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Microsoft is set to kill the free VPN service included with its Defender app on Windows 11, macOS, Android, and iOS devices. The reason? Lack of usage and effectiveness.
The date for the end of the service is set for February 28, 2025.
 
Taosd said:
Microsoft is set to kill the free VPN service included with its Defender app on Windows 11, macOS, Android, and iOS devices. The reason? Lack of usage and effectiveness.
The date for the end of the service is set for February 28, 2025.
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Hopefully we get more kills...so bloated
 
Because you can't compete with whatever VPN comes bundled on your new PC? It wasn't "free" anyway, but tacked on to your existing O365 subscription for US and UK markets.
 
Don't use free VPN - it is beneficial for monitoring - Mullvad is one of the most private VPN's out there.
 
IMG_20250318_094452_1_50.jpgJust messing around on a spare laptop and testing other Windows OS's Windows 8.1 sure was a great system even though I hated the tiles
 
Necrosaro said:
Just messing around on a spare laptop and testing other Windows OS's Windows 8.1 sure was a great system even though I hated the tiles
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Great, someone finally noticed it. Installing windows 8.1 Embedded on my 2014 Lenovo Core II HDD laptop is as silky smooth as Dove chocolate and much faster than LTSB.
 
Mr. Yu said:
Great, someone finally noticed it. Installing windows 8.1 Embedded on my 2014 Lenovo Core II HDD laptop is as silky smooth as Dove chocolate and much faster than LTSB.
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Support for the stuff I need really dropped off which sucked but for a old laptop that doesn't do much....it does the trick
 
Necrosaro said:
Support for the stuff I need really dropped off which sucked but for a old laptop that doesn't do much....it does the trick
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There are always more ways than difficulties. I also have a 2002 Pentium processor TCL desktop with IDE ports on the hard drive and motherboard. It can run smoothly after using nlite to slim down XP SP3. It can play Red Alert 2 with me for a lifetime. If you don’t pursue newness, they are like wine—the older it gets, the more mellow it becomes. There is a good side to everything.
 
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Mr. Yu said:
There are always more ways than difficulties. I also have a 2002 Pentium processor TCL desktop with IDE ports on the hard drive and motherboard. It can run smoothly after using nlite to slim down XP SP3. It can play Red Alert 2 with me for a lifetime. If you don’t pursue newness, they are like wine—the older it gets, the more mellow it becomes. There is a good side to everything.
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Just my home theater that is connected to my PC needs updated stuff unfortunately. Hopefully win 11 will be enough for a long time unless something magical happens with win 12 but I highly doubt it.
 
Necrosaro said:
Just my home theater that is connected to my PC needs updated stuff unfortunately. Hopefully win 11 will be enough for a long time unless something magical happens with win 12 but I highly doubt it.
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Win12 will probably surprise you with something new. In my opinion, xp is based on 2003, win7 is based on vista, win10 is based on win8.1, so win12 must be much stronger than win11.:)
 
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MS is actually lure users into the cloud. People on mobiles have already pledged their brain.
Windows nowadays is WAAS (Windows As A Service) and they (MS) don't like you, if you don't log in :cool:
 
Necrosaro said:
Just messing around on a spare laptop and testing other Windows OS's Windows 8.1 sure was a great system even though I hated the tiles
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Mr. Yu said:
Great, someone finally noticed it. Installing windows 8.1 Embedded on my 2014 Lenovo Core II HDD laptop is as silky smooth as Dove chocolate and much faster than LTSB.
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W8.1 EI Pro or regular Pro(with the apps removed) is a great OS if your hardware supports it, its as easy to tweak as W7 and its resources use is on par with W7 either standard or tweaked. I particularly prefer its flat metro ui over w7's awful fisher-price basic theme.

Tip - w8.1 boot wim contains the old style task manager, its what winaero uses for its task manager installer.

XP64bit was a good OS let down by extremely poor driver support from everyone :confused:
 
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