Passport Network?

I have a Dell XPS 8500, with Windows 7 Professional, SP1,
with Spywareblaster, Malwarebytes, Avast , Windows Defender
and Windows firewall.

(1) TB HD
Intel (R) Core (TM) i7-33-3770 CPU @ 3.40 GHz
Ram 12.0 GB
System type : 64-bit operating system

I also have

I have a Dell Optiplex 780 Tower, with Windows 7 Professional,
SP1, with Spywareblaster, Malwarebytes, Avast , Windows Defender
and Windows firewall.

Seagate Desktop HDD ST2000DM001 2TB 64MB
Cache SATA 6.0Gb/s 3.5"
System type : 64-bit operating system

and (external hard drives)

(8500)
WD BLACK SERIES WD2003FZEX 2TB 7200
RPM 64MB Cache SATA 6.0Gb/s 3.5" Internal
Hard Drive

(780)
Seagate Desktop HDD ST2000DM001 2TB 64MB
Cache SATA 6.0Gb/s 3.5"
Internal Hard Drive


I recently noticed a pop-up that showed
Passport Network are available (not connected).

I'm wondering if I should disable this feature
since I don't use it. My question would be would
this affect Win 7 usage in any way if I disabled
this?



Thanks,
Robert

(W7 'group added)

In message ,
Robert in CA writes:
I have a Dell XPS 8500, with Windows 7 Professional, SP1,
with Spywareblaster, Malwarebytes, Avast , Windows Defender
and Windows firewall.

(1) TB HD
Intel (R) Core (TM) i7-33-3770 CPU @ 3.40 GHz
Ram 12.0 GB
System type : 64-bit operating system

I also have

I have a Dell Optiplex 780 Tower, with Windows 7 Professional,
SP1, with Spywareblaster, Malwarebytes, Avast , Windows Defender
and Windows firewall.

Seagate Desktop HDD ST2000DM001 2TB 64MB
Cache SATA 6.0Gb/s 3.5"
System type : 64-bit operating system

and (external hard drives)

(8500)
WD BLACK SERIES WD2003FZEX 2TB 7200
RPM 64MB Cache SATA 6.0Gb/s 3.5" Internal
Hard Drive

(780)
Seagate Desktop HDD ST2000DM001 2TB 64MB
Cache SATA 6.0Gb/s 3.5"
Internal Hard Drive


I recently noticed a pop-up that showed
Passport Network are available (not connected).

I'm wondering if I should disable this feature
since I don't use it. My question would be would
this affect Win 7 usage in any way if I disabled
this?



Thanks,
Robert

I've never heard of Passport Network, and I've been using Windows 7 for
a year or three, so I don't think so ... (-:
--
J. P. Gilliver. UMRA: 1960/1985 MB++G()AL-IS-Ch++(p)Ar@T+H+Sh0!:`)DNAf

"The right to be heard does not include the right to be taken seriously."
- Hubert H. Humphrey

J. P. Gilliver (John) wrote:
(W7 'group added)

In message ,
Robert in CA writes:
I have a Dell XPS 8500, with Windows 7 Professional, SP1,
with Spywareblaster, Malwarebytes, Avast , Windows Defender
and Windows firewall.

(1) TB HD
Intel (R) Core (TM) i7-33-3770 CPU @ 3.40 GHz
Ram 12.0 GB
System type : 64-bit operating system

I also have

I have a Dell Optiplex 780 Tower, with Windows 7 Professional,
SP1, with Spywareblaster, Malwarebytes, Avast , Windows Defender
and Windows firewall.

Seagate Desktop HDD ST2000DM001 2TB 64MB
Cache SATA 6.0Gb/s 3.5"
System type : 64-bit operating system

and (external hard drives)

(8500)
WD BLACK SERIES WD2003FZEX 2TB 7200
RPM 64MB Cache SATA 6.0Gb/s 3.5" Internal
Hard Drive

(780)
Seagate Desktop HDD ST2000DM001 2TB 64MB
Cache SATA 6.0Gb/s 3.5"
Internal Hard Drive


I recently noticed a pop-up that showed
Passport Network are available (not connected).

I'm wondering if I should disable this feature
since I don't use it. My question would be would
this affect Win 7 usage in any way if I disabled
this?



Thanks,
Robert

I've never heard of Passport Network, and I've been using Windows 7 for
a year or three, so I don't think so ... (-:

Locus equals:

@hotmail.com
@live.com
@msn.com
@passport.com
@passport.net

usage of Microsoft MSA
something email related...
needs email expert to decode the source of the message...

