Despite being past its end of life... my Windows 7 machine indicated it had an update available to download.
Windows Edge.
I clicked the "nah" button and saw that the shutdown button had the icon for updates ready.
Sure enough, next reboot I had Edge installed.
It put itself up front and noticeable on the taskbar, desktop, and start menu.
You know, M$, if I'd wanted your browser, I'd have downloaded it myself.
Now I am wondering if it's worth the effort to uninstall it.
Click here to submit $0.00 US for a lifetime subscription
Posts
Comments
It ended up on mine because it wouldn't let me do anything until I okayed it.
ReplyDeleteThen I went to uninstall it and it wanted to know why.
So I told it that I had Firefox and didn't want their intrusive tracking browser just to use MY computer.
That intrusiveness is why I still have a Win7 machine and not Win10.
DeleteI should have mentioned both my PCs are Win 7, but the laptop is fixing to be an experiment for Kinubutu
DeleteIt downloaded on this machine (Win10) last update. You can't uninstall it, you just have to remove every instance you get: desktop, start menu and I'm sure I'm forgetting some. I run Firefox and (very occasionally) Chrome. Yesterday, a nagware message popped up asking if I wanted to install it. I refused.
ReplyDeleteMy Win7 machine is firewalled. It had a WiFi stick and I took it out back in January. That one is in my shop and the only things that get put on it, I carry out on Thumb drive.
I hate Windows 10 with a burning passion. It keeps doing crap like that, or messing with my network. There are four computers around the house. On Win7, my home network always allowed me to copy files to the other computers. Nothing I can do to 10 will enable that. Now I have to use a thumb drive and sneaker net.
FYI: The new version of Edge is Chrome reskinned.
ReplyDeleteNot that that's any better, but the more you know.
A browser with more security and privacy built in is called Brave. It's also based off the Chrome code base, but the folks that put it out claim to be more security and privacy conscious. Your Mileage May Vary. I Am Not A Lawyer.
Several distributions of Linux come with vastly increased support for running Windows programs (I was trying a couple of games, like World of Warships). And they can be pretty easy to run from a USB flash drive (aka thumb drive). Manjaro and PopOS are a couple I've tried. Maybe give one of them a try via USB and see if they run the Windows programs you need?
I've settled on Firefox, I might be considering a move to a Linux distro as Win7 support dies.
DeleteI might have given Edge a test run, but it wants me to sign-in/register with M$ before it will run and there's not "skip/maybe later" option.
Sorry guy, I don't do buy then try unless forced.