :/
 
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Thinking of buying memory/ssd's from a certain company? This should make you think twice, source.

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I removed the RMA number.
 
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Yup, because they are scarce, and have ramped up 10 fold in cost ;) It's much cheaper for them to return 'part' of your hard earned cash, than send out replacements, as they can make a 'killing' for any stock they now have @ inflated prices, rather than lose, by replacing your defective product :)

They also benefit from the probability, as in this case, in having one RAM chip perfectly fine sent back to them, and should the same occur again, which it will, then these can be paired up and also sold @ ridiculous cost ;) They can't lose.

Even just sold individually, they will get their refund pay-out back, and then some. They will also be very happy for you to order the product again, at 10 times the cost, as you are desperate to get that RAM back for your system, and so the cycle will now repeat.

When buying anything today, there is only a Guarantee that you will get your money back, if it goes faulty, and should the product you initially bought, jump 10 fold in cost, don't expect a replacement, for the reasons above.

Different world now.

My example:

Just before the UK heatwave started, I got myself an air conditioning unit @ £350.00, long before I thought I was going to really need it. After a month it packed in due to some sensor rubbish, anyway, I initiated an RMA with a replacement notice, and was accepted. I waited 2 weeks, and nothing. Heatwave hit, and the sales of these things went through the roof here, couldn't get hold of any make. They contacted me, and said they couldn't replace unit due to this fact, and refunded me in full. Fair enough I thought, as I'll just buy one elsewhere.

Same place was now selling them @ £950.00, lol, plenty in stock, funny that? ;), but they had none to replace my item? Needless to say, I gave up and never bought one, but there ya go :)
 
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