Paul

Locus equals:

@hotmail.com
@live.com
@msn.com
@passport.com
@passport.net

usage of Microsoft MSA
something email related...
needs email expert to decode the source of the message...

Paul



I went ahead and disabled it:

https://postimg.cc/XZVCWWcV

Robert

I went ahead and disabled it:

https://postimg.cc/XZVCWWcV

Robert

The passport network icon is on
the lower right and looks like a
speaker.

https://postimg.cc/KK1SWkkB

Robert

On Wednesday, September 18, 2019 at 9:20:59 AM UTC-7, Robert in CA wrote:
I went ahead and disabled it:

https://postimg.cc/XZVCWWcV

Robert

The passport network icon is on
the lower right and looks like a
speaker.

https://postimg.cc/KK1SWkkB

Robert



My mistake its called Passpoint not Passport.

Robert

Robert in CA wrote:
On Wednesday, September 18, 2019 at 9:20:59 AM UTC-7, Robert in CA wrote:
I went ahead and disabled it:

https://postimg.cc/XZVCWWcV

Robert
The passport network icon is on
the lower right and looks like a
speaker.

https://postimg.cc/KK1SWkkB

Robert



My mistake its called Passpoint not Passport.

Robert

In the "Unified Wireless Application" menu,
why not use the "About" item to get more
breadcrumbs about what it is about.

Maybe there will be some branding info in there.

It looks like it might be a menu for some kind
of wireless hardware in the computer.

Paul

On Wednesday, September 18, 2019 at 11:43:47 AM UTC-7, Paul wrote:
Robert in CA wrote:
On Wednesday, September 18, 2019 at 9:20:59 AM UTC-7, Robert in CA wrote:
I went ahead and disabled it:

https://postimg.cc/XZVCWWcV

Robert
The passport network icon is on
the lower right and looks like a
speaker.

https://postimg.cc/KK1SWkkB

Robert



My mistake its called Passpoint not Passport.

Robert

In the "Unified Wireless Application" menu,
why not use the "About" item to get more
breadcrumbs about what it is about.

Maybe there will be some branding info in there.

It looks like it might be a menu for some kind
of wireless hardware in the computer.

Paul



I have no idea what this is or how I got it.

https://postimg.cc/qNvQ0Ysd

Robert

Robert in CA wrote:
On Wednesday, September 18, 2019 at 11:43:47 AM UTC-7, Paul wrote:
Robert in CA wrote:
On Wednesday, September 18, 2019 at 9:20:59 AM UTC-7, Robert in CA wrote:
I went ahead and disabled it:

https://postimg.cc/XZVCWWcV

Robert
The passport network icon is on
the lower right and looks like a
speaker.

https://postimg.cc/KK1SWkkB

Robert


My mistake its called Passpoint not Passport.

Robert
In the "Unified Wireless Application" menu,
why not use the "About" item to get more
breadcrumbs about what it is about.

Maybe there will be some branding info in there.

It looks like it might be a menu for some kind
of wireless hardware in the computer.

Paul



I have no idea what this is or how I got it.

https://postimg.cc/qNvQ0Ysd

Robert

The Dell Updater might have put it there.

I'd be checking Device Manager to see if there is
an actual Atheros Wireless on the machine. If this is
the XPS 8500, it might be a card with a couple coax connectors
or something. I don't know if they'd use a mini PCIe
Wifi card on a machine like that. Zotac likes to do
stuff like that, but when they do, they put a couple
coax connectors in the I/O plate area for it. (Zotac
make home theater PCs for playing movies.)

Paul

Yes, this is on the 8500

I checked Device Manager but I
couldn't find it.

https://postimg.cc/94VrHdGv

https://postimg.cc/n97JL5xT

https://postimg.cc/grqp1CMk

https://postimg.cc/q6C3vkgY

In passing, when I get a new HD for
the 8500 do I just switch HD's and
insert the Win10 DVD?

Thanks,
Robert

Robert in CA wrote:
Yes, this is on the 8500

I checked Device Manager but I
couldn't find it.

https://postimg.cc/94VrHdGv

https://postimg.cc/n97JL5xT === Dell Wireless 1703 bgn 2.4GHz

https://postimg.cc/grqp1CMk

https://postimg.cc/q6C3vkgY

In passing, when I get a new HD for
the 8500 do I just switch HD's and
insert the Win10 DVD?

Thanks,
Robert

It's a miniature Wifi module, fits in a socket.
Although the part numbering scheme they use for Wifi,
there could in fact be multiple form factors. So this
is just a guess.

https://www.amazon.com/Wireless-Blue.../dp/B00L36AGO0

Has two coax connectors. It is supposed to have Bluetooth
on board as well.

