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Title: Fuck Microsoft
Post by: james on November 23, 2020, 01:15:05 PM
I go take a poo, come back, and my computer restarted and is 15 minutes into am update that will take who the fuck knows how long

IT'S THE MIDDLE OF THE WORKDAY YOU SICK FUCKS
Title: Re: Fuck Microsoft
Post by: james on November 23, 2020, 01:20:44 PM
STILL UPDATING
Title: Re: Fuck Microsoft
Post by: Nintex on November 23, 2020, 01:22:09 PM
What are your specs?
Title: Re: Fuck Microsoft
Post by: james on November 23, 2020, 01:35:08 PM
STILL UPDATING SOMEONE KILL ME
Title: Re: Fuck Microsoft
Post by: james on November 23, 2020, 01:36:58 PM
 :rage :rage :rage :rage :rage
Title: Re: Fuck Microsoft
Post by: paprikastaude on November 23, 2020, 01:44:51 PM
Bill Gates is personally adding another 5 minutes everytime you complain :biden
Title: Re: Fuck Microsoft
Post by: james on November 23, 2020, 01:48:46 PM
It says don't turn off pc.

Can I just... Turn it off?

I have shit to do
Title: Re: Fuck Microsoft
Post by: naff on November 23, 2020, 02:05:10 PM
lmao

let it run and change auto restart to notify in settings you scrub
Title: Re: Fuck Microsoft
Post by: Nintex on November 23, 2020, 02:25:21 PM
Do you have an SSD?

I wouldn't turn it off, it'll register that the update failed and will retry updating after you reboot.

Just blame it on the situation and circumstances regarding COVID-19 and play some video games :heh
Title: Re: Fuck Microsoft
Post by: james on November 23, 2020, 02:33:55 PM
86%

 :rage :rage :rage :rage
Title: Re: Fuck Microsoft
Post by: Tasty on November 23, 2020, 02:40:09 PM
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OeHjN4oWVfk
Title: Re: Fuck Microsoft
Post by: james on November 23, 2020, 03:00:50 PM
It's done.

Naturally everything I had open is gone.

But they welcomed me back with Microsoft edge those sick fucks
Title: Re: Fuck Microsoft
Post by: benjipwns on November 23, 2020, 03:58:54 PM
maybe you should have set active hours
Title: Re: Fuck Microsoft
Post by: james on November 23, 2020, 04:24:21 PM
The update that forced Edge is like.. 5 months old.   

So chances are they've been nagging you about it for that long lol

No i had the edge update, I'm just saying that it welcomed me within edge for some reason
Title: Re: Fuck Microsoft
Post by: james on November 23, 2020, 04:25:01 PM
maybe you should have set active hours

My active hours are when the computer is on bitch

What happened to "shut down and install updates"
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Post by: samir on November 23, 2020, 04:59:47 PM
Shit faster next time  :-[
Title: Re: Fuck Microsoft
Post by: BIONIC on November 23, 2020, 05:05:22 PM
Bill Gates just vaccinated you against your will  :biden
Title: Re: Fuck Microsoft
Post by: Tasty on November 23, 2020, 05:14:47 PM
Edge is great tho tbh

Since it switched to being a Chromium skin, I don't disagree.

Firefox and Chrome are still way better tho. And Edge doesn't even have the "native OS browser" edge like Safari does on Mac, or if it does not nearly to that extent.
Title: Re: Fuck Microsoft
Post by: Pissy F Benny on November 23, 2020, 05:15:14 PM
Edge is great tho tbh

https://youtu.be/-yUGi2X42sQ
Title: Re: Fuck Microsoft
Post by: james on November 23, 2020, 05:31:59 PM
Can you imagine working on the Microsoft Word team?

You spend all year trying to justify your job.
Title: Re: Fuck Microsoft
Post by: Pissy F Benny on November 23, 2020, 06:37:54 PM
Fuck micro$oft and fuck the gates vaccine :smug
Title: Re: Fuck Microsoft
Post by: thisismyusername on November 23, 2020, 07:37:09 PM
lmao

let it run and change auto restart to notify in settings you scrub

This. If you're not getting a pop-up or seeing a yellow update icon on your toolbar, it's your own damn fault. Windows gives SysAdmins the tools to stop that shit from happening, actually use it?
Title: Re: Fuck Microsoft
Post by: Ghoul on November 23, 2020, 08:02:04 PM
Can you imagine working on the Microsoft Word team?

You spend all year trying to justify your job.

