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Dibrom
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Re: The Dropbox desktop application will no longer be supported for Windows 7, 8 and 8.1 on October 22nd
Yes Bob, your retelling of history is basically correct. As is the case with Apple, product releases follow a fairly predictable path: year one = major release of all new product. Year two = minor fa...897Views2likes1CommentRe: The Dropbox desktop application will no longer be supported for Windows 7, 8 and 8.1 on October 22nd
Windows 7 computers are indirectly immune from the outage because Falcon Sensor by Crowdstrike, much like Dropbox is soon to be, is not compatible or unsupported in a Windows 7 environment. Therefore...955Views0likes3CommentsRe: The Dropbox desktop application will no longer be supported for Windows 7, 8 and 8.1 on October 22nd
Sadly, no. The (massively complex and user onerous) "solution" to your dilemma you're about to face head on, is that what you're 'supposed' to do is spend huge $$$ buying an all new top range compute...1KViews2likes0CommentsRe: The Dropbox desktop application will no longer be supported for Windows 7, 8 and 8.1 on October 22nd
Doubtful, because the very nature of the software's purpose is that it connects to the internet and 'phone's home' all the time in order to do the very thing the tin it comes in says it can do. This ...4.4KViews1like0CommentsRe: The Dropbox desktop application will no longer be supported for Windows 7, 8 and 8.1 on October 22nd
No problem Jay. There are plenty of free alternatives out there that do the same thing as Dropbox and more as well as offer greater storage space, so Dropbox shooting themselves in the foot is entire...4.7KViews1like0CommentsThe Dropbox desktop application will no longer be supported for Windows 7, 8 and 8.1 on October 22nd
Congratulations Dropbox! You've just put the nail in the coffin of all W7 users who prefer not to be spied on and constantly used for data scraping! Well done. If the constant scaremonger naggi...5.8KViews7likes17CommentsRe: How to permanently stop the auto-backup of USB connected temp drives (W7)
You can't is the short answer. Dropbox is much the same as Microsoft, Google, Apple etc. these days in that your computer or 'device' is not yours to use as you wish. You are just renting it temporar...1.8KViews0likes0CommentsRe: How to permanently stop the auto-backup of USB connected temp drives (W7)
So that's a firm NO then? There is no way currently to stop the Dropbox app from doing this everytime a new USB drive is connected? Not even a registry key or a hidden backdoor switch that will disab...3.3KViews2likes2Comments