Re: My 138 $ Amazon order ( for 6pm today ).

Andrzej Matuch <andrzej@matu.ch> wrote at 17:13 this Wednesday (GMT):

On 2024-05-08 12:04 p.m., DFS wrote:

On 5/8/2024 11:42 AM, Andrzej Matuch wrote:

On 2024-05-08 10:14 a.m., DFS wrote:

On 5/3/2024 5:05 AM, Andrzej Matuch wrote:
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The mere fact that it is no longer possible to install Windows
without being forced to enter a Microsoft account speaks volumes
about where the tech world is going.

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I also thought that was true (as of Win11), but I found out it's not.
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Last night I screwed up my Win11 Pro install, bad, by stopping the
wrong services.  Had no system restore points, so ended up reinstalling.
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During the reinstall, instead of choosing 'This PC will be used at
home' or whatever it says, choose the other option 'To be used at work'.
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Then you don't have to enter a MS email - you can use whatever
email/domain you want to continue the install.
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Problem solved!
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But it caused a new problem:  under Windows Security | Virus & threat
protection it said 'Action needed'.  When I clicked, it said to
contact the IT Adminstrator for your company.
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Googled and found this solution:
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https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/answers/questions/1367032/in-my-windows-11-virus-and-threat-protection-missi
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Add a simple Registry key and it's fixed.
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https://imgur.com/a/G7HZ7Lm
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This is less trouble than using an MS email to install, then going
back and changing your user profile (because the user profile is
named with the first 5 letters of the MS email acct).

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So, we're still jumping through hoops to get the system to work the
way we want it to. It's quite annoying.

 
It is.  It happened because I chose to install the system as part of a
corporate network, and "the corp" controls security settings.  Install
it for home use and that doesn't happen (but then you have to phone home
with an MS email).
 
 
At least Windows doesn't display non-working app menu items, as Linux
used to do a LOT.  Click them and nothing happens.  Resolving them was
FAR more troublesome than the Registry fix I showed.

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I'll be the first to admit that as much as I like using Linux and the
ideas behind it, I had to stop using it as a result of the lack of
polish. Ubuntu is better because they at least make an attempt to
provide is as a serious alternative for corporate environments. It,
Fedora and openSUSE are the only ones with polish, but the latter two
are slaves to the homosexual agenda.

Fair.. there is a lot of style inconsistency. It doesn't bother me as
much, but its definitely there.
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