*******

If you pop in a brand-new hard drive and boot the Windows 10
DVD, that will do a clean install. None of your programs will
be present, and will need to be added in.

During the install, if you select the "Custom" option, you
can use the menu in there to "create" the C: partition to
a custom size. So if you want C: to be 100GB out of 2TB of
disk, you can do it at that time, early in the install.

While Windows has a "partition shrink" function in Disk
Management, it can only shrink C: in half. If you did
a clean install of Windows 10 *without* using the custom
option, the C: partition would take up the whole disk.
The shrink function could only shrink the partition
later from 2TB to 1TB. If instead, you use the "Custom" option
at install time, you can better adjust C: to the desired size.

About 40GB is about as small as I'd go on a C: partition.
That leaves 10GB for the installed files, and 30GB left over.
The hibernation file, if you have a lot of RAM, takes up
room on C: . On my bigger machine, the installer disc
has a dialog that says "this install would benefit from
an 85GB partition". And that's the greedy hiberfile talking.

Windows 10 tablets come with a 32GB eMMC flash drive, so
we know Windows 10 will fit something that small. The extra
room leaves a little room for the next OS Upgrade version.

If you made the C: drive 80GB in size, you could shrink it
later to 40GB. As an example of the options you'd have.

If you were a software developer, you'd probably want C:
to be larger, to make room for Visual Studio.

C: can be shrunk a lot more by third-party partition managers.
But those cost money. I could easily take C: from 2TB in size,
down to 40GB, with a real partition manager. It's just
the Microsoft Disk Management that chooses to not move a
certain kind of metadata, and that prevents more than
a 50% shrink. There are some "free" versions of partition
managers, but they're careful to not give you too many
functions (or they would never get to sell you an upgrade).
There is a free version of Paragon 14 for example.

By using the custom menu during installation, you have
a bit more control over the disk layout used. Then the
end of the drive can be a data partition.

Paul

By using the custom menu during installation, you have
a bit more control over the disk layout used. Then the
end of the drive can be a data partition.

Paul

I like the custom option allot. I have 12 GB of RAM for a
2TB HD so what would you suggest the size for C:? The 80GB
option sounds about right and like you said we can always
shrink it further later.

I may be able to do this nest month,.. we'll see.

Robert

In message , Paul
writes:
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During the install, if you select the "Custom" option, you
can use the menu in there to "create" the C: partition to
a custom size. So if you want C: to be 100GB out of 2TB of
disk, you can do it at that time, early in the install.

While Windows has a "partition shrink" function in Disk
Management, it can only shrink C: in half. If you did
a clean install of Windows 10 *without* using the custom
option, the C: partition would take up the whole disk.
The shrink function could only shrink the partition
later from 2TB to 1TB. If instead, you use the "Custom" option
at install time, you can better adjust C: to the desired size.

Immediate thought: can you use it repeatedly?

When I tried, back with XP, the answer was no: there were some "files
that couldn't be moved" (or similar phrasing), about half way up the
partition. I found the free version of one of the third-party ones could
do it no problem. (I used EaseUS's one - not endorsing it as such, as I
didn't try any others; it was the first I tried and it did what I
wanted, so I didn't try any others.)

About 40GB is about as small as I'd go on a C: partition.
That leaves 10GB for the installed files, and 30GB left over.
The hibernation file, if you have a lot of RAM, takes up
room on C: . On my bigger machine, the installer disc
has a dialog that says "this install would benefit from
an 85GB partition". And that's the greedy hiberfile talking.

Windows 10 tablets come with a 32GB eMMC flash drive, so
we know Windows 10 will fit something that small. The extra
room leaves a little room for the next OS Upgrade version.

I played with one of those in a store (I think it might have even been
before W10), and looked at the usage pie-chart for C:; there was
virtually no free space!
[]
C: can be shrunk a lot more by third-party partition managers.
But those cost money. I could easily take C: from 2TB in size,
down to 40GB, with a real partition manager. It's just

I've used the free version of the EaseUS one on both XP and 7, though
not 10.

the Microsoft Disk Management that chooses to not move a
certain kind of metadata, and that prevents more than
a 50% shrink. There are some "free" versions of partition
managers, but they're careful to not give you too many
functions (or they would never get to sell you an upgrade).
There is a free version of Paragon 14 for example.

By using the custom menu during installation, you have
a bit more control over the disk layout used. Then the
end of the drive can be a data partition.

Paul
Certainly better to do it at installation rather than later.
--
J. P. Gilliver. UMRA: 1960/1985 MB++G()AL-IS-Ch++(p)Ar@T+H+Sh0!:`)DNAf

Abandon hope, all ye who ENTER here.