Boy, the good ole days are gone when it comes to Windows. I am posting just to help anybody that doesn’t know. This is like a creepy wire tap. If you are actually using Windows 11, make sure to disable and or reduce telemetry in Windows 11 (Privacy). If that actually helps, I am sure there are more ways they send data back but the video link is a simple how to for the telemetry. Here is more info: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wtg_s1GQiMU

    • Em Adespoton@lemmy.ca
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      18 hours ago

      If my network connection goes down, I have difficulty using Windows with 64GB RAM.

      Why on earth does losing your network connection make the OS unusable? Like, locks up the mouse and can’t use the keyboard unusable?

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        Could be shortcuts referencing a network drive. Don’t know why this had notoriously caused Windows to freeze and stutter for so many years, but as soon as you lose connectivity it’ll cause chaos.