I wish they’d stop defaulting to the goddamn boot drive for updates… I don’t have the space
Microsoft revives aggressive Windows 11 upgrade campaign with intrusive popups for Windows 10 users
Submitted 1 year ago by throws_lemy@lemmy.nz to technology@lemmy.world
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buzz86us@lemmy.world 1 year ago
aniki@lemm.ee 1 year ago
rm -rf /*Works every time.
HelloHotel@lemm.ee 1 year ago
It doesnt work for me,
C:\Users\HelloHotel> rm -rf /* not recognized as an internal or external command, operable program or batch file.' C:\Users\HelloHotel>
Why
kandoh@reddthat.com 1 year ago
Trust bust tech
Pxtl@lemmy.ca 1 year ago
Give me back my vertical side-docked taskbar or STFU.
No, I don’t want to deal with Explorer Patcher.
RememberTheApollo_@lemmy.world 1 year ago
Yep. Just turned on my win10 machine and had a full screen spread trying to get me to upgrade which I had to decline 3 different times to get to my desktop. Keep this up M$oft and I’m gonna switch entirely to Linux and run windows in a VM.
Codilingus@sh.itjust.works 1 year ago
I found an excellent for me, half measure. Look up Windows X-Lite, they have a website. They offer 10 and 11 absolutely stripped of all the M$ bullshit and annoyances. Even windows defender can be removed.
Legit reminds me of a fresh XP install. Back to installing the vc++ and net desktop runtimes again, even.
I only don’t ditch windows because I love playing VR and occasionally Valorant. And Wayland isn’t quite where I’d like it to be feature wise for things like VRR and HDR.
UnpledgedCatnapTipper@lemmy.blahaj.zone 1 year ago
I wish Riot would make it so you can play Valorant on Linux, I’d switch off windows permanently right away.
Imgonnatrythis@sh.itjust.works 1 year ago
Just reinstall xp and these will stop.
geogle@lemmy.world 1 year ago
*Upgrade to XP
MushuChupacabra@lemmy.world 1 year ago
I was able to solve this annoying problem by replacing my PC with a raspberry pi running android.
BeigeAgenda@lemmy.ca 1 year ago
Android? But you can do better with any distro that runs on ARM.
Did you choose a de-googled Android?
MushuChupacabra@lemmy.world 1 year ago
I’m running a Google-free distribution, so no worries there.
Narauko@lemmy.world 1 year ago
I didn’t even get a question, just straight up installed Windows 11 on my Surface with a bunch of cumulative roll ups after using it again for the first time in about 8 months. Couldn’t even stop it once the “windows update” started, only option is to allow the reboot and then go through the hassle of rolling back to 10. It’s a tertiary device for me and goes long periods without being used and I was probably ok with testing 11 performance on it, but don’t appreciate being strong armed. I had to kill modern standby again to prevent battery drain while shut down, which is plaguing my laptop after I tried 11 on it.
Windows 11 is straight up unusable in multi-monitor configurations though due to the locked down UI customization, so my main rig won’t be touching it with a 20ft pole. If Linux had more consistent VR gaming performance and support, I’d probably be jumping ship. As it stands, once 10 hits EOL I’ll probably end up there anyway. Microsoft will be killing one of my headsets at the same time anyway by dropping WMR, and I hear there is some great Linux options for the Surface Pro line now too.
fluckx@lemmy.world 1 year ago
Hmmm. I mainly play heroes of the storm at the moment and I’ve had issues getting that to work. While the steam games seem to work great I really feel like it needs some more polishing.
The work that has been done on it is stellar though. Especially considering it’s the publishers not supporting Linux systems.
Everything on my steam deck works great though thanks to valve.
But my desktop… Not sure if I’m ready for that yet. :/
JeffKerman1999@sopuli.xyz 1 year ago
If it works on steamdeck it should also be working on normal Linux using the Linux native steam program
fluckx@lemmy.world 1 year ago
I know. It’s the other platforms I’m worried about :D. Although I’ve kind of stopped playing all blizzard their other games.
Maybe I’ll give it another go at one point.
KrapKake@lemmy.world 1 year ago
What issues did you have getting it to work? I have been playing hots on Linux for a few years now…nearly a couple of hours everyday, but I’ve not needed to install it for a long time so I’ve probably forgotten what was needed to set it up. There are some prerequisites and I will leave that here in case you feel like trying it out again in the future. github.com/lutris/docs/blob/master/Battle.Net.md
fluckx@lemmy.world 1 year ago
I tried installing it through lutris, first the battle.net client and then hots but it just failed to install.
I’d have to reinstall Linux and see exactly what the issue is. I probably missed one of the prerequisites.
I read something on the Linux gaming Lemmy group where they are planning on combining the fixes so not every platform ( bottles, lutris, steam ) has to maintain their own scripts to fix things.
I’d need to actually put some effort into figuring out why it didn’t work.
morriscox@lemmy.world 1 year ago
It’s a very common problem among users who attemped to install Nvidia driver using .run file. To fix it, it’s suggested to completely reinstall your system and get drivers from repositories instead.
