Recent content by monkeylove

Remember the movie Colossus: The Forbin Project? Now combine that with the Terminator franchise.

Got it, thanks! I want to avoid paying the regular rate.

Thanks. I got Office 365 Pro for one user, unli devices, lifetime use, for the equivalent of AU$50. I also bought Windows 11 Pro for the same price. For Kaspersky, I saw Premium in the store you shared for AU$20, three devices, one year. Is the rate still the same the following year?

An example of a popup's here: https://forum.kaspersky.com/topic/annoying-popup-security-cloud-free-upgrade-package-moved-11524/ and they still show up even with all notifications referring to promos disabled, even in the web portal. To decline, you have to choose "how it works". According to...

In this case, payment's personal data monetized. Meanwhile, I think the same applies to the built-in security program for Windows, if not the OS itself, while all security programs have to be intrusive in order to work.

There's a free version, but you'll only find it via Google, etc. https://usa.kaspersky.com/downloads/free-antivirus Popups still show up around once a month, asking you if you'd like to upgrade this or that to avail of better security. Thanks for mentioning about looking around. I did that...

Using paid security programs can be expensive, with hidden costs coming out when promo periods end, the cost of protecting many devices in the household even with volume sales, etc. Thus, if you're a budget, you can consider the ff. Consider the low ratings for Microsoft Defender plus the...

Also, consider an in-place repair upgrade. That way, you don't have to reconfigure apps, etc. That's what I did recently to fix a problem with one app, and it took around an hour.

Same: let Windows manage it.

Also, check out the lifetime sub for AOMEI, including any promos.

You can also probably consider an in-place repair upgrade if it's not a hardware problem: https://www.elevenforum.com/t/repair-install-windows-11-with-an-in-place-upgrade.418/

Maybe Hasleo free. But you can also probably just keep EaseUS blocked.

Related: https://www.dedoimedo.com/computers/windows-moving-away-sw-checklist.html https://www.dedoimedo.com/computers/linux-year-of-dissatisfaction.html

That's why I disagree with the point that one shouldn't bother with Zorin and similar.

With 32 GB of RAM, I'd leave it as it is if there's no slowdown or other issues.