The word team done more work than you did today so far....
Title: Re: Fuck Microsoft
Post by: recursivelyenumerable on November 23, 2020, 11:00:46 PM
Can you imagine working on the Microsoft Word team?

You spend all year trying to justify your job.

Why do people think this lol
Title: Re: Fuck Microsoft
Post by: ringlow on November 24, 2020, 01:22:15 AM
This happened to me too yesterday, I went to get a drink and when I came back my pc was updating
Title: Re: Fuck Microsoft
Post by: Don Rumata on November 24, 2020, 06:46:42 AM
Bill Gates just vaccinated you against your will  :biden
So THAT'S why i lack any willpower!  :rimshot
Title: Re: Fuck Microsoft
Post by: Nintex on November 24, 2020, 08:28:40 AM
Can you imagine working on the Microsoft Word team?

You spend all year trying to justify your job.

Why do people think this lol
Thank you for creating Word :preach
Title: Re: Fuck Microsoft
Post by: Uncle on November 25, 2020, 06:24:02 PM
last time I reformatted my computer I did all the windows updates up to that point

then took a deep dive online in how to block ever getting windows updates ever again

some group policy shit, direct registry hacks, blocked fucking everything in the hosts file

my windows is incapable of phoning home for any reason

 :nerds :dice
Title: Re: Fuck Microsoft
Post by: Himu on November 25, 2020, 11:58:45 PM
my mom called me because she couldn't get into her computer since ms updated the shit and i had to video walk her through it all. fuck you ms.
Title: Re: Fuck Microsoft
Post by: Coax on November 26, 2020, 12:21:06 AM
blocked fucking everything in the hosts file

MS: naughty, naughty (https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/microsoft/windows-10-hosts-file-blocking-telemetry-is-now-flagged-as-a-risk/) :wag
Title: Re: Fuck Microsoft
Post by: Uncle on November 26, 2020, 10:48:39 AM
* gestures vaguely at thread *
Title: Re: Fuck Microsoft
Post by: remy on November 26, 2020, 09:23:24 PM
last time I reformatted my computer I did all the windows updates up to that point

then took a deep dive online in how to block ever getting windows updates ever again

some group policy shit, direct registry hacks, blocked fucking everything in the hosts file

my windows is incapable of phoning home for any reason

 :nerds :dice

Why in the world would you do this?  lol

I have to block them because it installs a busted, old ass driver for my AMD GPU without asking when it's enabled and fucks up my games until I realise and reinstall the new one.
Title: Re: Fuck Microsoft
Post by: MMaRsu on November 27, 2020, 04:26:32 AM
last time I reformatted my computer I did all the windows updates up to that point

then took a deep dive online in how to block ever getting windows updates ever again

some group policy shit, direct registry hacks, blocked fucking everything in the hosts file

my windows is incapable of phoning home for any reason

 :nerds :dice

Why in the world would you do this?  lol

I have to block them because it installs a busted, old ass driver for my AMD GPU without asking when it's enabled and fucks up my games until I realise and reinstall the new one.

 :jeanluc :girlaff :crowdlaff
Title: Re: Fuck Microsoft
Post by: Ghoul on November 27, 2020, 04:29:48 AM
I wouldn't use a thread made by someone who can't work a toaster as evidence that Microsoft updates are bad. The guy puts remote desktop machines into hibernate FFS.
Title: Re: Fuck Microsoft
Post by: Pissy F Benny on November 27, 2020, 05:23:43 AM
All this thread does is reinforce the fact that it will be a cold day in hell before I use windows by choice ever again :success
Title: Re: Fuck Microsoft
Post by: Ghoul on November 27, 2020, 09:57:22 AM
Maybe just work from his GF's

(https://images-na.ssl-images-amazon.com/images/I/81fp2gfGSTL._AC_SL1500_.jpg)
Title: Re: Fuck Microsoft
Post by: GreatSageEqualOfHeaven on November 28, 2020, 06:58:50 AM
Can you imagine working on the Microsoft Word team?

You spend all year trying to justify your job.

Or at least putting it in a center aligned table  :rimshot
Title: Re: Fuck Microsoft
Post by: CatsCatsCats on November 28, 2020, 03:17:51 PM
Sell me an Xbox you ass holessss
Title: Re: Fuck Microsoft
Post by: Don Rumata on November 28, 2020, 07:25:07 PM
Maybe just work from his GF's

(https://images-na.ssl-images-amazon.com/images/I/81fp2gfGSTL._AC_SL1500_.jpg)
No wonder it blew up, if this is what NASA provided.  :fbm
Title: Re: Fuck Microsoft
Post by: G The Resurrected on November 28, 2020, 07:54:19 PM
my mom called me because she couldn't get into her computer since ms updated the shit and i had to video walk her through it all. fuck you ms.

