• Phoenix3875@lemmy.world
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    Not just installing. When updating, sometimes it tries to reset the options and change my default browser to edge.

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      Edge would ALWAYS get on the way with its stupid search bar widget. They tried to improve their shitty outdated piece of crap internet explorer that nobody was using and they ended up with a modern shitty piece of crap that is edge.

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      Can’t find it anymore, but I remember someone did a DNS analysis and they are even pinging McAfee servers, before you open any apps.

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    Pro tip: You can hit space tab space tab... to quickly cycle through them all.

    I will say though, it is mighty refreshing to go through a Linux installer now.

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      Use no@thank.you as the account name, anything as the password. It will say “whoopsie, there was an error” and then you can create a local account.

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            Is this a hardcoded opt out or something? Couple of months ago I had to install windows for a friend. I tried to not make a windows account. All the exploits I found, were “patched”. I finally just gave up and made the account. My friend doesn’t care enough about privacy and I don’t care enough about windows for all that effort.

            But, no@thank.you would be awesome.

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              I’m not totally sure but I would guess that it’s not hardcoded. Probably just buggy behavior, as is usual for Microsoft.

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          Windows will display a “Let’s connect you to a network” or similar screen. The upcoming Windows 11 version 22H2 does not allow you to skip this anymore to create a local account.

          they actually restricted this method, evil

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        Doesn’t work anymore in the current version. Now you can use Rufus to create the install drive from an ISO, or isolate your PC from the net and drop to a shell during installation to remove the requirement.

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        Or just anything invalid. I usually do “m” as the username and “m” as the password.

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        Have to try virtually! Even if Windows 10 are so much better than Windows 11.

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          Ooh, that reminds me, I need to delete the Windows VM i made for hte STALKER: Anomaly - Gamma installer.

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            Hehe. That edition of S.T.A.L.K.E.R. works in Linux through Lutris 😊 Not perfectly, but it works.

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              but the installer doesnt cause its written in windows powershell. Had to install a VM just to get the installer to download/unpack the game, then i set up lutris for it.

              Supposedly the next version of the installer is going to use a more agnostic scripting, but i dont know if thats come out yet.

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        I don’t know about these workarounds but I remember Win10 has something like “Create for another person” then “I don’t have their info” and it will just let you create a local acocunt. I don’t know about 11 tho

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      don’t forget the constant messages to use Edge as your default browser! blegh!

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      If you don’t add a WiFi network and don’t plug in ethernet then you can also make a local account.

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    Didn’t Bill Gates leave Microsoft in 2008? Other than that, yeah.

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      Seriously, lol; how did this post even get upvotes? (UpLemmies? Whatever they’re called here)

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        Also this was one of the early windows 10 updates lol. Like 2017 or something.

        How it feels to install windows in 2023 is to drop to a hidden shell and run some commands to create a local account instead of a Microsoft account to log into your computer. Fuckin disgusting.

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      Yes, he isn’t even on the board anymore. He’s only involved in his charity, and palling around with Warren Buffett these days.

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      Same. Was a windows user all my life. Tried dabbling with Linux a few times, but the shit microsofts doing now is what drove me to linux.

      Got several family members on it too, They do nothing but webbrowse so its been going stellar for them.

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    Bill hasn’t been associated with Microsoft decisions in like 15 years. Yes he still owns a shit load of the company, but he’s not the CEO, he doesn’t even sit on the board. He sits in his 16,000 square foot lakefront Medina, WA mansion and gets richer.

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      Public consciousness skipped Ballmer’s CEO era and apparently Satya’s name is too difficult to remember.

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    I use Linux nowadays, but I still have dual boot cause of some games. I use LTSB debloated with stopped updates and telemetry.

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    all these will be reinstated in the next update and all the unsent locally collected information will be sent with the consent you gave by not preventing your system from updating

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    Don’t forget to scroll down otherwise you miss a very important one that’s hidden

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      Oh yeah, the fuck me in the ass option.

      It is 2023, you want that check on.

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    I installed it in VirtualBox because I wanted to try if a neovim plugin worked with it.

    The most awful experience ever. It’s so bad it’s tragic, and screams surveillance late stage capitalism. If people don’t notice that, it’s because they have slowly become used to it under the windows regime.

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      I do it almost weekly for my job. I need to improve my Unix skills and become a Linux sysadmin

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        You can totally automate the Windows install process and configuration. Not even Windows sysadmins should have to be dealing with it manually.

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          We still use golden images, so whenever we refresh that I need to install windows on a VM. We still do our servers manually