Really pissed because about a year ago in february it upgraded without my informed consent and I never noticed until something else bad happened. You can only downgrade if you notice within a week.

It's real fuckin insidious, I had already reformatted my PC once too recently so I juuuust kinda toughed it out.

Anyways, they keep everything same-ish which prevents you from noticing they changed your whole OS which should be illegal.

[–] devtoolkit_api@discuss.tchncs.de 8 points 6 hours ago (1 children)

The fact that pressing spacebar during boot can accidentally upgrade your OS tells you everything about Microsoft's current priorities.

I accidentally "upgraded" a test machine by hitting Enter during a BIOS update prompt. The machine rebooted into Windows 11 setup, which then took 45 minutes and required a Microsoft account (or knowledge of the OOBE\BYPASSNRO trick).

If you want to block the upgrade permanently:

reg add "HKLM\SOFTWARE\Policies\Microsoft\Windows\WindowsUpdate" /v TargetReleaseVersion /t REG_DWORD /d 1 /f
reg add "HKLM\SOFTWARE\Policies\Microsoft\Windows\WindowsUpdate" /v TargetReleaseVersionInfo /t REG_SZ /d "22H2" /f

Or just install Linux and never worry about it again.

[–] beeb@lemmy.zip 2 points 4 hours ago

You misspelled Microslop

[–] Sharkticon@lemmy.zip 4 points 7 hours ago (1 children)

ITT: people giving unasked for advice to a comic on a comedic community because they simply cannot help themselves.

[–] zemo@lemmy.world 1 points 5 hours ago

Linux users aren't known for their impulse control.

[–] Goldmage263@sh.itjust.works 3 points 8 hours ago

Downgrade your PC to avoid having this issue. Follow me for more terrible tech tips you should never have to do in the first place.

[–] CheesyFox@lemmy.sdf.org 11 points 13 hours ago (1 children)

great opportunity to try out bazzite or cachyos :P

[–] Pollo_Jack@lemmy.world 1 points 9 hours ago (1 children)

Cachyos is top tier as a long time LTSC w10 guy.

[–] CheesyFox@lemmy.sdf.org 1 points 8 hours ago

yeah, after switching i found rolling release upstream arch derivatives (namely endeavor and cachy) to be the least confusing ones to work with on a pc

[–] remon@ani.social 44 points 17 hours ago (2 children)

"Your system does not support Windows 11".

Best error message I ever got!

[–] 1984@lemmy.today 23 points 15 hours ago

Or, windows 11 doesnt support my system. Not my problem.

[–] Agent641@lemmy.world 6 points 16 hours ago

You're goddamn right!

[–] Itdidnttrickledown@lemmy.world 20 points 18 hours ago

My boss at work told it to download thinking that he would have a choice to install in when he wanted. Now he understands what a virus is.

[–] HugeNerd@lemmy.ca 11 points 16 hours ago (1 children)

I have to use it, it's the corporate setup. Every day I envy plumbers who unclog toilets.

[–] Nomorereddit@lemmy.today 1 points 8 hours ago

Come for the pay, stay for the food.

[–] Cevilia@lemmy.blahaj.zone 59 points 23 hours ago (14 children)

Pro tip: If you must use Windows, pick Windows 10 IoT Enterprise LTSC 2021. Most things still run on it, and that baby's got no user-facing slop and five more years of support in it. Mass Grave dot dev.

[–] Randelung@lemmy.world 16 points 21 hours ago (2 children)

+1 massgrave. Got the extended support for my regular W10 pro. After that, it's going to be debian if - fingers crossed - nothing breaks. It's a 6700K build.

[–] Patrikvo@lemmy.zip 9 points 17 hours ago (1 children)

It’s a 6700K build.

That's hot, are you sure you hooked up the fans?

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[–] vivalapivo@lemmy.today 5 points 17 hours ago

Pro tip: If you must use Windows, pick lobotomy

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[–] saltnotsugar@lemmy.world 214 points 1 day ago (1 children)

[–] OwOarchist@pawb.social 78 points 1 day ago (1 children)

So many of these things just seem incredibly bizarre once you're used to Linux.

[–] Vlyn@lemmy.zip 6 points 17 hours ago* (last edited 17 hours ago) (8 children)

Until you do a dist-upgrade and random shit breaks (:

[–] firelizzard@programming.dev 2 points 10 hours ago

And that exact reason is why I use a distro with rolling updates

[–] FooBarrington@lemmy.world 10 points 17 hours ago

At least that's usually an honest mistake, instead of some managers trying to juice their numbers through dark patterns.

Unless, of course, you're using Ubuntu. Then it might also be a manager trying to juice their numbers.

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[–] SaharaMaleikuhm@feddit.org 23 points 23 hours ago (11 children)

Damn, that never happens on my Arch Linux install.

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