Forced W10 from 2016

Johnmcl7

londonTiger wrote: »

No doubt when the free update ends in June there will be people on here complaining that they were denied their right to free upgrade by evil MS

Unlikely, if people don't have Windows 10 by that point it's likely by choice. I'm looking forward to the free update ending in June (if it actually does, I suspect it won't) to get rid of the nagware they give you no choice over and the only way to block it is to install a custom tool.

John

Johnmcl7

50Twuncle wrote: »

Then, in that case - Win 10 should be classed as a PUA and MS should be informed as such ?
And if they persist in trying to infect your device with this virus - someone ought to sue them ??

Well that's the way I see it, it downloads without my permission and gives you no option to disable or uninstall it and keeps producing pop-up windows for software I don't want.

John

dipsomaniac

didn't think people running MS-DOS were eligible for the FREE win10 upgrade??

50Twuncle

On a similar track - have you ever tried to clear COOKIES, CACHE and INTERNET HISTORY from Edge ?
I have discovered that, even using Ccleaner - they hang on for grim death !!!
That worries me - why would MS not allow you to clear your browser ?

kwikbreaks

Why not use the inbuilt option to clear them?

If you aren't happy with edge why use it at all - there are plenty of alternate browsers. As it only comes with Windows 10 which you clearly detest why not install an alternate OS - plenty of those too.

You seem to be feeling very persecuted. May I suggest a tinfoil hat would fit very well with your apparent current mindset.

50Twuncle

kwikbreaks wrote: »

Why not use the inbuilt option to clear them?

If you aren't happy with edge why use it at all - there are plenty of alternate browsers. As it only comes with Windows 10 which you clearly detest why not install an alternate OS - plenty of those too.

You seem to be feeling very persecuted. May I suggest a tinfoil hat would fit very well with your apparent current mindset.

I have tried to clear them - but this also fails to do anything !
I do use Firefox..

kwikbreaks

In that case I'd suggest you don't use Edge. I certainly don't except on very rare occasions as it is IMO a PoS.

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I just tried it with one of my own sites and asking it to clear cookies did clear the ones I'd set as I could tell from the site behaviour. Of course Edge doesn't offer the ability to view them so it's possible tracking cookies and the like do remain - as I said it's a PoS.

50Twuncle

kwikbreaks wrote: »

In that case I'd suggest you don't use Edge. I certainly don't except on very rare occasions as it is IMO a PoS.

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I just tried it with one of my own sites and asking it to clear cookies did clear the ones I'd set as I could tell from the site behaviour. Of course Edge doesn't offer the ability to view them so it's possible tracking cookies and the like do remain - as I said it's a PoS.

You can check using ccleaner !!
They remain so are a security risk ..

kwikbreaks

I checked using CC and all that is there for me after clearing cookies,history,cache, etc. are empty placeholder files for the cache and history. Perhaps you didn't do it correctly.

In any case cookies are not a security risk.

debitcardmayhem

50Twuncle wrote: »

You can check using ccleaner !!
They remain so are a security risk ..

Does this not work, I can't check since I just updated to the latest preview and It hasn't finished yet

Kindly follow the below steps to manage cookies in Microsoft Edge.

1. Open Microsoft Edge.
2. Click on More options (… symbol) on the top right corner of the browser.
3. Select Settings from the drop down menu.
4. Click on Choose what to clear under Clear browsing data.
5. Check the Cookies and saved website data (and any other data you want to clear) and click on Clear button.

Reference: I suggest you to refer the below Microsoft help article for more information about Microsoft Edge.
http://windows.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/preview-microsoft-edge-pc