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Microsoft has removed the “use offline account” option when installing Windows

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Re: Microsoft has removed the “use offline account” option when installing Windows

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Post by GordonS »

Stiju wrote: post #310
cabaalis wrote: post #29

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Visual Studio.

I've tried running Linux a couple of times before but Visual Studio is the reason I always go back to Windows. In my opinion there's no other IDE that's even close to VS.

Have you tried JetBrains Rider?

I've been using Visual Studio for many years, but it still needs the ReSharper plugin to be truely great. As much as I love VS, I've always found it to be a little buggy, and I grew tired of listening to my laptop fans whining constantly.

I switched to Rider, and I love it! It took a while to find a theme that worked for me, but I have it setup perfectly now. There is honestly very little it can't do that VS can, but that goes vice-versa too. I don't recall it crashing even once in all the time I've used it, and it uses far less CPU than VS.

Re: Microsoft has removed the “use offline account” option when installing Windows

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Post by FireBeyond »

fauigerzigerk wrote: post #490
fourfour3 wrote: post #400

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Except Apple have a lovely ‘Skip’ button at every step of the process. If you don’t want to use iCloud you’re not forced to by virtue of being internet connected, and there’s a clear option to not allow your iCloud account to be involved in auth or password resets.

Correct me if I'm wrong, but I don't think it's even possible to merge your iCloud account (Apple ID) with your Mac user account. Aren't these always separate identities? I thought what Microsoft is pushing people to do is to use a single identity for both their PC and their Microsoft account, just like Google does with Chrome Books. My concern with the single identity model is not just privacy. I worry that if somet…

> but I don't think it's even possible to merge your iCloud account (Apple ID) with your Mac user account. Aren't these always separate identities

And enforced as such - just like you cannot have your macOS password be the same as your Apple ID password.

Re: Microsoft has removed the “use offline account” option when installing Windows

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Post by dgzl »

proc0 wrote: post #556
mastazi wrote: post #63

This is incredibly bad. In general I have a positive opinion about what MS is doing lately, but Windows is a glaring exception, it’s getting worse and worse at an alarming rate. In the last two months we had two consecutive updates that broke basic functionality for users who disabled web results in Windows Search (which is a very common setting among those who care about privacy) https://www.zdnet.com/article/window…

Games is literally the only reason keeping me installing Windows. Hoping this changes with some viable alternative.

Are PC games that important?

Re: Microsoft has removed the “use offline account” option when installing Windows

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Post by FireBeyond »

AnonymousPlanet wrote: post #477
localhost wrote: post #83

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Just like Apple makes the iPhone a "Mobile computer as a service". It's a managed device that makes life much safer and easier for most people. There will likely always be the DIY solutions for folks who prefer that. And that's good too.

However, OP is not talking about a mobile device, but a PC. The PC is in the same device bracket as Macs. And Apple does not provide Macs "as computer as a service". Everything works with a local account. I don't even need to have an Apple ID. The OS also remembers your choice of disabling telemetry, without resetting it after the next update. Apple provides managed and unmanaged. Microsoft appears not to provide unm…

> Everything works with a local account. I don't even need to have an Apple ID.

Like App Store? Or are we talking about "for varying degrees of 'everything'"?

Re: Microsoft has removed the “use offline account” option when installing Windows

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Post by GordonS »

joewee wrote: post #288

Realized after buying a windows laptop you can’t get bitlocker or drive encryption without having a MS account or paying for pro. So security isn’t a feature, it’s a paid add-on.

VeraCrypt is a good alternative.

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Post by GordonS »

everyone wrote: post #178

@Everyone 'Windows 10 LTSB' is the true user-focused version of Windows 10. Its become one of my favourite OSes. It doesnt come with any shit on it (windows store, xboxlive, cortana etc etc.) MS have also promised It will not receive any updates that change its functionality but will receive security updates, for 10 years. You can only get it if u buy in bulk tho. Or, u can just get it from tpb.. Considering MS are i…

I think you can also get it if you have a Visual Studio subscription (previously called an MSDN subscription) or an Action Pack subscription. The Action Pack is incredible value, BTW.

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Post by imglorp »

samstave wrote: post #581
kchamplewski wrote: post #535

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Domain joining means connecting the machine to a Windows domain allowing domain user accounts to be used, and allowing for the domain to administer the machine. It's actually quite a helpful option to have, but it's completely absurd for the only way to create a local account to be via the domain join option.

Clearly, but that is something us sysads for decades get... You think that joe mechanic who just bought his daughter a new machine has any of this lexicon. Whomever is responsible for all of this bullshit at MS should be hit in the face with a shovel. Recently, and I’ve been in tech since 1997, I bought an office lic at Costco because I needed excel on a machine... You know what a pain in the ass it is to install off…

If don't need 100 pct of Excel's bazillion features, Libre Office is a decent alternative. It works with Excel files, doesn't need Windows (but it can run there), and doesn't nag you to join any clouds. And it's free. There's very few home users who actually need full Office.

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Post by kyberias »

klingonopera wrote: post #546
nikbackm wrote: post #538

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IoT Enterprise is basically the same as Enterprise LTBS.

From the link I posted above: "On the technical side, the Windows 10 IoT Enterprise LTSB is the same as the "normal" Windows 10 Enterprise LTSB. But: Not on the licensing term side." ...whatever's truly true and factual in this case, I don't know, but I'm simply pissed that there's ambiguity about this. And that's just one of the reasons I avoid Windows 10 like the plague.

There is no ambiguity. Just call your Microsoft license seller and get a quote.
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