Was it that new password login system at the start? That shit has been annoying to deal with teaching a 86 year old about over FaceTime. It’s one thing to make updates that keep users safe. It’s another when you change things so much and leave no way for users to disable the new default sign on method. It even messed up Windows Hello for my grandfather.
Title: Re: Fuck Microsoft
Post by: Nintex on November 28, 2020, 07:58:30 PM
my mom called me because she couldn't get into her computer since ms updated the shit and i had to video walk her through it all. fuck you ms.

Was it that new password login system at the start? That shit has been annoying to deal with teaching a 86 year old about over FaceTime. It’s one thing to make updates that keep users safe. It’s another when you change things so much and leave no way for users to disable the new default sign on method. It even messed up Windows Hello for my grandfather.
Old people also don't understand the 2FA concept in general.
I've been trying to explain it to my dad (who's quite tech savvy in his own way) to no avail.
They just don't get the concept that 1 device can influence what happens on another device.
Title: Re: Fuck Microsoft
Post by: Don Rumata on November 28, 2020, 08:01:29 PM
They just don't get the concept that 1 device can influence what happens on another device.
Your dad cant use a tv remote?  :thinking
Title: Re: Fuck Microsoft
Post by: G The Resurrected on November 28, 2020, 08:02:18 PM
Yeah 2FA is a bitch, especially since some of them need to be done within a short period of time. My grandfather recently had to reset his banking password and the 2FA was so strict he locked himself out of his own account. It broke his mind trying to understand how to do something we have no issues dealing with normally.
Title: Re: Fuck Microsoft
Post by: james on July 13, 2021, 08:27:21 AM
So I come back from my trip, and my computer has been off for a week.

Turn it on and the fucking weather is now in my task bar.

What the fuck.

I know its 70 and cloudy I have a goddamn window.

Quick google search and...

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Microsoft is starting to roll out its biggest change to the Windows taskbar in years. A new weather and news taskbar widget will be available in Windows 10 starting today, offering weather information directly in the Windows taskbar. The widget also expands to include a feed of news, stocks, sports, and weather information.

https://www.theverge.com/2021/4/22/22397237/microsoft-windows-10-taskbar-weather-news-widget-feature-available-now

AVAILABLE? You sick fucks forced it on me and I cant figure out how to make it go away.
Title: Re: Fuck Microsoft
Post by: Kurt Russell on July 13, 2021, 08:28:37 AM

AVAILABLE? You sick fucks forced it on me and I cant figure out how to make it go away.

Right click taskbar / News and interests / Select 'turn off'
Title: Re: Fuck Microsoft
Post by: Propagandhim on July 13, 2021, 09:29:39 AM
Why don't you want to know the weather?  What are you running from?
Title: Re: Fuck Microsoft
Post by: james on July 13, 2021, 09:50:43 AM

AVAILABLE? You sick fucks forced it on me and I cant figure out how to make it go away.

Right click taskbar / News and interests / Select 'turn off'

Ok good but they really buried that option

Also what kind of imbecile would chose "icon only." Who wants a fucking cloud in their taskbar.
Title: Re: Fuck Microsoft
Post by: jorma on July 13, 2021, 11:37:52 AM
i would fucking love a cloud or two in my taskbar.
Title: Re: Fuck Microsoft
Post by: Nintex on July 13, 2021, 01:17:51 PM
How else will you know if the climate changed today :trumps
Title: Re: Fuck Microsoft
Post by: james on November 03, 2021, 02:43:21 PM
Im trying to update inDesign and it says I need Windows 1909 or later

I thought Windows 10 was good enough

 :existential
Title: Re: Fuck Microsoft
Post by: Nintex on November 03, 2021, 02:50:45 PM
That's an update I think.
Title: Re: Fuck Microsoft
Post by: Joe Molotov on November 03, 2021, 04:18:25 PM
Update to Windows 2000 and you should be good for a while.
Title: Re: Fuck Microsoft
Post by: Maiden Voyage on November 03, 2021, 07:40:26 PM
Windows 3.0 til I die
Title: Re: Fuck Microsoft
Post by: Don Rumata on November 03, 2021, 08:02:43 PM
They want me to update to W11, but i know when i do, all my shit will break.   >:(
Title: Re: Fuck Microsoft
Post by: Trent Dole on November 04, 2021, 06:08:12 AM
Win10's already a broken mess, how f'd is 11?
Title: Re: Fuck Microsoft
Post by: Nintex on November 04, 2021, 07:47:06 PM
Remember when Windows 10 was supposed to have been the last windows.
Title: Re: Fuck Microsoft
Post by: Propagandhim on November 04, 2021, 07:57:50 PM
Big ups to the nerds at this company who figured out how to put an egalitarian face on a mercenary software company.

https://twitter.com/balajis/status/1456344147103653889
https://twitter.com/Yascha_Mounk/status/1456305843088068613
Title: Re: Fuck Microsoft
Post by: naff on November 04, 2021, 09:56:48 PM
true. it is working for m$ for sure. also, balaji thinks crypto is the future and yascha started that group of "intellects" Persuasion....

it's just another hyper sanitised corporate speaker event going for something that might also create a mild amount of buzz. but lets get reactionary about it.
Title: Re: Fuck Microsoft
Post by: naff on November 04, 2021, 10:04:03 PM
i was going to upgrade to windows 11 but they require you have a TPM module enabled on your mobo. not sure about spending $30 on some bullshit like that.

i remember when M$ tried to integrate a chip they worked up with the Trusted Computing Group shit back in the day and it was a trojan horse for a chip where they could remotely monitor digital rights for all files on your pc and it completely fell through due to breaking various laws and generally not being met well. haven't heard anything too damning about this new iteration but it makes me feel extremely sus

https://www.cl.cam.ac.uk/~rja14/tcpa-faq.html

https://www.theregister.com/2002/06/24/ms_drm_os_retagged_secure/
Title: Re: Fuck Microsoft
Post by: Propagandhim on November 04, 2021, 10:05:58 PM
true. it is working for m$ for sure. also, balaji thinks crypto is the future and yascha started that group of "intellects" Persuasion....

it's just another hyper sanitised corporate speaker event going for something that might also create a mild amount of buzz. but lets get reactionary about it.

I'll get reactionary to utter, abject stupidity, thanks for the permission!
Title: Re: Fuck Microsoft
Post by: naff on November 04, 2021, 10:09:11 PM
not saying it's not dumb, but it's not the signal of the end times like these guys would have you think. they are both better representations of the foibles of our society than some bland microsoft speaker gimmick.
Title: Re: Fuck Microsoft
Post by: Propagandhim on November 04, 2021, 10:10:22 PM
I don't know who those dudes are, just saw the tweets randomly.  I just saw it as something perverse if not slightly obnoxious
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Post by: Don Rumata on November 04, 2021, 10:28:47 PM
Not end times, just funny to see something so desperate and transparent.
But corporations desperately trying to be hip isn't new, so it isn't shocking in that sense.
Though they do push it well past the point of parody in that particular case.

Although this constant obsession and fetishization of racial identity, is crossing over from "acknowledgement of disparity", into "creepy cult" shit.
Ideally you'd want to work to erase this type of conditioning, not further embed it into the culture.
Title: Re: Fuck Microsoft
Post by: Rufus on November 05, 2021, 08:20:46 AM
i was going to upgrade to windows 11 but they require you have a TPM module enabled on your mobo. not sure about spending $30 on some bullshit like that.
Your CPU might have it built-in, you just have to enable it in the UEFI.
Title: Re: Fuck Microsoft
Post by: benjipwns on November 05, 2021, 09:13:41 AM
i was going to upgrade to windows 11 but they require you have a TPM module enabled on your mobo. not sure about spending $30 on some bullshit like that.

i remember when M$ tried to integrate a chip they worked up with the Trusted Computing Group shit back in the day and it was a trojan horse for a chip where they could remotely monitor digital rights for all files on your pc and it completely fell through due to breaking various laws and generally not being met well. haven't heard anything too damning about this new iteration but it makes me feel extremely sus
TPM has already been around for over a decade, this is just the first time that Microsoft has required it for Windows.
Title: Re: Fuck Microsoft
Post by: Don Rumata on November 05, 2021, 09:42:30 AM
Yeah i had to activate it from the BIOS manually, but i assume any "recent" CPU has it by default, just turned off?
Title: Re: Fuck Microsoft
Post by: Rufus on November 05, 2021, 09:45:47 AM
I think ever CPU that is supported by Win 11 has it, but I couldn't find a complete list within a couple searches, so I gave up looking.
Title: Re: Fuck Microsoft
Post by: benjipwns on November 05, 2021, 11:04:54 AM
AMDs since 2016 have it and Intel's since Skylake have it.

