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Re: Windows 11 users are tired of MS account requirements creeping into everything

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Post by ChoGGi »

chadaustin wrote: post #57
password4321 wrote: post #34

I was in a hurry trying to log into my kid's Minecraft account, wound up clicking something to associate it with the Windows account... now the PC is in restricted mode and I'm having a hard time restoring the previously associated Microsoft account (among other things, have to ask permission to open the browser and approve the requests logging in on my phone)! Everything online says to use the option to switch to a…

God, that's the worst. Minecraft is also what led us to accidentally bind my child's account to the administrator account on my TV PC, and because he's a minor we can't actually unbind that account. I've tried for hours and have not succeeded. "Just make a new account." It's possible but then we'd have to make sure we get every single saved game for all the various games moved over and ugh.

This'll tell you where saves are [1]. Move the important games first, and come back when he asks about the rest.

[1] https://www.pcgamingwiki.com/wiki/Home

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Post by b3lvedere »

fma wrote: post #288
b3lvedere wrote: post #274

Earlier quoted context omitted.

You do not need to disable network interface cards. Just do not connect a network cable and do not connect to a wifi ssid. You also do not need to supply a password for the new local user account. It will now automatically login and have local admin rights.

I bought a returned, "Like New" laptop for my wife. Some Lenovo, higher end consumer laptop. The onboarding process was terrible. Something like, the wifi drivers were not included. I had to create a local account to download the drivers. But there's no ethernet port. Luckily had a USB to Ethernet dongle. I thought to myself...yeah no wonder someone returned this.

I hear you. I've had laptops where one could not even install the Windows 11 OS on using the official Windows 11 ISO on a bootable usb key, because there was this weird nvme driver required. Which required you to make an additional usb key (of modify your bootable usb key) with the weird nvme driver to load during Windows 11 setup. Luckily the top brands (HP, Dell, Lenovo) have pretty good support asssistant software for once you got Windows 11 running with internet those tools will install the rest for you.

Re: Windows 11 users are tired of MS account requirements creeping into everything

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Post by lenerdenator »

DaSHacka wrote: post #123
lenerdenator wrote: post #25

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Of course. How else are they to know that you posted criticism of the President on the internet?

So far there haven't been any instances of that, from what I'm aware of. A particular foreign nation, on the other hand...

That's the goal, though.

The current batch of elite have come up in a place where they have no real incentive to act in any way except that of their choosing. They're also exceedingly thin-skinned. If they think they can get away with ruining people who criticize them online, they'll do so.

Re: Windows 11 users are tired of MS account requirements creeping into everything

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Post by antiframe »

daemin wrote: post #296

One thing I disagree with the article about is that drives should not be encrypted by default. For the vast majority of people an encrypted drive is just data loss lying in wait. I prefer to use non-encrypted drives so I have the option of popping out the disk and reading it from another system with ease, which also means that I can recover files from drives of otherwise dead systems just as easily. This is a trade o…

> I prefer to use non-encrypted drives so I have the option of popping out the disk and reading it from another system with ease, which also means that I can recover files from drives of otherwise dead systems just as easily.

Everyone has different security needs. But (maybe it's different on Windows), what's hard about popping the disk to another machine and then decrypting it with the key? Does Windows not give you access to the key?

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Post by smallnix »

daemin wrote: post #296

One thing I disagree with the article about is that drives should not be encrypted by default. For the vast majority of people an encrypted drive is just data loss lying in wait. I prefer to use non-encrypted drives so I have the option of popping out the disk and reading it from another system with ease, which also means that I can recover files from drives of otherwise dead systems just as easily. This is a trade o…

> popping out the disk and reading it from another system

The vast majority of people don't know that this is an option or how to do it.

Re: Windows 11 users are tired of MS account requirements creeping into everything

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Post by AlexandrB »

cm2187 wrote: post #119

I enjoy windows 10 hugely now that it is out of support. It became way better when microsoft started tormenting the users of win11 instead of win10, and now that windows update doesn't bring new catastrophes and unexpected reboot, the OS is finally not interfering with usage anymore.

I still get a full-screen "Upgrade to Windows 11" popup before I can get to the desktop every month or so when I start my Windows 10 machine.

Re: Windows 11 users are tired of MS account requirements creeping into everything

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Post by seethishat »

daemin wrote: post #296

One thing I disagree with the article about is that drives should not be encrypted by default. For the vast majority of people an encrypted drive is just data loss lying in wait. I prefer to use non-encrypted drives so I have the option of popping out the disk and reading it from another system with ease, which also means that I can recover files from drives of otherwise dead systems just as easily. This is a trade o…

It's really about personal privacy. Your computer is likely to be stolen and sold. If you don't want others reading your email, viewing your pictures, seeing your tax returns, etc. then you should encrypt the drive.

I call this "The Pawn Shop Threat Model" ;)

And, IME it is likely to happen.

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Post by madduci »

krige wrote: post #201
madduci wrote: post #86

Windows has reached the point where it deserves only to run in a virtual machine for some needs. Otherwise leave it behind and move on to Linux, BSD or whatever doesn't require a cloud account to work

Linux hasn't reached the point where it can be the main driver, not for my usecases. Everything works until very suddenly it doesn't and there's no budging.

Interesting. what kind if applications are challenging you?

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Post by recursive-call »

smallnix wrote: post #305
daemin wrote: post #296

One thing I disagree with the article about is that drives should not be encrypted by default. For the vast majority of people an encrypted drive is just data loss lying in wait. I prefer to use non-encrypted drives so I have the option of popping out the disk and reading it from another system with ease, which also means that I can recover files from drives of otherwise dead systems just as easily. This is a trade o…

> popping out the disk and reading it from another system The vast majority of people don't know that this is an option or how to do it.

plus, my first windows machine went through a botched windows update and got stuck in an encryption key doom loop. now matter how many times i entered the key, it won’t let me into the computer. had to take it to the shop (tbf it had a lot of other issues too). when i got a new one the first thing i did was turn off encryption

Re: Windows 11 users are tired of MS account requirements creeping into everything

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Post by kgwxd »

cm2187 wrote: post #119

I enjoy windows 10 hugely now that it is out of support. It became way better when microsoft started tormenting the users of win11 instead of win10, and now that windows update doesn't bring new catastrophes and unexpected reboot, the OS is finally not interfering with usage anymore.

Windows 10 wouldn't let me run Minecraft because the OS was out of support. I upgraded to 11, and it wouldn't let me run without logging into the OS Store, in addition to Minecraft. I removed my Windows partition completely. I run MC on Linux now.
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