"Protected - It is a violation of Windows Policy to modify"

At the following Win 10 path,

C:\Users\user\MicrosoftEdgeBackups\backups\Micro softEdgeBackup20191029

I have a folder named
"Protected - It is a violation of Windows Policy to modify".

I'm amused and somewhat bewildered, but mostly amused. Microsoft has some
strange naming conventions. :-)

Char Jackson wrote:

At the following Win 10 path,

C:\Users\user\MicrosoftEdgeBackups\backups\Micro softEdgeBackup20191029

I have a folder named
"Protected - It is a violation of Windows Policy to modify".

I'm amused and somewhat bewildered, but mostly amused. Microsoft has some
strange naming conventions. :-)

I have 3 MicrrosoftEdgeBackup folders, each with a different datestamp
string at the end, but all for Sept or Oct of 2019. For me, it's the
MicrosoftEdgeBackup20191019 folder that has the "Protected" subfolder.
"Windows Policy" is NOT the same as the EULA contract terms. Policies
have been in every NT-based version of Windows. A lot of tweaks that
users do (themselves using GPedit or tweakers) are policies (which are
merely registry entries, and why it is possible to edit policies by
using regedit.exe instead of gpedit.msc). Fact is, most policies can be
violated since they're just settings (and can be undone or worked
around).

https://daniel-lange.com/archives/14...Security..html

Yep, there are registry settings with the same stupidity in name. Oh,
please, don't rename or alter my content because, gee, I said so. As
bad as the boobs that use anti-virus software (e.g., Avast, AVG) that,
by default, include e-mail & newsgroups scanning and add their spam
signature (which is not a legit signature) saying "This message has been
scanned by me, so it must surely be safe because I said so in a text
string that I appended to the message".

https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/leg...tension-policy

There are many folders that are protected by the OS (aka protected
folders). Same for the registry (regedit won't show all registry
entries, and some you can see cannot be altered). It's all about
Microsoft doing what it thinks will help protect their customers or, at
least, reduce support calls about changes to those locations. For
example, programs could whenever they pleased alter the filetype
associations, and so could malware since it's just another program. Now
a hash value is generated by OS when the user makes filetype changes.
Only the OS knows how it created the hash value and how to check its
value. Nowadays, in Win10, programs that have been updated to run under
Win10 and want to change filetype associations simply link to the OS
wizard for Default Programs, leaving it to the user to make the actual
change instead of making selections in the program and having the
program make the registry changes. The user has to initiate the change
using OS wizards/tools instead of allowing any program to do it.

Char Jackson wrote:
At the following Win 10 path,

C:\Users\user\MicrosoftEdgeBackups\backups\Micro softEdgeBackup20191029

I have a folder named
"Protected - It is a violation of Windows Policy to modify".

I'm amused and somewhat bewildered, but mostly amused. Microsoft has some
strange naming conventions. :-)


They keep the Area 51 photos in there.

But if we all swarm the folder at the same time...
what can they do ?

Paul

Paul wrote:
Char Jackson wrote:
At the following Win 10 path,
C:\Users\user\MicrosoftEdgeBackups\backups\Micro softEdgeBackup20191029

I have a folder named "Protected - It is a violation of Windows Policy
to modify".

I'm amused and somewhat bewildered, but mostly amused. Microsoft has some
strange naming conventions. :-)


They keep the Area 51 photos in there.

But if we all swarm the folder at the same time...
what can they do ?

Who uses Edge?

--
Take care,

Jonathan
-------------------
LITTLE WORKS STUDIO
http://www.LittleWorksStudio.com

Char Jackson wrote:
On Tue, 29 Oct 2019 16:52:49 -0600, KenW
wrote:

On Tue, 29 Oct 2019 18:03:21 -0400, "Jonathan N. Little"
wrote:

Paul wrote:
Char Jackson wrote:
At the following Win 10 path,
C:\Users\user\MicrosoftEdgeBackups\backups\Micro softEdgeBackup20191029

I have a folder named "Protected - It is a violation of Windows Policy
to modify".

I'm amused and somewhat bewildered, but mostly amused. Microsoft has some
strange naming conventions. :-)

They keep the Area 51 photos in there.

But if we all swarm the folder at the same time...
what can they do ?
Who uses Edge?
+1

I don't, but I'm sure someone does. I found the folder when I was poking
around down there and thought it was a strange name, almost like someone
put a description on it during the Edge design phase and somehow the
description became the folder name.