If you didn’t know about this beforehand I would certainly consider this a case of Linux not being better.
demonsword@lemmy.world 1 year ago
But my desktop… Not sure if I’m ready for that yet. :/
create a bootable USB disk and try it out, you don’t need to fully commit until you feel ready
fluckx@lemmy.world 1 year ago
Yeah I had it on dual boot for a while, but I rarely started it. I’d need to put some effort into it. Win10 currently isn’t so bad ( for gaming ).
But I am happy to see Linux gaming picking up.
werefreeatlast@lemmy.world 1 year ago
Maybe you want to open that file in browser right? Ok setting default to open in browser!
But I really like the app because It was working just fine except for a few stupid glitches everywhere…!
What’s that? So you really love the browser for files! That’s great! Yeah it’s compatible with Firefox we just put the file menu here, prin behind settings, view, you gotta triple click…oh very compatible!
But just wait until you want to do a teams meeting! Or a power point presentation! Full screen mode is now 10 menus deeper on power point and you’ll love the 5 pixel screen when you present your power point on teams! People in the back really love being able to see all the very large people icons all around the very important 5 pixels representing your mouse and all graphics on your slides. Plus Karen! She’ll change her icon to a cute little kitty and not tell anyone the secrete code to do it! It’s Visual C++ now!
laughterlaughter@lemmy.world 1 year ago
I don’t see the point of your comment. What exactly are you critiquing?
asterfield@lemmy.world 1 year ago
I imagine the aggressive “feature” upsells that get more and more invasive with every new windows release
systemguy_64@lemmy.world 1 year ago
I’m sorry, you lost me at PowerPoint. You hit F5? Have you checked your screen resolution?
werefreeatlast@lemmy.world 1 year ago
I like my full screen like this: images.app.goo.gl/krbc3oUbh4fPh8Z4A
Microsoft likes full screen like this: images.app.goo.gl/141RczU6S4kKiEM67
AbackDeckWARLORD@sh.itjust.works 1 year ago
I would rather move to Linux at that point but I can’t do that either since some critical apps I require don’t run on it (yet)
BombOmOm@lemmy.world 1 year ago
Do they work via WINE on Linux?
0x2d@lemmy.ml 1 year ago
windows has sucked ever since 8
laughterlaughter@lemmy.world 1 year ago
Windows 10 was alright if it weren’t for the constant almost-forced updates.
I miss Windows 7.
asexualchangeling@lemmy.ml 1 year ago
7 still took getting used to for me, I miss XP
lengau@midwest.social 1 year ago
The last version of Windows I liked was 2000
dubyakay@lemmy.ca 1 year ago
Same. I held out on it for a really long time, until finally some stupid game pretty much forced me to update.
Evotech@lemmy.world 1 year ago
I’ve tried to upgrade but the updater rolls it back every time. Idk what’s up lol but my PC has given up trying to ask me
BombOmOm@lemmy.world 1 year ago
The updater clearly wants you to use the better version of Windows. And that isn’t Windows 11. ;p
pearsaltchocolatebar@discuss.online 1 year ago
Does your computer have a TPM?
Evotech@lemmy.world 1 year ago
Yeah it covers all the requirements
Suavevillain@lemmy.world 1 year ago
I’m thankful that I made the Switch to Linux after Windows 10 forced updates got annoying while gaming. I’ll deal with whatever trade offs. I only need Windows for my Elgato atm.
trackindakraken@lemmy.whynotdrs.org 1 year ago
More and more happy I left Windows behind a couple of months ago. I’d been on Windows since version 3. I dual-booted for a few weeks, then took the plunge. Windows is completely gone from my life.
I’m on Ubuntu at the moment, but I’m planning a move to LMDE, I think that’s a better distro for me.
Zink@programming.dev 1 year ago
Thought about regular Linux Mint too? It has some of the Ubuntu benefits but not the parts people don’t like.
I am considering switching one of the computers at home away from windows, so I have been looking at the latest on some of my options.
captain_aggravated@sh.itjust.works 1 year ago
At this point I know of two Ubuntu features that would make a difference to end users: PPA support, and the Device Manager.
PPAs are/were Ubuntu’s answer to the question “What if the software I want isn’t in the repository?” “Well the vendor will host a personal package archive, you can just add it and then still use APT.” From where I’m sitting, Flatpak and/or Appimage have completely invalidated any use case for PPAs, I haven’t installed a package from a PPA in years.
The Device Manager is handy if you have an Nvidia GPU, open Device Manager and click the one that says “Recommended.” IIRC this is an Ubuntu-derived feature not available in LMDE and as soon as I own an AMD GPU I’d have less reason to not use Debian Edition.
Harbinger01173430@lemmy.world 1 year ago
People still use macrosh!t? 🧐
BigTrout75@lemmy.world 1 year ago
Every 6 years I have to about people that are not updating. The drama.
n3m37h@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 year ago
Unless you disable it via registry entries
nnmna@discuss.tchncs.de 1 year ago
Based
Mahonia@lemmy.world 1 year ago
So this was the exact thing that pushed me over to the FOSS side the last time they did it. Nice to see the tradition of annoying users to the point of them abandoning Microsoft is alive and well.