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<blockquote data-quote="ForgottenSeer 72227" data-source="post: 789457">That&#039;s a very good question!WD has come along ways from when it was first available. Despite how some may still feel, it&#039;s a very competent program now. While it&#039;s been a slow and painful process (still kinda is, hehe), MS has put a lot of effort into it. With every major release of W10, it gets better and better. Personally, I think WD is sufficient for the vast majority of people, it&#039;s built in, never expires and probably the least likely to cause conflicts.That being said, I think there are a few points (IMO) as to why WD isn&#039;t still wildly adopted, but it&#039;s slowly trending in that direction.1. Performance:This seems to be the biggest deterrent. While for the most part you don&#039;t even notice it, it can take a hit on disk intensive tasks, transferring files, installing/uninstalling programs, etc...This issue alone is what is driving some people away from using WD. If MS were ever to fix this issue, I feel like a lot more people would adopt WD.2. Perception:This is also another big issue. It&#039;s hard to change the perception of WD. In the past it wasn&#039;t the greatest and even the 3rd party AV companies have been (still kinda do) marketing against using WD. It&#039;s been like that for years, so when you have the previous reputation, it&#039;s hard to change people&#039;s mind about it and it doesn&#039;t matter how much MS has invested into it. I do think that it&#039;s slowly coming around though.3. Comfort level:This ties into point 2, but some people just don&#039;t feel comfortable just yet. Simply, with the previous reputation and the marketing of 3rd party vendors, people have a hard time feeling comfortable using it. After all, they were told not to use it for so many years. All in all WD has come along ways. I think it&#039;s at a point now that it&#039;s pretty sufficient. If you still feel like you need more, you can always add the likes of VS, OSA, Hard configuator, NVTERP, etc..., to fill in some of the gaps.I think alot of people gravitate to 3rd parties because the UI is better, it&#039;s easier to access settings, easier to use for some and better performance. Keep in mind that this thread isn&#039;t saying you can&#039;t use 3rd party AV/suites/3rd party companion apps, it&#039;s just about being mindful of what your adding to your setup, ensuring that it doesn&#039;t overlap one another and make things worse. A lot of people use full suites and it&#039;s hard to add companion apps to suites, because many of these suites already have that, or a similar function built in. Personally I feel with the improvements to WD (and it&#039;s continued improvements), the many great 3rd party companion apps and great tools like hard configurator/configure defender, suites are dying a slow death. I really think that suites will be a thing of the past in the coming future.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="ForgottenSeer 72227, post: 789457"] That's a very good question! WD has come along ways from when it was first available. Despite how some may still feel, it's a very competent program now. While it's been a slow and painful process (still kinda is, hehe), MS has put a lot of effort into it. With every major release of W10, it gets better and better. Personally, I think WD is sufficient for the vast majority of people, it's built in, never expires and probably the least likely to cause conflicts. That being said, I think there are a few points (IMO) as to why WD isn't still wildly adopted, but it's slowly trending in that direction. 1. Performance: This seems to be the biggest deterrent. While for the most part you don't even notice it, it can take a hit on disk intensive tasks, transferring files, installing/uninstalling programs, etc... This issue alone is what is driving some people away from using WD. If MS were ever to fix this issue, I feel like a lot more people would adopt WD. 2. Perception: This is also another big issue. It's hard to change the perception of WD. In the past it wasn't the greatest and even the 3rd party AV companies have been (still kinda do) marketing against using WD. It's been like that for years, so when you have the previous reputation, it's hard to change people's mind about it and it doesn't matter how much MS has invested into it. I do think that it's slowly coming around though. 3. Comfort level: This ties into point 2, but some people just don't feel comfortable just yet. Simply, with the previous reputation and the marketing of 3rd party vendors, people have a hard time feeling comfortable using it. After all, they were told not to use it for so many years. All in all WD has come along ways. I think it's at a point now that it's pretty sufficient. If you still feel like you need more, you can always add the likes of VS, OSA, Hard configuator, NVTERP, etc..., to fill in some of the gaps. I think alot of people gravitate to 3rd parties because the UI is better, it's easier to access settings, easier to use for some and better performance. Keep in mind that this thread isn't saying you can't use 3rd party AV/suites/3rd party companion apps, it's just about being mindful of what your adding to your setup, ensuring that it doesn't overlap one another and make things worse. A lot of people use full suites and it's hard to add companion apps to suites, because many of these suites already have that, or a similar function built in. Personally I feel with the improvements to WD (and it's continued improvements), the many great 3rd party companion apps and great tools like hard configurator/configure defender, suites are dying a slow death. I really think that suites will be a thing of the past in the coming future. [/QUOTE]

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