Tamas, try to not be paranoic it does not help. Are your things on the computer so important? More important than your life for example? :) I had an IBM thinkpad T43 since 2006 and all my designs where done with it. Now I have a Lenovo W520 and I'm sure its much better than many new laptops on the market. With the task scheduler you've pointed the Lenovo customer feedback program can be disabled. So try a Lenovo old product and you'll understand what I'm saying. On Sat, Sep 26, 2015 at 3:51 AM, Tamas Rudnai wrote: > Problem with Lenovo is that they placed their spy program in the BIOS, so > even if you enforce a complete HD format, remove all partitions, even if > you put a new partition table with MBR and all, you will still get that s= py > software at the end your brand new Windows install. This was not > implemented (or just partly) on the drivers, it was placed in the BIOS to > make sure they own your device no matter what. > > I mean, sure, usage data and it is important to them. So ask me first if = I > want to participate or not and if not, it means not... > > Apple, Google, Oracle, everyone is doing similar things with my consent a= nd > with the ability to opt out. If they do without it, they will lose my tru= st > just as Lenovo did...And trust is the hardest to win back -- for the next > 10 years or so I will not buy Lenovo products, that is for sure. > > Tamas > > > > > > On Thu, Sep 24, 2015 at 11:50 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 i= t > > 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 make= s > > 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 driver= s > > are > > > installed and perhaps Lenovo Customer Feddback program will be > > uninstalled > > > as well. > > > Not only Lenovo is spying, Microsoft too, through Microsoft Windows > Disk > > > Diagnostic Data Collector which runs once per week. It's laziest > compared > > > 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 > spying > > 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 > > > > > > -- > int main() { char *a,*s,*q; printf(s=3D"int main() { char *a,*s,*q; > printf(s=3D%s%s%s, q=3D%s%s%s%s,s,q,q,a=3D%s%s%s%s,q,q,q,a,a,q); }", > q=3D"\"",s,q,q,a=3D"\\",q,q,q,a,a,q); } > -- > 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 .