I always add an extra "scratch protection" with any laptop screen anyway... matte film protector is a couple of bucks. On Fri, Sep 25, 2015 at 1:50 PM, Richard R. Pope wrote: > To whomever this is, > I appreciate finding out about the Lenovo computers. I don't plan > on ever buying one but now that I know about this I will look out for it > if I should happen to acquire one or if I work on one for a friend. I > would strongly recommend removing the existing partition or partitions > and then redoing the whole hard drive with a new OS. MS only collects > info about how the system is running. They do not know who owns it or > where the computer is located. Even when you register your copy of > Windows they don't hook the two databases together. It sounds like > Lenovo is not so nice but what can you expect from the Chinese. It makes > sense that they are spying on us but remember this is mandated by their > government and I don't believe that Lenovo would do this on their own. > Thanks, > rich! > > On 9/25/2015 1:25 AM, embedded systems wrote: > > I guess you can uninstall the Lenovo solution centre after all drivers > are > > installed and perhaps Lenovo Customer Feddback program will be > uninstalled > > as well. > > Not only Lenovo is spying, Microsoft too, through Microsoft Windows Dis= k > > Diagnostic Data Collector which runs once per week. It's laziest compar= ed > > with Lenovo which runs daily. :) > > > > On Fri, Sep 25, 2015 at 8:41 AM, Tamas Rudnai > > wrote: > > > >> To be honest I would not recommend Lenovo unless you are ok with spyin= g > on > >> you: > >> > >> > >> > http://www.computerworld.com/article/2984889/windows-pcs/lenovo-collects-= usage-data-on-thinkpad-thinkcentre-and-thinkstation-pcs.html > >> > >> > -- > http://www.piclist.com/techref/piclist PIC/SX FAQ & list archive > View/change your membership options at > http://mailman.mit.edu/mailman/listinfo/piclist > --=20 http://www.piclist.com/techref/piclist PIC/SX FAQ & list archive View/change your membership options at http://mailman.mit.edu/mailman/listinfo/piclist .