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"On systems with Secure Launch enabled, attempts to shut down, restart, or hibernate after applying the January patches may fail to complete."

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[–] rdri@lemmy.world 2 points 9 hours ago

Can confirm. Was stuck at "You're 0% there" screen for like 20 minutes. Then it "unfrozen" itself and rebooted just fine. But yeah I wish I had the time to move to Linux soon.

[–] JoeBigelow@lemmy.ca 4 points 11 hours ago (1 children)

I hate myself for enjoying Battlefield 6 enough at the moment to still be shackled to Windows. It's almost like have BF4 back again.

Please flame

[–] EonNShadow@pawb.social 2 points 8 hours ago

There are plenty of other shooters to enjoy over here, even Halo works and that just feels like it should be illegal

[–] DarkSideOfTheMoon@lemmy.world 14 points 18 hours ago

Everyday I am happier I’ve moved to Linux Mint on my personal computer and have macOS at work.

[–] Sam_Bass@lemmy.world 3 points 14 hours ago

Unplug the shit

[–] lechekaflan@lemmy.world 6 points 18 hours ago

Install Linux Problem Solved.

[–] Jaberw0cky@lemmy.world 22 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

All your computers will not respond to command until an agreement is reached for total US control of Greenland.. and Iceland. Farteched?

[–] FreddiesLantern@leminal.space 14 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Wtf kind of insanity is this? Run out of battery then asshole.

[–] Washedupcynic@lemmy.ca 3 points 16 hours ago

I was just thinking unplug the desktop.

[–] 1984@lemmy.today 17 points 1 day ago

Copilot created this patch with pride.

[–] merdaverse@lemmy.zip 33 points 1 day ago

I'm sure the patch was something super important like shoving more Microslop Copilot in your face, making Copilot OS even slower, and using Copilot to spy on you better

[–] Deestan@lemmy.world 199 points 1 day ago (22 children)

Instead of waiting a few more years for Linux to reach the level of ease-of-use needed to overtake Windows, MS is being sporty by moving the goal closer.

[–] Vinstaal0@feddit.nl 6 points 1 day ago

I find that a lot of stuff is easier on Linux. Like downloading and updating most software. Heck the official Minecraft launcher works better on Linux with multiple accounts than on Windows. Just try some distro’s out

[–] the_q@lemmy.zip 138 points 1 day ago (65 children)

Linux is currently easier to use than Windows. People who think otherwise are Windows users who think different equals worse.

[–] suicidaleggroll@lemmy.world 44 points 1 day ago (3 children)

Exactly. A lot of people seem to think that different = worse, or that not supporting the same software means it supports less software. I couldn't move to Windows right now because there is a ton of stuff I use Linux for that Windows has no alternative, or the alternatives are terrible. It works both ways.

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[–] Tollana1234567@lemmy.today 6 points 1 day ago

windows seems to be self-destructing , might be sooner than that.

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[–] VisionScout@lemmy.wtf 56 points 1 day ago

microslop patch

[–] iconic_admin@lemmy.world 68 points 1 day ago (5 children)

Be hard for it to stay on with no power cord/battery…

[–] starman2112@lemmy.world 26 points 1 day ago

Same as when my computer refuses to finish writing to a flash drive. When I press that "safely remove hardware" button, it is not a request, it is a warning. If the data is corrupted after I yank the stupid thing, so be it

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[–] anon_8675309@lemmy.world 25 points 1 day ago (1 children)
[–] M0oP0o@mander.xyz 19 points 1 day ago (2 children)

Looks like we are going back to the old days of the big switch

[–] brisk@aussie.zone 10 points 1 day ago (1 children)
[–] BanMe@lemmy.world 2 points 16 hours ago

VVVVRRRRRrrrrrrrrrrmmmmmmmwhhhhhuuuu

[–] Rooty@lemmy.world 9 points 1 day ago (2 children)

It made the most satisfying "clunk" sound 🤤

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[–] Quill7513@slrpnk.net 56 points 1 day ago (3 children)

the key is, from microsoft's perspective, you don't own your computer

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[–] Krompus@lemmy.world 70 points 1 day ago (6 children)

I just want to know why my Windows 10 laptop is waking up by itself in the middle of the night to apply updates it isn't supposed to have? What the fuck?!

[–] divingdonkey@sh.itjust.works 30 points 1 day ago (5 children)

Have a look at "wake timers", they might be at fault and need disabling

[–] tomiant@piefed.social 1 points 17 hours ago

You know, when an OS out of the box needs hours of disabling invasive bullshit on first boot, maybe the OS is kind of a problem.

I know switching isn't an alternative for all, hell, even disabling bullshit isn't possible for everyone but for those who can here's a script to manage the most blatant fuckery: 

https://github.com/Raphire/Win11Debloat.git

From the description: "A simple, lightweight PowerShell script to remove pre-installed apps, disable telemetry, as well as perform various other changes to customize, declutter and improve your Windows experience. Win11Debloat works for both Windows 10 and Windows 11."

HOW TO:

Go to link.

Click green download button > download .ZIP

Right click the downloaded file: choose extract all.

Open folder, double click Win11Debloat.ps1

Follow instructions.

Lord over family and friends about being a l33t h4ck3r.

It's well used and vetted. If you need help with instructions let me know in comments.

[–] Krompus@lemmy.world 30 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (4 children)

Thanks. It was set to Allow Important Only when plugged in, I've disabled it. This prevents me from using Wake-On-Lan, though, which is shitty. I fucking hate Windows.

[–] NoWeJustSellShoes@lemmynsfw.com 1 points 15 hours ago

You can enable hibernate in power settings too. I had to do that when "sleep" would literally just shut off my monitor and nothing else. Didn't even log out.

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[–] Damage@slrpnk.net 13 points 1 day ago (3 children)

You don't own proprietary software. When you allow it access to your computing resources, you can just hope it does what you want it to do, the way you want it to.

Sounds like a bonkers extremist position, and in a way it is, but it's also true.

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