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From: candycanearter07 <candycanearter07@candycanearter07.nomail.afraid>
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Subject: Re: My 138 $ Amazon order ( for 6pm today ).
Date: Thu, 9 May 2024 17:10:07 -0000 (UTC)
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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:
>>>>
>>>>> 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.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> I also thought that was true (as of Win11), but I found out it's not.
>>>>
>>>> Last night I screwed up my Win11 Pro install, bad, by stopping the 
>>>> wrong services.  Had no system restore points, so ended up reinstalling.
>>>>
>>>> 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'.
>>>>
>>>> Then you don't have to enter a MS email - you can use whatever 
>>>> email/domain you want to continue the install.
>>>>
>>>> Problem solved!
>>>>
>>>> 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.
>>>>
>>>> Googled and found this solution:
>>>>
>>>> https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/answers/questions/1367032/in-my-windows-11-virus-and-threat-protection-missi
>>>>
>>>> Add a simple Registry key and it's fixed.
>>>>
>>>> https://imgur.com/a/G7HZ7Lm
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> 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).
>>>
>>> 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.
>
> 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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