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Failed to connect to MySQL: (1203) User howardkn already has more than 'max_user_connections' active connectionsPath: ...!eternal-september.org!feeder3.eternal-september.org!news.eternal-september.org!.POSTED!not-for-mail From: RonB Newsgroups: comp.os.linux.advocacy Subject: Re: My 138 $ Amazon order ( for 6pm today ). Date: Sat, 4 May 2024 11:47:13 -0000 (UTC) Organization: A noiseless patient Spider Lines: 33 Message-ID: References: <99253jp12e1cppj2940cpkpl0cbg1og25i@4ax.com> <8ce53j11p4ik1vvjt4tr5cod0ikd90jor8@4ax.com> <6634d31c$0$6437$882e4bbb@reader.netnews.com> <8dea3jhm6dedgknid0qovts7r07a1isb32@4ax.com> <663562e9$0$2422126$882e4bbb@reader.netnews.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Injection-Date: Sat, 04 May 2024 13:47:13 +0200 (CEST) Injection-Info: dont-email.me; posting-host="cd0f65d9d581d320ef7c43a4783fcf43"; logging-data="1263416"; mail-complaints-to="abuse@eternal-september.org"; posting-account="U2FsdGVkX1+KwOFAmgGItBTRztt6BQYe" User-Agent: slrn/1.0.3 (Linux) Cancel-Lock: sha1:4jq/s+XGCmGTIkIOtLIxOQPD5f4= Bytes: 2984 On 2024-05-04, Simon wrote: > On 2024-05-03, Andrzej Matuch wrote: >> On 2024-05-03 3:26 p.m., chrisv wrote: >>> Andrzej Matuch wrote: >>> >>>> The mere fact that it is no longer possible to install >>>> Windows without being forced to enter a Microsoft account >>> >>> For the home version, and there's work-arounds for that, for the >>> motivated. >> >> The mere fact that you need to jump through hoops to do something which >> should be a direct option is disgusting. Some of us have a Pro license >> but, when we install, we do so by downloading the latest ISO from their >> web site so that we won't have to spend a few hours doing updates. That >> only affords us the option of installing the Home version; upgrades >> happen after the system has already been installed. As a result, you >> indeed have to log in. >> > I have installed Win11 in qemu to see what it is like and how easy it is to > bypass the online account requirement. I have to say the average person would > not know how to do it, even if they knew it was possible. It's just a checkbox if you use Rufus to create your live USB. https://www.tomshardware.com/how-to/install-windows-11-without-microsoft-account https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/d4Tio8eiu5Ns2sCCKYhMHi-970-80.png.webp -- [Self-centered, Woke] "pride is a life of self-destructive fakery, an entrapment to a false and self-created matrix of twisted unreality." "It was pride that changed angels into devils..." — St. Augustine