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YouTube is taking down videos on performing nonstandard Windows 11 installs

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Re: YouTube is taking down videos on performing nonstandard Windows 11 installs

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lelanthran wrote: post #343
Brett_Riverboat wrote: post #206

For those who care at the first setup screen instead of answering any of the questions press Shift + F10 CMD will open Type (no quotes) “net user Prefferedusername /add” (replacing Prefferedusername with the user name you wish to use) and press enter. Next type “net localgroup administrators Prefferedusername /add” and press enter. Next type “net user Prefferedusername /active:yes” and press enter. Next type “net use…

What is the singular goal of doing all that? Avoid online-only accounts?

Has Microsoft removed the option to disable Microsoft Accounts via the Group Policy Editor?

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abcd_f wrote: post #243
jonbiggums22 wrote: post #222

Earlier quoted context omitted.

According to this they still support windows 7 through extended support channel: https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/firefox-users-windows-7... Chrome dropped support two years ago or so.

"Firefox version 115 is the last supported Firefox version for users of Windows 7, Windows 8 and Windows 8.1." That's a version from over 2 years ago.

ESR version doesn't mean it has never received changes for 2 years.

Re: YouTube is taking down videos on performing nonstandard Windows 11 installs

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bodiekane wrote: post #411
SilverElfin wrote: post #398

YouTube and other large platforms should be regulated like public utilities. Otherwise the abuse will continue.

Regulations will just make it easier for the powerful incumbents to control what content the platforms are allowed to host. Deregulation is the solution here- get rid of DMCA and all the other laws that are used to bankrupt any competitor to YouTube, so that instead of a single video hosting site, we have tens, hundreds or thousands. The dream of the early web was that everything would be resistant to censorship and…

Regulation helps the people against the power. The power will already get it's way without regulation.

Re: YouTube is taking down videos on performing nonstandard Windows 11 installs

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Post by imiric »

1718627440 wrote: post #439
dylan604 wrote: post #334

Earlier quoted context omitted.

> People complain about how they hate to use the command line in Linux They do? How else does one use Linux if not via CLI? You mean those kiddies that like GNOME/KDE? pfffft, they're not "using" Linux. They're just using Linux to run other apps no different than using a ChromeBook

Unless you are somehow manually issuing syscalls, you aren't "using" Linux either. I guess you mostly use GNU/Linux.

... Or as I've recently taken to calling it, GNU plus Linux.

Re: YouTube is taking down videos on performing nonstandard Windows 11 installs

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Post by ceejayoz »

cwillu wrote: post #417
ceejayoz wrote: post #299

Earlier quoted context omitted.

In the early 2000s a newbie to our forums got computer advice to do something nasty to their BIOS. Months later they came back incandescent with anger. It happens.

And? Is your answer to “some people gave malicious advice on the internet” _really_ to outlaw giving _any_ advice on the internet?

No?

The poster upthread asserted it doesn't happen; I'm saying it does. I didn't propose a solution, and your proposal is clearly not acceptable.

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Post by bigyabai »

sgjohnson wrote: post #215

When the $699 MacBook launches, oh boy it's going to sell well.

People say this every time. There were people on HN who thought the M1 Macbook Air would permanently cannibalize PC market share, and basically nothing happened: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Market_share_of_personal_compu...

Re: YouTube is taking down videos on performing nonstandard Windows 11 installs

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Post by bigyabai »

jpalawaga wrote: post #302

One thing I do not understand about HN and other online tech communities is how much they hype up linux as some paragon of usability and ease of use, when it's just obviously not the case. "You don't need windows for gaming, 90% of games work on linux!" -- except the 10% that DON'T are all of the new, massive titles that people want to play. It's like saying "90% of the gears in the car work fine, just not 1st gear".…

> the 10% that DON'T are all of the new, massive titles

That's not true? Arc Raiders, arguably the most-hyped game of 2025, is day-one compatible with Linux devices. I played the Server Slam free weekend on my NixOS machine, clearly not all of the new massive titles are broken.

You can't abuse hyperbole like this while accusing other people of lying.

Re: YouTube is taking down videos on performing nonstandard Windows 11 installs

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Post by bigyabai »

Aleklart wrote: post #166
elsjaako wrote: post #135

Earlier quoted context omitted.

The videos being taken down here are about how to avoid: Windows requiring a Microsoft account to install, and Windows only being installable on compatable hardware. AFAIK an apple account isn't strictly required, but a lot of MacOS won't be functional without one. How is a Macbook better than Windows in these senses?

You can use mac, ipad and iphone without apple account at all. You can use app store without logging to icloud. You can install apps without app store. There is no nagging to use icloud after initial setup. There is no spyware and adware integrated into standard apps or OS itself. Apple does not sell user data.

> There is no spyware and adware integrated into standard apps or OS itself.

Are you sure? Senator Ron Wyden claimed that the US uses the Push Notification system for surveillance, and Apple never denied it: https://www.macrumors.com/2023/12/06/apple-governments-surve...

  "In this case, the federal government prohibited us from sharing any information," the company said in a statement. "Now that this method has become public we are updating our transparency reporting to detail these kinds of requests."
At the very least, there is a little bit of spyware integrated into the OS.

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Post by zzo38computer »

antiloper wrote: post #314

90% of software does run on Linux, but if the software you really care about/need for your job/need for your hobby doesn't, then it might as well be 0%. You are going to use Windows then.

In some cases, you might be able to find (or write) an alternative program (or modify an existing one to do what is needed). This is not always so easy, but sometimes it can be done, and it can sometimes be done better than the Windows version. (It is what I did with the one Windows program I did want to run on Linux.)

Re: YouTube is taking down videos on performing nonstandard Windows 11 installs

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Post by kuschku »

HKH2 wrote: post #236
AlienRobot wrote: post #174

Earlier quoted context omitted.

What do you want to do in GIMP that Krita can't do with a better UI?

Skew transform and other transforms. GIMP also has an excellent print interface. Krita doesn't have one at all.

> Skew transform and other transforms.

Krita has them both destructively, and non-destructively as transform layers. What is it you're missing?

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