SMBv1 client uninstalled if not used for 15 days

jimbo45 said:

Hi there

just another little annoyance on Networking from Ms.

Hidden away in small print on the Ms site is this :

....Windows 10 Home and Windows 10 Professional still contain the SMBv1 client by default after a clean installation. If the SMBv1 client is not used for 15 days in total (excluding the computer being turned off), it automatically uninstalls itself.......

Sometimes people legitimately don't use computers for a while -- if I install a feature I should decide whether or not to uninstall it -- or at the very least get a message containing something like "You haven't used xxxxxxx for a while - do you want to uninstall it".

Cheers
jimbo

Yeah that is bizarre. But it does say excluding the computer being turned off ie this would only kick on of you left it on for 15 days and smbv1 client was never used. Whilst annoying perhaps I can see why it is done. If you left a pc on accidentally, thinking it was shutdown, risk increases over time of being hacked.



The thing that does need to be tested is if the new autostart app feature interferes as that does not do a full shutdown. If it did, and you did not use smbv1 client, it would auto delete every 15 days.

Problem is the way MS have done it is safer albeit heavy handed perhaps.

It's for non-techie protection.
Because if it isn't used or really needed(older NAS systems for example) it gets uninstalled as it is a dangerous security issue: https://www.google.de/search?q=SMBv1...hrome&ie=UTF-8