It's actually a "message to malware/adware writers".

https://stackoverflow.com/questions/...n-edge-browser

The message is not for end users. It's to tell
script kiddies that they're not going to succeed
if they try to "programmatically" change the homepage
value in MSEdge. The message should be found in the
registry, as well as in the file system.

Paul

"Jonathan N. Little" wrote:

Who uses Edge?

About 5% of users.
Since it's bundled in the OS, lazy or disinterested users use it.

Who still uses Internet Explorer?

About 8% of users.

Who uses Firefox?

About 9% of users.
Still pretty small.
It's my backup web browser. Was primary and might become so again.

Who uses Chrome?

About 67% of users.

See:
https://netmarketshare.com/browser-m...%22-1000%22%7D

The number vary a bit depending on whose marketshare data you look at,
but the relative volume is pretty much the same.

On 30/10/2019 07:41, VanguardLH wrote:
"Jonathan N. Little" wrote:

Who uses Edge?

About 5% of users.
Since it's bundled in the OS, lazy or disinterested users use it.

Who still uses Internet Explorer?

About 8% of users.

Who uses Firefox?

About 9% of users.
Still pretty small.
It's my backup web browser. Was primary and might become so again.

Who uses Chrome?

About 67% of users.

See:
https://netmarketshare.com/browser-m...%22-1000%22%7D

The number vary a bit depending on whose marketshare data you look at,
but the relative volume is pretty much the same.


All agreed! :-D

This shorter link would have sufficed!

https://netmarketshare.com/browser-market-share.aspx?

On 10/29/2019 5:39 PM, Char Jackson wrote:
On Tue, 29 Oct 2019 16:52:49 -0600, KenW
wrote:

On Tue, 29 Oct 2019 18:03:21 -0400, "Jonathan N. Little"
wrote:

Paul wrote:
Char Jackson wrote:
At the following Win 10 path,
C:\Users\user\MicrosoftEdgeBackups\backups\Micro softEdgeBackup20191029

I have a folder named "Protected - It is a violation of Windows Policy
to modify".

I'm amused and somewhat bewildered, but mostly amused. Microsoft has some
strange naming conventions. :-)


They keep the Area 51 photos in there.

But if we all swarm the folder at the same time...
what can they do ?

Who uses Edge?

+1

I don't, but I'm sure someone does.


*Many* people do.

Probably more Windows 10 users use it than any other browser, because it
comes with Windows 10, and because most don't even realize they have any
other choice. Some who use it know they have other choices, but are too
lazy to even try anything else. Most Windows 10 users don't even know
that Windows 10 also comes with IE, let alone that they can download and
use other third-party browsers.

I personally think Edge is the worst of all browser choices, and never
use it. My wife uses it, even though I've suggested otherwise. Don't ask
me why she uses it. I can't understand why. I also know a good number of
knowledgeable Windows 10 users who know they have other choices and
still use Edge. I can't understand why they use it either.

Edge is soon to be more like Chrome. Probably many people think that's a
step in the right direction, but not me--I don't care. As far as I'm
concerned, Chrome is next to the worst browser--only slightly better
than Edge.

I use and like FireFox. I used to use Maxthon, which I preferred to
FireFox, but as far as I'm concerned, recent changes made it go
downhill, and I now prefer FireFox to it.


--
Ken

On Wed, 30 Oct 2019 13:36:13 -0700, Ken Blake wrote:

I personally think Edge is the worst of all browser choices, and never
use it. My wife uses it, even though I've suggested otherwise. Don't ask
me why she uses it. I can't understand why. I also know a good number of
knowledgeable Windows 10 users who know they have other choices and
still use Edge. I can't understand why they use it either.

Edge is soon to be more like Chrome. Probably many people think that's a
step in the right direction, but not me--I don't care. As far as I'm
concerned, Chrome is next to the worst browser--only slightly better
than Edge.

I use and like FireFox. I used to use Maxthon, which I preferred to
FireFox, but as far as I'm concerned, recent changes made it go
downhill, and I now prefer FireFox to it.

I'm in your camp. I use Firefox for web browsing, but in case I'm doing
some troubleshooting I'll sometimes grab Chrome, IE, or even Edge on rare
occasions, to see if I'm running into a browser issue.