Windows 10 update found to delete personal files

[Bradley Prior]

Windows 10 update found to delete personal files

New issues have arisen regarding the latest Windows 10 update which are more serious than first believed, reports WindowsLatest.

Many users have claimed that their personal files are being deleted or moved as a result of the 14 April update for Windows 10.

 

[Herr der Verboten]

/Eye-rolling in EndeavourOS

 

[Thor]

Windows is the virus

 

[Herr der Verboten]

Want to try endeavour. What desktop do you prefer?

Well, it used be antergos, but they discontinued so I went with that. I actually prefer xfce for functionality over looks.

 

[RedViking]

How many users did the issue effect?

 

[Sl8er]

Windows 10 update found to delete personal files

 

[Herr der Verboten]

How many users did the issue effect?

Bradley?

 

[Sarg3_ZN]

Well that is awkward, if only you had a way to ensure your important data was backed up automatically, you know something like OneDrive

 

[elf_lord_ZC5]

Here we go again, on the Microsoft Merry Go Around ...

I am going to have to start looking for ways to aquire drivers for Win7, for my new hardware. Cannot afford Microsoft continued incompetency with regard to Win 10.

 

[elf_lord_ZC5]

LMAO windows 7? Not Linux?

Next step, Linux, FreeBSD, preferably, just that traditionally FreeBSD, is a little slow to support new hardware.

 

[elf_lord_ZC5]

So why FreeBSD then? Just curious.

Slightly more stable, due to the slower/longer development cycle. Linux, development cycle is fast and furious. But bug fixes are also very quick, so a slight preference for FreeBSD, especially for setups that I don't want to tinker with every now and again.

 

[grok]

LMAO windows 7? Not Linux?

At least Win7 doesn't delete your personal files..

 

[elf_lord_ZC5]

So why FreeBSD then? Just curious.
And just for interest sake, unless you have ECU on that Windows 7, you're vulnerable already:

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For the simple reason, some stuff, still does not run perfectly under WINE on Linux, and Win7 does not randomly delete, and or move files, of it's own violation. Which is already a big win. You can patch Windows till doomsday, and it will still be vulnerable.

 

[Sl8er]

Slightly more stable, due to the slower/longer development cycle. Linux, development cycle is fast and furious. But bug fixes are also very quick, so a slight preference for FreeBSD, especially for setups that I don't want to tinker with every now and again.

Ubuntu 20.04 LTS was released yesterday.
*Supported for the next 5 years. Nothing "fast and furious" about that
(Incidentally, it uses almost 40% less RAM than the previous version, 18.04 - **sitting at roughly 670MB-700MB after boot.)

* But you probably already knew this
**According to a couple of clips on youtube

 

[elf_lord_ZC5]

Ubuntu 20.04 LTS was released yesterday.
*Supported for the next 5 years. Nothing "fast and furious" about that
(Incidentally, it uses almost 40% less RAM than the previous version, 18.04 - **sitting at roughly 670MB-700MB after boot.)

* But you probably already knew this
**According to a couple of clips on youtube

LTS stands for Long Term Support ... , and exists simply so that they don't have a constantly moving support target.

 

[elf_lord_ZC5]

You get vulnerable and you get vulnerable. *All operating systems are vulnerable in that context. Windows 7 is going to be a big target going forward.

In Linux, FreeBSD, you have the choice to deliberately break, things that cause vulnerabilities, that there are no immediate fixes for, IF you are so inclined. With Windows, you are at the fickle whim of Microsoft. You have NO choice, whatsoever.

Some vulnerabilities, one can live with, if you are aware of them.

 

[elf_lord_ZC5]

You get vulnerable and you get vulnerable. *All operating systems are vulnerable in that context. Windows 7 is going to be a big target going forward. There is just so much "candy" out there for black hats. If it's not a dodgy call center in India, it's foreign governments wanting moolah for their weapons. Kim Jong Un thanks you.

Randomly loosing your data is not a vulnerability, one can risk either.

 

[jammio]

OMG ok so I have had an issue recently like this.

I'm watching series on Media Player Classic. A notification pops up. I click "close". The file I'm watching gets deleted to the recycle bin.

 

[ConfusedR]

How many users did the issue effect?

Just the 1 it seems.
I am using my Windows 10 for all sorts of things and quite advanced things and it is running fine.....and yes, this is after the update.

 

[Herr der Verboten]

In Linux, FreeBSD, you have the choice to deliberately break, things that cause vulnerabilities, that there are no immediate fixes for, IF you are so inclined. With Windows, you are at the fickle whim of Microsoft. You have NO choice, whatsoever.

Some vulnerabilities, one can live with, if you are aware of them.

As if that doesn't exist in windows, but god save us from *nix