I wonder how much work it is to check if Windows was installed with an account and terminate the program in that case.
Microsoft blocks Windows 11 workaround that enabled local accounts
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Re: Microsoft blocks Windows 11 workaround that enabled local accounts
#72Other than being able to gobble up user data and being able to associate it with a person (or at least an email address) and later sell that information, what is Microsoft reasoning for refusing local accounts? This whole obsession with forcing users to create a Microsoft account is really weird. It may provides some features for certain types of users, but I really don't see any reason for forcing a Microsoft accoun…
>It may provides some features for certain types of users, but I really don't see any reason for forcing a Microsoft account.
To play Devil's Advocate, I can see some:
* Backups. Let's face it, most people do not and will not take backups and yet they all cry when they inevitably suffer data loss. OneDrive syncing everything at gunpoint is a holy grail in the face of this problem.
* Sync. Clearly, most people like all their computers looking, having, and acting more or less interchangable with all their others. Together with backups above, OneDrive and a Microsoft account bring this to fruition.
* Licenses. Most people aren't going to keep the Windows box with the key around, or neatly store the documentation (which contains licensing information) they get with their new laptop or big box desktop. Chances are they're all in the trash the next day. Tying license activations to Microsoft accounts addresses a lot of headaches around lost licenses.
I, as a tech nerd, hate it. But if I hang up my nerdism at the front door and see things as a normal man with too much shit to do and too little time to deal with 'pooters, why yes, a lot of this actually makes fucking common sense.
Re: Microsoft blocks Windows 11 workaround that enabled local accounts
#73I recently had to install windows on 2 computers after some years without doing it. Had to spend an entire day debloating the thing. Had to use a handful of tools and powershell scripts to do it. I still can't imagine how they managed to make a context menu open in almost a full second. In Windows 9x on a 200Mhz it was instant. A useless one too, because all the options that matter are in the old one. The only thing…
> can't imagine how they managed to make a context menu open in almost a full second. In Windows 9x on a 200Mhz it was instant. A useless one too, because all the options that matter are in the old one.
And the system sounds now take a few seconds to chime - often after I already dismissed the corresponding dialogue
Re: Microsoft blocks Windows 11 workaround that enabled local accounts
#74Okay then, I'll just switch my gaming rig to Ubuntu and fiddle with Wine or whatever to get my Quake Champions running. Might take a small performance hit but I'm not going to use Windows with a Microsoft account. Not ever. Not going to happen.
Re: Microsoft blocks Windows 11 workaround that enabled local accounts
#75I'm definitely not one of those people who thinks Windows should stay frozen forever as Windows XP, I appreciate we're finally getting 15-20 year old features like search filtering in the task manager.
But whoever's bonus metric is tricking people to sign in with MS accounts is really making it a gross experience. I managed to finally get my new machines install on a local account using "OOBE\BYPASSNRO" although none of the instructions I found online worked for some reason, eventually found the script find myself. Then when trying to eventually register Windows it tricked me into converting to a MS account because the license troubleshooter forces you to login to do anything.
Next time I boot my machine its asking for my MS password instead of my local password... So that's taught me to never enter my MS account into anything on the desktop because there is a risk it will silently do that.
You have a "Home" and a "Pro" version, really just wish for a world where they do this silly scammy behavior in the Home version and let the Pro version just be an actual tool to use hardware. I'm not using Windows because it's a great operating system I'm only using it because it's the only OS in the Venn diagram of "Supports Nvidia GPUs" and "Runs Adobe CC", can't they just be happy I use it at all.
Re: Microsoft blocks Windows 11 workaround that enabled local accounts
#76They go exactly according to the plan. Now you officially don't own your own personal computer.
Re: Microsoft blocks Windows 11 workaround that enabled local accounts
#77I recently had to install windows on 2 computers after some years without doing it. Had to spend an entire day debloating the thing. Had to use a handful of tools and powershell scripts to do it. I still can't imagine how they managed to make a context menu open in almost a full second. In Windows 9x on a 200Mhz it was instant. A useless one too, because all the options that matter are in the old one. The only thing…
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Re: Microsoft blocks Windows 11 workaround that enabled local accounts
#78So what would be a good laptop for Linux these days?
System76 is by far the best that I have found. No litany of kludges to make your Windows laptop mostly functional (e.g. no need to have kernel parameters to work around buggy hardware) No need to look compatibility tables and install guides.
It ships with Linux preinstalled and with great support. So if you want Linux that Just Works, this is my recommendation. (Also if you want to DIY it with e.g. Arch, since the hardware supports Linux already.)
Re: Microsoft blocks Windows 11 workaround that enabled local accounts
#79I recently had to install windows on 2 computers after some years without doing it. Had to spend an entire day debloating the thing. Had to use a handful of tools and powershell scripts to do it. I still can't imagine how they managed to make a context menu open in almost a full second. In Windows 9x on a 200Mhz it was instant. A useless one too, because all the options that matter are in the old one. The only thing…
> The only thing holding me from Linux I've spent the last 25 years using linux and seeing this statement. There's always something.
For me, the something is the DAW i use (Cubase). I know it intimately, I make a living with it, and despite trying other alternatives, there isn't a DAW which runs on Linux which would cut it for me, in terms of overall features.
If Cubase ran on linux (and all my current plugins could work), then I'd drop it in a heartbeat. I've been running Linux in various guises and roles since (I think) 1998, but it's never made it to the 'daily use, I can do everything in it' stage, despite quite a few attempts on my part to make it happen.
Re: Microsoft blocks Windows 11 workaround that enabled local accounts
#80So what would be a good laptop for Linux these days?
I’ve had good experiences with business-grade Dell laptops like the Latitude line. Framework and Thinkpads are generally solid, too.
As for distro, Fedora is a great beginner distro.