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No I don't want to turn on Windows Backup with One Drive

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Re: No I don't want to turn on Windows Backup with One Drive

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Post by barbs »

delusional wrote: post #208
bigyabai wrote: post #93

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It is very serious. I love the way Catalina and Mojave looks; dark mode or light mode, it just screams "professional" at the top of it's lungs. Big Sur is, somehow, the exact opposite. Corners are rounded off as if they could hurt someone, and margins are padded more than a cell in solitary confinement. Space is wasted everywhere. It's Fischer-Price design philosophy and I'm hardly the only one to point it out. In a…

> Space is wasted everywhere. Sure, that's a reasonable technical criticism. Wasted screen space is, in my opinion, an issue in modern interface design trends. Good design uses space in a thoughtful manner. The designers of macOS clearly don't agree with us, but we can have a reasonable technical discussion about that. We can consult the data. We can consult the users. > It's Fischer-Price design philosophy You're mi…

It objectively does feel like a toy with those rounded corners though. How do you know Fischer-Price wasn't consulted?

Re: No I don't want to turn on Windows Backup with One Drive

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Post by Tepix »

Viliam1234 wrote: post #197
brirec wrote: post #41

> Do you think Microsoft understands consent? > ( ) Yes > (•) Remind me in 3 days

That's already an improvement over having the first option selected by default.

Probably not voluntary - it's because preselecting the yes option is violating european laws.

Re: No I don't want to turn on Windows Backup with One Drive

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Post by queenkjuul »

nokeya wrote: post #109
shmerl wrote: post #50

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I wouldn't recommend Mint. Better use something with recent KDE Plasma and recent kernel and Mesa for best Wayland experience. Especially speaking of playing games, I periodically see newcomer Linux gamers hitting problems due to Mint being outdated and not having good Wayland support. Especially for any kind of recent hardware.

Any examples of “something with recent kde”? I have Ubuntu currently, wanted to switch to the Mint, now want to hear more opinions

I use mint's cinnamon UI on Ubuntu. It's by far my favorite desktop, but yeah Mint's main packages are too far out of date usually.

Re: No I don't want to turn on Windows Backup with One Drive

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Post by GeekyBear »

izacus wrote: post #186
GeekyBear wrote: post #51

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On MacOS, you still get local user accounts and Apple's optional online features are still optional. Microsoft is using all the levers at their disposal to force users to use online Microsoft accounts to log onto their local computer and even turn on formerly optional features like One Drive. My assumption is that Microsoft is using their access to user data to build up everyone's advertising profile, and forcing you…

Why is your assumption for Microsoft different from Apple?

If Microsoft was worried about serving the needs of end users, wouldn't they offer free customer service like Apple does?

Re: No I don't want to turn on Windows Backup with One Drive

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Post by vee-kay »

a022311 wrote: post #229

Back when I was using Windows, I had enabled this feature too (before I knew much about privacy) and when I finally decided to get rid of it, I remember consistently failing to disable OneDrive. I would log out, uninstall the app and then try to move my Desktop folder out of "OneDrive" in my home directory and next boot I'd have 2 folders again (with the "OneDrive" one being used, of course). I ended up reinstalling…

You can disable OneDrive using App locker.

Applocker can help prevent users from running unwanted software (including DLLs and scripts).

AppLocker is included with all editions of Windows except Windows 10 version 1809 or earlier.

However, AppLocker requires Local Security Policy, which isn't available in Home edition of Windows, but it can be installed easily for free.

https://www.thewindowsclub.com/local-security-policy-missing...

Here's how to use AppLocker to block an unwanted app:

https://www.tenforums.com/tutorials/124008-use-applocker-all...

Re: No I don't want to turn on Windows Backup with One Drive

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Post by a022311 »

vee-kay wrote: post #2

Instead of Windows Backup (which relies on M$ OneDrive), you can enable (in Control panel settings) and use Windows File History. File History is a backup feature in Windows that automatically saves copies of your files from specific folders, like Documents and Pictures, to an external drive or network location. It allows you to restore previous versions of your files if they are lost or damaged. To enable File Histo…

I've used this for a few months and it ended up taking too much space and was quite fragile in my experience.

Even with this and OneDrive enabled, I managed to lose years of family photos when trying to free up space thinking "oh I've got this backed up" and then thinking the same when freeing up space when deleting my backup. I wish Windows could be less confusing...

