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<blockquote data-quote="DeepWeb" data-source="post: 778522" data-attributes="member: 63811">First of all I agree with your recommendations on how to configure Windows 10. I wish this is how Windows 10 Home came out of the box. <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite130" alt="(y)" title="Thumbs up&nbsp; &nbsp; (y)" loading="lazy" data-shortname="(y)" />I just think that the average user is actually under 40, a very active computer user who knows that their computer can get viruses and that they need to install some security. The average user does not call customer support to ask how something works, they will google it and in their attempt to download a tweak or a solution or a registry cleaner or that illegal crack for a 3rd party AV they want they get malware. The average user has tried to configure Windows for security and privacy but with each feature update, their security settings and registry tweaks get wiped and they don&#039;t even realize that they have to go back and manually reapply everything again. Microsoft is telling them that their computers are already secure, Windows Defender is enough and that they keep their privacy/security settings and configuration with each update but none of those 3 things is true.My problem is this forum tends to blame &quot;average&quot; users for not knowing how to configure Windows 10 and AVs. But those things have become more and more complex over the years and no longer provide an explanation, Windows has the crappiest documentation in the universe and many security suites have a UI from 2005. People are aware of security and privacy concerns and those who just feel overwhelmed buy Apple because they cannot be bothered with the dumpster fire that is Windows 10.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="DeepWeb, post: 778522, member: 63811"] First of all I agree with your recommendations on how to configure Windows 10. I wish this is how Windows 10 Home came out of the box. (y) I just think that the average user is actually under 40, a very active computer user who knows that their computer can get viruses and that they need to install some security. The average user does not call customer support to ask how something works, they will google it and in their attempt to download a tweak or a solution or a registry cleaner or that illegal crack for a 3rd party AV they want they get malware. The average user has tried to configure Windows for security and privacy but with each feature update, their security settings and registry tweaks get wiped and they don't even realize that they have to go back and manually reapply everything again. Microsoft is telling them that their computers are already secure, Windows Defender is enough and that they keep their privacy/security settings and configuration with each update but none of those 3 things is true. My problem is this forum tends to blame "average" users for not knowing how to configure Windows 10 and AVs. But those things have become more and more complex over the years and no longer provide an explanation, Windows has the crappiest documentation in the universe and many security suites have a UI from 2005. People are aware of security and privacy concerns and those who just feel overwhelmed buy Apple because they cannot be bothered with the dumpster fire that is Windows 10. [/QUOTE]

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