Thanks Arun!! On 2025-05-01 11:59, Arun Khan wrote: > On Thu, May 1, 2025 at 10:52 AM Keith Smith via PLUG-discuss > wrote: > >> I assume there was no firewall? I assume that a good firewall might >> be >> the solution for running win10 after it expires? > > IMHO, a consumer firewall can only do so much. The system may still be > vulnerable to zero day exploits (with no update from MS), trojan > payloads, etc. Ok, had not considered these, thanks!! > One needs to weigh the benefit and the risk of whatever you are doing > with Win10. Ok. > In case you have a VM then, at a minimum I would suggest that you > create a snapshot of the "pristine" version of your installation and > save a copy of the "snapshot" on separate media for restoration in > case of a compromise. The Win10 is on a laptop that I run VirtualBox that have around 10 LAMP VMs. It also runs my video software that only runs on M$. My daily driver is an old dell running Kubuntu. I am not ready to upgrade my hardware.... I have until Oct. So maybe I need to convert that laptop to kubuntu and find a free Linux video editor. I hear Kdenlive is a good choice. > > There's some internet chatter about MS providing security updates on a > subscription basis but I don't know if that's applicable to Win10 > desktops, YMMV. I've heard/read about this.... At this station in life I am on a shoestring and really need to move away from M$ anyway... Thanks!! Keith > > -- Arun Khan --------------------------------------------------- PLUG-discuss mailing list: PLUG-discuss@lists.phxlinux.org To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: https://lists.phxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss