In my view, this is unacceptable…
They changed my background (previously there was a default blue window), placed an icon in the bottom corner of the screen that read “Learn more about this photo”, and re-added the search bar that I had previously removed.
Fortunately, I don’t have to deal with this on a daily basis.
They’ve absolutely gone mad with power
Isn’t this just normal Windows behaviour? I feel like I’ve been reading these kinds of posts forever.
Time to switch to Windows 11 as Microsoft is going to make your experience as bad as possible
If you need Windows I would create Samba AD DC and then join the machine to the domain. From there you can configure it with group policy
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True but the AD can be useful for other things and is separate from the install
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I like to split the roles into separate VMs. I have a few VMs joined to the domain and I can house all the configs and user profiles on the DC. If I need to blow away a machine for whatever reason I do not need to recreate work. I just create a new VM and then join the domain. All the group policy tweaks apply and I don’t need to manually change settings.
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your background? Since when is this Windows computer your computer? Microsoft has been very clear that we no longer own our computers if we choose to use Windows.
You never did. You LEASED it.
It’s Microsoft Windows’ computer. Must’ve missed that little apostrophe.
Why do you subject yourself to this? Cast off your chains, become a free $USER.
Because it’s not our fucking choice, you imbecile. Corporate does as corporate wants. I can’t install your precious penguin on my work machine, okay??!
Skill issue, get a better job.
It’s clearly a VM
Shh you’re no fun.
When they tell you they’re walking back Recall and it’s “off by default”, remember that they constantly do this shit.
I’d love to meet the engineers who work on these “features”. How do they go along with this shit and sleep at night?
Like the fruit and internet search giant, they forced RTO and all the smart talent left.
So they have the B team, and likely a bunch of H1-B visa engineers that are basically indentured servants writing the code now. It’s just a paycheck and survival at this point.
“We’ve installed malicious spyware on your computer without you asking for it, but don’t worry, it’s off by default.”
“No.” (Installs GNU/Linux)
Hahaha you worry about that but they sent ALL your private information to their systems all the time… it’s a disgusting OS and org. I use Linux
Pretty sure they are not sending all my files. I would definitely see it in network traffic
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I just run Windows 11 Enterprise and don’t see any of this crap
Do tell about this. Are there any downsides? Any compatibility issues with hardware or software?
Only downside is it tends to be a bit behind on feature updates which is probably a good thing. All hardware and software is completely compatible. The other bonus is it gives more fine grained controls over telemetry that home and pro don’t.
Okay this sounds like a major win win. I’m guessing security is probably better too. I’m building a new PC soon and this is looking incredibly enticing.
And they’ve made Bing your standard browser and activated Copilot.
This shit is probably worse on windows 11, I’m still sticking with 10 for years even after it’s life cycle. And even after it gets hard to use im switching Linux. When my computer dies dies.
Well yea, you turned off the windows search/Cortana/Bing bar, but now it’s called copilot/recall bar which you haven’t turned off yet.
/S
Soon I won’t have to anymore. This is the last Windows virtual machine I have that sometimes I have to use 😀
I have a virtual machine with WinXP and one with 98, for when I’m feeling nostalgic :)
Sorry to hear you have to use Windows… I’m still stuck on 10 but I’ve been enjoying the hell out of Mint Xfce and I’ll complete the move soon enough!
Have you tried React OS?
How would one go about setting up a win 98 at this point? Do you need an ISO of it already, or can you find that somewhere for that specific use?
I ask because I have a game that I want to play for nostalgia reasons (it’s a kids game from waaay back, but I remember it fondly, and I bet I’d do a touch better now) but I can’t get it to play in any compatibility mode or anything. It just flat refuses to launch.
You can find plenty of ISO files on archive.org. I’m not sure about the legality of it, so I’ll say I don’t condone doing it, etc. But some of them have been there for several years, so I think MS doesn’t care.
Just be careful about clinking links in the user comments. People have been known to post shady links and moderation seems to be lacking, from what I’ve seen.
Good luck getting your game to run! Oh, and long live archive.org!
At some point M$ allowed the free download of something called “Windows XP Mode for Windows 7”. It was some virtual machine or something. What matters is that it’s possible to extract an XP ISO from this, which I have successfully used to spin up a virtual machine! It still complains about a license key, though.
The reason I mention this is that this is still available on archive.org, and it’s signed by M$, so you know it’s legit. I don’t know if other ISOs available have such a receipt of authenticity. Probably, but I never cared enough to check, especially since I grabbed this from the official website while it was available.
For operating systems https://winworldpc.com/library is easier to find things in and has way faster download speeds
This is really cool, thanks for sharing!
Your computer? You mean Microsoft’s bitch box?
Face it, they can do whatever they want with your computer and you’re powerless to stop them. They’ve also been looking through your photos and adding them to their AI model.
well there is one thing you can do to stop them
Face it, they can do whatever they want with your computer and you’re powerless to stop them.
Not my computer. They can’t do shit if it’s not installed.
at this rate the only good versions of windows that are supported are windows 10 LTSC and IoT editions since these are versions of windows used by most corporations schools and goverments thus they need to only get security updates
Most corporations use enterprise or maybe Pro.
Schools mostly use the EDU version.
We have to face the reality; Microsoft has got the majority of users by their balls. People don’t like M$ per say, but rather the applications,the compatibility, and ubiquitousness of their platform.
Till people get their favourite apps on their desired platform, M$ could start charging $10 a month to access Windows + malware + ads, and people would still rush to buy them.
I wish there was an easier way to tell people about Ameliorated and give it a try. Having Windows update and edge removed has already been so much better.
Now I do have to mention that I still run the iso they offered back on version 21H1 which I prefer because installing Windows takes roughly 2 minutes until it’s ready to do whatever
Nice, looks really cool. Wanted to do a clean install anyway, will give it a try.
What VM software are you using?
“Boxes” from Gnome shipped by default with Fedora
Sweet wallpaper though
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Oh, didn’t you know? It’s not really your PC any longer.
your PC
are they going to backronym PC now that the P can’t possibly stand for PERSONAL
Just shuddered at a possible future where someone’s PC locked up with the following notice:
“We have locked your PC because you no longer have sufficient MS funds. One of our technicians will be by shortly to retrieve it. Sit tight, we are downloading its contents. Turning off the internet during this time will lead to strict legal action against you. Thank you for using Microsoft! Be sure to check out the new Surface Ultra and sign up to receive free rewards such a Panago and Ivey Cream!”
Fortunately, it’s actually mine, cuz I use Fedora with Gnome, which doesn’t do these magic tricks 😁
I used to use Fedora on my Asus gaming laptop, and loved it. More recently I’ve chosen to switch over to Manjaro, because I wanted something based on Arch that was more lightweight than Garuda. Gotta love that Linux life.
Have you tried reborn or endeavor?
I tried EndeavourOS, but it didn’t fully support my hardware like Manjaro does
Interesting. I’ve only had one system that had hardware issue with any of them. And it was of course the finger print reader. Though I suppose it could be a WiFi issue.
The issue I had with my Asus ROG laptop was that EndeavourOS didn’t support the volume buttons on the keyboard, along with some other keys. It was annoying enough that I went to Manjaro.
Oh, let me tell you why your [sic] wrong for not using Arch and Ice Weasel! /s 😉
Tricks are something Microsoft does for money.
Or candy.
Coo-coo-ka-cha!
Owning your computer is an ILLUSION
The PC might be yours, but that virtual machine is Microsoft’s little bitch
I actually enjoy playing with Windows and Active Directory. I think it is ahead in terms of management and needing hacky workarounds
I use FreeIPA and it works just fine for everything I would need AD for. Your point still stands. I just mean there are good enough alternatives for the Linux environment.
There are definitely ways of configuring Linux systems. For many organizations Ansible or Puppet works completely fine. However, they require a significant amount of knowledge and aren’t completely standardized. Group policy on Windows has been around for a long time and will be much easier to deploy, at least in the short term.
there isn’t active directory for linux?, actually what active directory do diferently?
You absolutely can join Linux machines to AD. You just don’t have the same power that group policy gives you.
what group policy gives that unix filesystem permissions don’t?, i really don’t know, and i don’t have a windows machine to test :b
Group policy lets you basically configure anything on any machine in the active directory domain; Installed programs, installed updates, basically any settings, schedules, services, automatically adding (and limiting by users if you want) network devices like printers and storage… It’s pretty powerful, and does way more than just filesystem permissions.
I guess Lemmy is mostly tech nerds like myself, but it’s still cool as hell to see another Fedora user around :)
