Recent content by MysteryGuy

For what it's worth, it looks to me like MS defender may have 'changed it's mind' recently. At least at VirusTotal. I downloaded the original zip the other day. At that time, www.virustotal.com showed MS as the one and only vendor getting cranky about the .zip file. And, once I extracted the...

Have you looked at the entry at How to "fix" Secure Boot violation due to certificate revocations. - (Page 2) There is an entry from jimrf97 at the end with a .bat file that looks promising and might help. You run it on your system targeting the USB boot-able drive. As I understand it...

I'm not sure if it helps you or not, but I just tried running the Rollback-VulnerableDriverPolicy.bat in a Windows 11 25H2 virtual machine with the June MS updates applied. It seemed to work o.k., at least superficially. (I didn't actually have Reflect installed to fully test things). I ran it...

> No, price is not my main perspective. My perspective is value for a fair price. Really only a nuanced distinction in the context of "concerned primarily about cost related aspects, including value'' verses 'the basic principle". I never said you shouldn't be allowed to buy subscriptions if...

And once again, you are happy and price is apparently your main perspective. (Kind of like the (tangentially related) way some car dealers steer their potential customers to only look at 'what can you afford' and not the actual cost.) But personally, I find the whole concept objectionable...

> have received by email an offer to trade in their v8 licence(s) for Reflect X at 50% off for life, It's not clear to me if that's the case or not, but it could also just be a desire for more money and a steady revenue stream. It seems to me that many companies did this with the belief that...

> have received by email an offer to trade in their v8 licence(s) for Reflect X at 50% off for life, Again, for some the cost itself is the not the only factor...

Lets not conflate people who were using 'free' versions with those who purchased the paid version. At least in my case, I paid for around 6 licenses plus a workstation version for Reflect 8. And 'Free' versions were sometimes used as a way to get someone to try the software hoping that they...

I wasn't referring to subsequent versions, I was thinking of an existing in-perpetuity license already purchased. (I have mostly bought the retail versions of Windows myself since I usually build my own systems). Again, for me it's not primarily the price. Fortunatly I could easily afford the...

I never really contemplated a subscription to Mc Donalds before...

> The software manufacturer can revoke the license or increase the price at anytime after it's initial offering... At least as far as I'm aware, Windows itself (and similar software licensed in perpetuity) don't get to retroactively come back and demand more money after the purchase...

$49.00 for a one single Big Mac? Just how expensive is your Mc Donalds?

For some, like myself, price isn't the only concern. It's partially the principle involved. If you're happy 'renting', then good for you. But for me I don't appreciate being forced in to 'captivity'. Going forward you are at their mercy for whatever price they demand.. And the way that they...

If you ignore the fact that some are wanting to stay away from Reflect X since Macrium killed their perpetual license and are forcing a subscription for Reflect X. If you are someone who is not o.k. with the 'You will rent everything and own nothing*' mindset (like Macrium and Adobe), then this...