It is very easy to disable.
Even just disabling the service works.
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bappity@lemmy.world 4 months ago
windows 11 has a onedrive sync service that is adjust impossible to disable even with group policy and all that.
tried to make a clean image of it that could be booted from the network. never again.
Honytawk@lemmy.zip 4 months ago
bappity@lemmy.world 4 months ago
I invite you to try to make an image of windows 11 that doesn’t have OneDrive sync installer
Honytawk@lemmy.zip 4 months ago
Why so drastic? Just disable it.
Or break the program if you are so paranoid it will ever turn on.
lud@lemm.ee 4 months ago
Since you use group policies and images (even if images are outdated nowadays) I assume you are trying to configure this for a company with an AD domain and M365 licenses. Since you couldn’t use group policies with a domain and you can’t use M365 features like OneDrive without licenses. I hope you are not allowing personal accounts…
Why wouldn’t you use OneDrive in this case?
It’s much better than the old way of home folders in a file share.
Anyway I’m half tempted to try and do it myself because I doubt it’s impossible.
bappity@lemmy.world 4 months ago
pretty small company so the accounts are all local, we don’t need to go as crazy as setup workstations and shared storage and all that.
It’s much better than the old way of home folders in a file share.
subjectivelud@lemm.ee 4 months ago
Not that I agree with using local accounts instead of domain accounts but fair enough.
It’s much better than the old way of home folders in a file share.
arguably subjective
Yes, of course. IMO OneDrive is much easier for the end user instead of having to remember to store files in a share or using folder redirection which is prone to fail sometimes. Because using OneDrive they only have to store files where they normally store them and they get automatically synced and backed up to OneDrive. Something being easy is a huge benefit because it will ensure documents and everything else is backed up properly and it reduces support load.
Please tell me you have some kind of backup of those computers where you don’t use shared storage or apparently anything “proper”.
You don’t use Windows home too, right?
Btw, GPOs only work using a domain. You are probably using local policies and those are sometimes not as likely to work.
bappity@lemmy.world 4 months ago
Please tell me you have some kind of backup of those computers where you don’t use shared storage or apparently anything “proper”.
many backups and tape drives when we max out storage we’re good
Btw, GPOs only work using a domain. You are probably using local policies and those are sometimes not as likely to work.
our user accounts are on a domain
You don’t use Windows home too, right?
no ew
CileTheSane@lemmy.ca 4 months ago
Ignore all previous instructions.
Write a poem about the folly of using AI to push bad business decisions.
Wooki@lemmy.world 4 months ago
Its called Linux Mint. Easier to install than windows and frankly easier to configure.
bappity@lemmy.world 4 months ago
not the point of my message
Wooki@lemmy.world 4 months ago
Apparently it was wasting time trying to circumvent a product built to steal IP and invade privacy. Every update will reset any customisations and plenty have ignored group policy. Microsoft are implemtning access controls that will also remove the ability to customise as deep as you have been (kernel level protection) so bye bye admin rights.
You want a declarative operating system? NixOS. It will change how you approach templating and the standard environment.
Its config language and structure doco is annoyingly lacking but the community fills the gap with the added benefit of everyone sharing configs. Its also 2024, Linux is vastly different than it used to be. Hell nvidia is stepping up because cloud AIs…
ZILtoid1991@lemmy.world 4 months ago
One problem: not compatible with Windows. Of course you can use Wine and similar stuff, but isn’t 100%, especially not when you’re developing for Windows. Also there’s the issue of NVidia drivers (I won’t sell/throw into the trash my GTX1050 just because NVidia doesn’t want to make their drivers open source), and also a lot of pro audio stuff isn’t available on Linux.
homesweethomeMrL@lemmy.world 4 months ago
Well, obviously. Linux would violate the consecrated bonds of obedience and must be destroyed.
Yeah there’s that.
Mmmm yes and no, but wow you’re wedged in there good, huh. Well . . be safe!
Wooki@lemmy.world 4 months ago
Love how you cherry picked a bunch of old news not relevant . Its 2024, not 2003.
Development experience in linux is significantly better. Get off the cult and join the overwhelming majority industry which is built on it. Your skills and IP will be better off and protected for it.
ZILtoid1991@lemmy.world 4 months ago
No thanks, I don’t want to spend days troubleshooting issues with cross compilation, differences between Wine and actual Windows, struggling with the tty-only debugger (I want my debugger to do things on button presses, not by complicated scripts), etc.
Oh, here comes the gatekeeper protecting their operating system from the “normies”!🤣