![]() ![]() However, this will lead to a Windows 10 Home system eventually being overwhelmed by the OS due to these “Feature Updates”. Microsoft wants as many people on the latest version of Windows 10 as possible so their numbers look good to investors. Unfortunately Windows 10 Home doesn’t allow you to turn off Windows Update, you need Windows 10 Pro for that. Windows 10 comes out with new “Feature Updates” twice a year and each has a set of system requirements and extends the EOL of Windows 10. However, I would highly suggest you look at the system requirements for the latest version of Windows 10 1909. However, as I pointed out in my first paragraph, this isn’t always possible. I’ll make this suggestion because everyone does.That means for work only and when doing searches, what types of links to stay away from in the results. The other thing you’ll want to do is train the user not to use the internet unless they need to. I suggest Firefox because Internet Explorer won’t get updates after January and Chrome will probably stop supporting it sooner if they follow the same model as Windows XP. Keep them on a browser that will stay up-to-date for as long as possible and is blocking as much as possible. If the user is connected to the network and the internet, here’s two ideas.Blocking them from the internet doesn’t guarantee anything, but is a step you can implement to help make it harder for users to accidentally do something harmful. Your physical firewall might have this functionality and there might be local or domain Group Policy’s you can set. There are other ways to block internet access if you use DHCP. This will block them from having access to the internet. If you can’t segment the PC, remove the default gateway from the Static IP Address settings.However, if it needs to communicate with other network resources this approach becomes problematic. Having it segmented from the rest of your network will protect your other systems safe, in case it does get infected. If you can segment the PC from the rest of your network using something like VLANs, this is suggested.This isn’t an ad, just a security expert’s site that I find useful. Here’s a site to check for open ports on your firewall. If you’re on a network, make sure that you have a physical firewall between the PC and outside world that is properly configured to block as much as possible.Make sure that the OS firewall is on and blocking as much as possible. ![]() Use anti-virus software that will support the OS for as long as possible.Hopefully this will keep something from being able to install anything, but no guarantees. Make sure that the user logged into the system doesn’t have Admin rights.So, to answer your question, you need to protect yourself in other ways. I still have a Mac OS 8 desktop in use and I finally retired my last Windows NT4 server in 2018. So, I have to maintain systems that span from the 90’s till now. We also cater to customers who submit files from just about any design program, including older versions of those programs. Obviously, this isn’t something that we are going to do on a normal schedule, especially since we have a working press that’s 50+ years old. We have manufacturing equipment that still uses Windows XP PCs that would cost $1.5+ mil to replace the press, just to upgrade the OS on the computer. We have a business and technology front end to our business, but we are also a manufacturing plant as a printing company. That’s a great question and one I’ve dealt with for many years. Webroot® Legacy Products (2011 and Prior) 33.Webroot® SecureAnywhere™ - Antivirus for PC Gamers 553.Webroot® Security Awareness Training 54.Webroot® Business Endpoint Protection 1130.Webroot Mobile Security for Android 937.Webroot® Consumer/Business - for Macs 369.Webroot® SecureAnywhere™ - Complete 3822.Webroot® SecureAnywhere™ - Internet Security Plus 2467. ![]()
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