Re: No I don't want to turn on Windows Backup with One Drive

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Post by happymellon »

bonoboTP wrote: post #158
smileson2 wrote: post #139

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Face the facts your dad isn't as important as KPIs tied to one drive and 365 subscription numbers, don't blame the PM for making Microsoft money lol It's not even something you have to "fix" just pay and enjoy

It seems that after the 90s/00s MS hate, there was a period where MS was seen as the good guys, and "this isn't the same MS" etc. Seems to be turning around again.

I never got the "this isn't the same Microsoft" talk. Usually used to shut down anyone's complaints about bad or deceptive behaviour. Not the same Microsoft, so this time must be a mistake!

Except they were still claiming to love Linux whilst paying off government officials to hurt adoption amongst other deceptive behaviour.

Re: No I don't want to turn on Windows Backup with One Drive

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Post by tombert »

9x39 wrote: post #214
tombert wrote: post #206

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The fact that it's 2025 and there's no legitimate way to run a live USB with Windows baffles me. In the case of my mom's computer rescue, as far as I can tell, literally the only legal way to recover my mom's Windows NTFS drive contents was to use Linux . I had to use Linux to fix Microsoft's incompetence. I am quite confident that my mom would mostly be fine with Linux Mint on this computer; 99% of what she does on…

Yeah, Proton and Wine seem perfect for gaming, but I have never seen someone get Office right. That might be an audience difference or perhaps MS deliberately frustrates that attempt. You could try 11 IOT LTSC[1] which is super-stripped down like an appliance. Set a few GPOs, get her files synced, set remote access. You could even do something like DeepFreeze if she's prone to clicking on the wrong thing. Restricting…

I'm not sure my mom even does anything that the browser Office won't do; she uses Excel heavily but she's not using any advanced formulas or VBA or anything, and her use of Microsoft Word is generally using pretty basic formatting. Honestly I don't think that she does anything that can't easily be handled by Google Drive or OnlyOffice. That doesn't matter though; the web browser is a complete non-starter, and if it doesn't have the Microsoft Office branding she doesn't want to go for it.

This didn't used to bother me much, until Microsoft decided it would be best to brick her computer because the people who run Windows Update don't know what they're doing. The one job of Windows Update is to not break shit, and they've proven incapable of that. Whomever works on it should be embarrassed for working on one of the most consistently hated pieces of technology know to humanity.

I thought about using one of those appliance releases of Windows, but I also don't really want to LARP as a Windows Sysadmin, especially since I don't even have a Windows computer in my house. If I were to somehow convince her to use Linux, there would be "security via ignorance"; she doesn't know anything about how to use Linux so she wouldn't do much outside of the easy, relatively safe path, and if she did break it then it would be much easier for me to log in and fix it with tmate or Tailscale + SSH.

Re: No I don't want to turn on Windows Backup with One Drive

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Post by IshKebab »

badsectoracula wrote: post #12

May i suggest some solutions? :-P -> https://endof10.org/ (it has a map with people who can help install Linux) -> https://www.opensuse.org/ (what i'm using on my PCs, works fine for the most part[0]) -> https://www.linuxmint.com/ (people seem to like this) -> https://bazzite.gg/ (seems to be popular with gamers) -> https://www.debian.org/ (almost everything is based on this :-P) [0] for the most part because nothing…

The best solution is Windows IoT LTSC. It has none of this crap and you also don't have to deal with Linux's crap.

Re: No I don't want to turn on Windows Backup with One Drive

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Post by a022311 »

vee-kay wrote: post #177
skeeter2020 wrote: post #144

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W10 is actually still the majority of windows versions. You can get 1 year extended support by switching to an online admin login & syncing to ONeDrive or buying it (with $ or MS points - whatever that is) and businesses can by 3 x1 year of escalating priced support. Support for win10 ends on Tuesday (oct 14)! I know all this because my desktop that can easily run triple-A video games isn't good enough (secure boot)…

Then you'll be glad to know that you can bypass the TPM2.0 (Secure Boot) check that Win11 installation requires. https://www.tomshardware.com/how-to/bypass-windows-11-tpm-re... https://gist.github.com/asheroto/5087d2a38b311b0c92be2a4f23f... So you can upgrade to Win11 even on an older PC. No need to pay through the nose for extended Win10 Support. But in my personal experience, Win10 runs better on older PCs than Win…

Yeah you can run Windows 11 on most Windows 10 machines, but in exchange for "better security" you get a bloated interface that just bogs down your perfectly fine computer. Windows as a platform has so many security holes that I think the chances of getting pwned by a very specific Windows 10-only exploit are realistically zero.
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