Protect Yourself From Tech Support Scams
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July 29, 2020
Protect Yourself From Tech Support Scams
Tech support scams are an industry-wide issue where scammers trick you into paying for unnecessary
technical support services. You can help protect yourself from scammers by verifying that the contact is a
Microsoft Agent or
Microsoft Employee and that the phone number is an
official
Microsoft global customer service number.
Nope, the Surface has a tablet processor inside it. It's the same reason you can't install Firefox or Adobe onto an iPad or a cell phone.... the processor inside simply can't run that kind of program.
You can buy the Surface Pro instead of RT, and it has a full computer processor in it. However a full PC processor gets hot, so it's also thicker, heavier, and has a cooling fan to keep it from getting too hot. You'll notice iPads and Android
tablets are thin and have no cooling fan, and they also can't run these programs you mention. It's all the same anywhere you go.
I actually have a Surface Pro and tried Google Chrome on it, but Google doesn't support touch screens very well, and it's very difficult to use (impossible on most websites). So you really are better on the Surface RT using Internet Explorer. It has features
like Chrome that you might not know about: syncing your bookmarks and your tabs, passwords, etc.
As for Adobe: There are indeed official Adobe programs in the Windows Store.
Shawn "Cmdr" Keene | Microsoft MVP - Windows Insider | CmdrKeene.com | tweet me: @LtCmdrKeene Microsoft MVPs are independent experts offering real-world answers. Learn more at mvp.microsoft.com.
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