It has to be TPM2.0, some older AMDs have TPM but it's only 1.2 I believe.
Title: Re: Fuck Microsoft
Post by: Tasty on February 18, 2022, 08:49:27 AM
You’ll need a Microsoft account to set up future versions of Windows 11 Pro (https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2022/02/new-preview-build-adds-microsoft-account-requirement-to-windows-11-pro/)

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While most devices do require a sign-in to fully enable app stores, cloud storage, and cross-device sharing and syncing, Windows 11 will soon stand alone as the only major consumer OS that requires account sign-in to enable even basic functionality. Apple's Macs still allow for local account creation during setup, and you can skip signing in when you set up iPhones and iPads (an Internet connection is sometimes required for device activation, though). Android likewise needs an Internet account for activation but doesn't require signing in to get you to the home screen. Even Chrome OS has a guest mode that you can use to enable basic browsing without a user account.

I don't know how this isn't a dealbreaker for everybody.
Title: Re: Fuck Microsoft
Post by: archnemesis on February 18, 2022, 09:30:05 AM
My guess is that they will withdraw that "feature" when people start complaining about it. I'll stay on Windows 10 for as long as I can.
Title: Re: Fuck Microsoft
Post by: Mupepe on February 20, 2022, 10:23:21 PM
I feel old because I just don’t care. Everything seems to need an account nowadays. What’s another one?
Title: Re: Fuck Microsoft
Post by: Uncle on February 21, 2022, 12:07:29 AM
I feel old because I just don’t care. Everything seems to need an account nowadays. What’s another one?

it's another way to track you being imposed upon everyone where it never was before and never should be

in 10 years god emperor Trump Jr. says "this user @mupepe is saying mean things about me online, can we send a crew over to arrest him?"

his tech advisors get back to him, "he was using a vpn even though we made those illegal, but fortunately the data we subpoenaed was digitally signed with his Microsoft account so we can pinpoint the bastard"
Title: Re: Fuck Microsoft
Post by: benjipwns on February 21, 2022, 12:24:06 AM
IIRC some pre-installed versions of Windows 10 already require you to create a Microsoft account. Like if you bought a Dell or whatever.
Title: Re: Fuck Microsoft
Post by: Occam on February 21, 2022, 01:01:03 AM
I switched to Ubuntu a few years ago and haven't looked back. Privacy at last, secure, no bloat.
It's not perfect, but it's used widely enough that in case you encounter a problem, there usually is a solution available online.
My system is dual boot, I actually have an installation of Windows alongside Ubuntu in case I absolutely need to use some software that doesn't work under Wine, but I rarely ever need it. The last time I fired up Windows was last summer.
Title: Re: Fuck Microsoft
Post by: benjipwns on February 21, 2022, 03:17:27 AM
I leave Windows on my desktop simply for gaming/Excel purposes. But since about 2008 or so, I've put Ubuntu on my laptops. I leave the pre-installed Windows with a small amount of drive but except for last summer when I was doing some specific stuff with some Windows only programs I haven't really gone into Windows on my laptops much in the last decade. When it comes to games on an admittingly non-gaming laptop, Steam's ever expanding Linux library or stuff like RetroArch is more than good enough even if some stuff can be wonky and you'll never possibly figure out why.
Title: Re: Fuck Microsoft
Post by: archnemesis on February 21, 2022, 03:56:38 AM
Very similar here. I use Ubuntu for work on my laptop and keep a Windows desktop machine for gaming and a handful of applications like Excel and Power BI.
Title: Re: Fuck Microsoft
Post by: Mupepe on February 24, 2022, 08:54:10 AM
I feel old because I just don’t care. Everything seems to need an account nowadays. What’s another one?

it's another way to track you being imposed upon everyone where it never was before and never should be

in 10 years god emperor Trump Jr. says "this user @mupepe is saying mean things about me online, can we send a crew over to arrest him?"

his tech advisors get back to him, "he was using a vpn even though we made those illegal, but fortunately the data we subpoenaed was digitally signed with his Microsoft account so we can pinpoint the bastard"
Oh I get ya there. I just can’t bring myself to care anymore. I just submit and let my technical and political overlords own my sweet holes.
Title: Re: Fuck Microsoft
Post by: D3RANG3D on February 24, 2022, 11:48:12 AM
spoiler (click to show/hide)
(https://i.imgur.com/I80m8sm.jpg)
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Title: Re: Fuck Microsoft
Post by: Tasty on February 24, 2022, 02:19:34 PM
Arch gonna be synonymous with PC gaming in a few short years thanks to Valve.

That meme will still apply, though.