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<blockquote data-quote="Jonny Quest" data-source="post: 1062343" data-attributes="member: 99434">I would say realistically, 75% of the users here are more advanced than I am. I could learn to use something like the Windows Hard_Configurator, but after all these years of running Windows, I know how it &quot;should&quot; operate, respond, load apps, run apps etc. that my concern would be that I may have a hard time figuring out what may have caused a new issue, why this or that isn&#039;t responding as it normally does without totally uninstalling, or resetting back to a previous non-hardened state. The other 75% know what they&#039;re doing, and thank goodness for Andy providing that tool for them and that they know how to use it <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite109" alt=":)" title="Smile&nbsp; &nbsp; :)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":)" />So in a way, I&#039;m one of those you are talking about. But, I do not run or install anything I haven&#039;t researched or understood. With uBlock, TrafficLight, having gone through Windows Privacy and Permissions settings, Chrome settings, AV settings etc. at least I have a better idea and chance of knowing what may have caused an issue, and am able to backtrack to figure it out more easily. I&#039;ll probably never use the Hard_Configuator, and that is why <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite109" alt=":)" title="Smile&nbsp; &nbsp; :)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":)" /> ConfigureDefender and WFC do make sense to me though, and I understand how to use those, thanks to this forum and the members here <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite109" alt=":)" title="Smile&nbsp; &nbsp; :)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":)" />Now, I don&#039;t know who the other 25% are here, but I thought my 75% number was pretty safe <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite109" alt=":)" title="Smile&nbsp; &nbsp; :)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":)" /> <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite109" alt=":)" title="Smile&nbsp; &nbsp; :)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":)" /></blockquote>

[QUOTE="Jonny Quest, post: 1062343, member: 99434"] I would say realistically, 75% of the users here are more advanced than I am. I could learn to use something like the Windows Hard_Configurator, but after all these years of running Windows, I know how it "should" operate, respond, load apps, run apps etc. that my concern would be that I may have a hard time figuring out what may have caused a new issue, why this or that isn't responding as it normally does without totally uninstalling, or resetting back to a previous non-hardened state. The other 75% know what they're doing, and thank goodness for Andy providing that tool for them and that they know how to use it :) So in a way, I'm one of those you are talking about. But, I do not run or install anything I haven't researched or understood. With uBlock, TrafficLight, having gone through Windows Privacy and Permissions settings, Chrome settings, AV settings etc. at least I have a better idea and chance of knowing what may have caused an issue, and am able to backtrack to figure it out more easily. I'll probably never use the Hard_Configuator, and that is why :) ConfigureDefender and WFC do make sense to me though, and I understand how to use those, thanks to this forum and the members here :) Now, I don't know who the other 25% are here, but I thought my 75% number was pretty safe :) :) [/QUOTE]

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