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  1. Mastering Media Privacy on Windows: How Microsoft’s Privacy Dashboard Empowers Users

    Understanding how to manage and monitor your media activity has become increasingly important as digital privacy takes center stage in modern life. Microsoft, aware of growing consumer concerns, has continued developing transparency tools, among which the privacy dashboard stands out as a...
  2. European Commission Achieves GDPR Compliance for Microsoft 365 Usage

    Here is a summary of the news you provided: Headline: European Commission regains GDPR compliance for Microsoft 365 use Key Points: The European Commission (EC) has regained compliance with the EU’s General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) regarding its use of Microsoft 365. The European Data...
  3. Protect Your Privacy: How AI Collects Data & Essential Security Tips

    Artificial Intelligence (AI) has seamlessly integrated into our daily lives, powering everything from virtual assistants and smart home devices to personalized recommendations and automated customer service. While these advancements offer unparalleled convenience, they also raise significant...
  4. Protect Your Privacy: How to Control Data Collection by AI Tools

    Artificial intelligence (AI) has seamlessly integrated into our daily lives, powering everything from virtual assistants to personalized recommendations. However, this convenience comes with a significant trade-off: the collection and utilization of vast amounts of personal data. Understanding...
  5. The Hidden Costs of AI: Protecting Your Privacy in a Data-Driven World

    Artificial intelligence has woven itself into the very fabric of modern daily life, infiltrating not just our computers and smartphones, but even the most mundane household gadgets—think toothbrushes and razors equipped with sensors, smart speakers that double as personal assistants, and fitness...
  6. AI Chatbot Privacy Insights: Google Gemini, Microsoft Copilot, and ChatGPT Data Practices

    Artificial intelligence (AI) chatbots have become integral to our digital interactions, offering assistance across various platforms. However, the extent of personal data these chatbots collect varies significantly, raising important privacy considerations. This article examines the data...
  7. Microsoft’s Copilot Recall: The Future of PC Memory and Privacy Balance

    Every so often, a feature debuts in the PC world with the potential to change the way we work, remember, and question our relationship with technology. Microsoft’s Copilot Recall is one such feature—a leap in activity-tracking designed to promise both seamless productivity and a radical...
  8. Exploring Microsoft Recall: The Future of PC Memory or Privacy Nightmare?

    Microsoft has pulled the sheets back on a new Windows 11 feature called "Recall", and let's just say—it’s dividing the crowd. Imagine giving your PC a "photographic memory" to snapshot almost everything you do, organizing it into a searchable timeline. Sounds futuristic and cool, right? Well, it...
  9. Windows 11 Recall Feature: Privacy Risks, User Control, and the Future of AI Assistance

    With a flick of the update switch, Recall has returned to Windows 11 like a prodigal son who never quite got over playing with matches in the living room. This time, Microsoft’s AI-driven “memory” tool is more sophisticated, more omnipresent, and, if the shouting from both privacy advocates and...
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    Windows 11 How to Access and Update Autofill Personal Data on Windows 11 Lenovo AIO

    I have a Lenovo AIO computer running windows 11 When I am completing a form of some kind, such as a purchase, I find that quite often I can get the form (partially) filled in automatically. I now fin that when this auto completion is carried out one of the telephone numbers is incorrect (an...
  11. Windows 10 I forgot my bitlocker password also lost my 48 digit recovery key

    I was using bitlocker for my personal data.I also was changing my bitlocker password every week. I did not save my key because childerns at home used key to open bitlocker password. Now i forgot my password as well as i have no recovery key. I tried to recover key through CMD prompt. I found...
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    Windows 7 Windows 7 refuses to totally reset - help!

    I am trying to factory reset my Samsung R519 laptop (running Windows 7 home premium) in order to recycle it but have encountered a problem: once the Samsung Recovery Solution 4 utility has finished using the 'initial computer status' recovery option and the system reboots, I still get the...
  13. Windows 7 How can I keep Win 7 on an old laptop I'm giving away?

    I bought an old HP Presario running Win 7 last year from a local used-computer shop. Now I want to either sell it or give it away on Freecycle. Naturally, I need to wipe all personal data beforehand. The laptop came with Win 7 installed but no discs or anything to use to reinstall it. How can I...
  14. NEWS European authorities raise fresh concerns over Windows 10 data collection

    European authorities raise fresh concerns over Windows 10 data collection (via neowin.net) A few weeks ago, Microsoft announced changes to Windows 10 to offer users greater control over how it collects data about them from its devices and services. Among the changes were a new web privacy...
  15. Windows 10 System Image help needed

    I'm having issue's in Windows 10 Pro x64 making system images. I've got Windows & Programs on a Samsung 840 Pro 256GB ssd. I created a folder in C:\Program Files(x86)\ named Games. I setup Disk Management to use this folder in Windows to store my Games on a Intel 530 Series 480GB ss I have. My...
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    Windows 10 Windows 10 Won't Install

    I think I posted the original in the wrong thread so I decided to post it here also. Sorry for the double post. Hi. I tried to install Windows 10 today, but failed three times. I'm running Windows 7 64. I went through the process of downloading and installing Windows 10. I get a window asking...
  17. Merge Windows 7 Partition with Ubuntu Partition?

    Hey guys, I have a question. I have both Windows 7 Ultimate and Ubuntu 13.04 installed on my laptop. Here's the partition details: Link Removed I wish to remove Windows 7, but keep all my personal data on that partition. I'm seriously done with W7 on my little netbook... it can't handle 2...
  18. Windows 7 Suddenly there is lots of extra hard drive space!

    I have an extra logical drive (separate from C: ) that holds my personal data, you know, pictures, home videos, personal documents etc. This drive, E:, has for the last year or so always shown up in explorer with red a red disk space indicator bar. (There was about 20GB of free space left)...
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    Windows 7 System Restore problem

    In the System Restore window, it says: "System Restore does not affect any of your documents, pictures, or other personal data. Recently installed programs and drivers might be uninstalled. Is this process reversible?" I have had a problem since Vista of System Restore deleting some personal...
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    Windows 7 i need your help please

    Hi .. I need help please .. I have someone hacked my laptop and I am having problems in Windows files. How do I recover the original Windows files without lose my personal files?? -my device is SONY VAIO Model No. VPCEG18FG - system is windows 7 Home Premium (64-bit)Link Removed