Even in the browser Outlook (a Microslop web app running on a Microslop browser) sometimes takes up to a minute to load on refresh. HOW!? God I hate that company.
finalarbiter@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 weeks ago
Today it took almost 30 seconds for the context menu to appear when I right clicked on a file in windows explorer. God forbid they make an actually responsive UI.
(Inb4 “install linux”, it’s a work computer and I don’t get a say in OS)
reev@sh.itjust.works 3 weeks ago
finalarbiter@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 weeks ago
Lmao yup, the desktop app, ‘new’ outlook takes up to 30 minutes to load sometimes
filcuk@lemmy.zip 3 weeks ago
I’ve never had outlook take long, always done in about 5 seconds. Firefox too, which would be the last to optimise for.
Magnum@infosec.pub 3 weeks ago
Install linux
toad@sh.itjust.works 3 weeks ago
Find a new job
finalarbiter@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 weeks ago
Lmao. Are you offering pay my bills and provide health insurance?
toad@sh.itjust.works 3 weeks ago
Yes. Can you send me the link to your onlyfans?
Quazatron@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
Just like the good old days of running Windows 3.1 on an Intel 386sx. We’ve come full circle.
zod000@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 weeks ago
Win 3.1 wasn’t even that slow on a 386sx (yay, 386 buddies! o/), its nothing compared to Win 11 on midrange and lower laptops these days. Then again, those CPUs usually came in PCs with Win 3.0, so Win 3.1 was definitely noticeably heavier. MS also wasn’t nearly as large and well funded back then, there is no excuse for this other than pure incompetence.
XLE@piefed.social 3 weeks ago
Look into cleaning up your context menu shell extensions: just a single bad one will freeze your context menu exactly how you described it.
finalarbiter@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 weeks ago
Unfortunately, I have literally zero control over what’s installed on my computer at work
lost_faith@lemmy.ca 3 weeks ago
work computer, Win 11, here. I need to lock my PC when I leave my desk. Over the last month or 2 (maybe more?) when I 3 finger salute to lock, it used to open in a moment, now I can count to at least 4 before the screen comes up
finalarbiter@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 weeks ago
Windows+L locks it directly, fyi
lost_faith@lemmy.ca 3 weeks ago
Oh, nice, tks. too bad they have destroyed many of our trust. Thankfully there is no win 11 at home on any pc and only 1 win 10 that I do not maintain. GF and I are both on linux
mghackerlady@leminal.space 3 weeks ago
Theres another windows+L shortcut as well, windows+ctrl+shift+alt+l. It opens linkedin. Because why not
finalarbiter@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 weeks ago
Oh man I forgot about that one. Dumbest shit ever, I love it
CommanderCloon@lemmy.ml 3 weeks ago
When I started at my last job, I asked for a mac; I worked on Linux, Windows (wsl), and wanted a change. Most of my collegues (in the dev team) initially asked for a windows PC, but literally everyone ended up on Mac.
Windows is only usable when the WSL is set up and then you basically work exclusively on that VM lol, I literally cannot understand how anyone puts up with this OS. Any other OS is excellent just by comparison.
finalarbiter@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 weeks ago
It’s not really a matter of preference. I’m a mechanical engineer, not a developer, and several industry-standard programs are only available for windows, so it doesn’t really matter if I’d like to use a different OS.
CommanderCloon@lemmy.ml 3 weeks ago
Oh yeah I’m aware that some professionals are essentially locked to a single platform (same goes with accounting and Excel), I can only hope that the industries this affects start taking Linux more seriously (or Mac, but tbh once you’re running on Mac it’s less of a leap to work on Linux)
obbeel@lemmy.eco.br 3 weeks ago
It doesn’t make sense to stay locked into the Mac environment unless the hardware is incredible or you need to develop iOS applications.
CommanderCloon@lemmy.ml 2 weeks ago
MacOS doesn’t really lock you at all though, and you’re free to dev for pretty much any software there, iOS or not
wonderingwanderer@sopuli.xyz 3 weeks ago
As long as you’re getting paid for those 30 seconds, it’s the shareholders’ problem. Keep your blood cool, take a sip off coffee and sit back. Twiddle with a thingamajig on your desk.
If your supervisor asks what you’re doing, say “waiting for Windows to load”. Because that’s what you’re doing, and if they don’t like it then they should let you use a different OS.
MisterFrog@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
Me every day at work.
It’s even worse working in the company’s network drive.
But damn, it often takes ages for a right click to appear in the goddamned downloads folder (which is in its default C drive location…)
I feel you pain friend.
finalarbiter@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 weeks ago
Oh god don’t even get me started on our network drives lol. Searching for drawings can take HOURS
Omega_Jimes@lemmy.ca 3 weeks ago
Win 11 feels like i replaced by SSD with an HDD. I’m half convinced that they’re making it as awful as possible so when the whole OS as a service thing arrives, it’ll feel super snappy.
finalarbiter@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 weeks ago
I will say that LTSC runs way smoother than regular windows, but that’s almost certainly because it’s got a lot of the bullshit stripped out.
CaptainPedantic@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
Dude. Same. Windows 11 at work is fucking awful.
My laptop idles at 12 out of 16 gigs of RAM free.
Right clicking takes dozens of seconds, especially on a network share.
Did IT remove a letter mapped network drive? Haha! Fuck you! Windows hangs indefinitely if you open Windows explorer. You gotta fuck around in the registry to remove that shit.
The only good thing about windows 11 is tabs in Windows explorer. Which MacOS and Linux have had for a gazillion years.
Bloefz@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
Microsoft don’t care about file shares anymore anyway, they want you to sign up for OneDrive :(
CaptainPedantic@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
All our network shares are Azure hosted, so Microslop is getting corporate $$$ regardless. And I think that bug has been around since forever.
melroy@kbin.melroy.org 3 weeks ago
I can't even type normally anymore in teams. Since it will hang my business laptop during typing. It's so awful.
Really Teams is the worst product.
zod000@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 weeks ago
This reminds me that many years ago, there was a small market for better file managers in Windows. Most were more like “side grades” that were better in some ways, but worse than others, but there was one that was way better than all of the called Directory Opus. It was silly expensive for the time (I want to say like $80), and most others were free, but holy shit was it feature filled, including tabs, and just really good. It was also a bit heavy compared to explorer back then. Now it probably runs insanely fast and is still way better. I just looked and it still exists at basically the same price, but any sane person considering it should just leave Windows.
CaptainPedantic@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
I use a Norton Commander clone (Total Commander) lol. Having a huge list of bookmarks in a drop-down menu with subfolders is super helpful for my work.
zod000@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 weeks ago
NC and Total Commander are honestly great and probably greatly preferrable to Windows Explorer these days.
wonderingwanderer@sopuli.xyz 3 weeks ago
Tell corporate to give you more RAM or let you choose a lighter operating system 🤷♀️