I hate Windows 10
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GasBandit
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I know a good number of people still on 7.
Nobody wants to stay on 8. They either go back to 7, or up to 10.
I have a PC that can run Win8 but can't (officially) run WinX.
I might try to make it dual-boot, but there are no guarantees.
--Patrick
Windows 10 just decided to update my graphics driver.
...with a version that is incompatible with the interface.
...while I was playing a video game.
...during what I have designated as "active hours."
I can think of very few ways Windows could have screwed this up worse.
(Also update to the previous post -- I did make it dual-boot 8/X)
--Patrick
...with a version that is incompatible with the interface.
...while I was playing a video game.
...during what I have designated as "active hours."
I can think of very few ways Windows could have screwed this up worse.
(Also update to the previous post -- I did make it dual-boot 8/X)
--Patrick
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Looks like people may hate WinXI (I shall henceforth pronounce it as "Winksy") even more than they do X.
www.techradar.com
--Patrick
Windows 11 may not be as popular as Microsoft had hoped
The adoption of Windows 11 is tailing off, for now
www.techradar.com
--Patrick
Not having Directx12 access would be really painful for me.
GasBandit
Staff member
What games require DX12?
Cyberpunk 2077 comes to mind.
Microsoft did release a version of DX12 for Win7x64 SP1. It does have a few limitations, though.
--Patrick
I oscillate between "winksy" and "winzi".
Just FYI the other side of the divide isn't faring much better, since macOS Ventura has also moved everything around (and even removed a few things).
It's a very tumultuous time in the tech support world. Have not had to deal with any Win11-specific silliness. Yet. But I'm sure it's coming.
Oh and I know this is supposed to be the "Windows 10" thread but anyway...
Windows 11 runs on fewer than 1 in 6 PCs
Statcounter says Number 10 is still Number 1 in the Windows world
www.theregister.com
I'm typing this on a computer I assembled in Spring of 2022 made of parts current to Spring of 2022 (excepting the RX580 GPU because fuck scalpers) and which Windows Update says, "This PC doesn't currently meet the minimum system requirements to run Windows 11." What was I supposed to do, Microsoft? Build my computer out of parts that haven't even been released yet?
--Patrick
This is why windows 10 will likely be the last Microsoft operating system I useJust FYI the other side of the divide isn't faring much better, since macOS Ventura has also moved everything around (and even removed a few things).
It's a very tumultuous time in the tech support world. Have not had to deal with any Win11-specific silliness. Yet. But I'm sure it's coming.
Oh and I know this is supposed to be the "Windows 10" thread but anyway...
Windows 11 runs on fewer than 1 in 6 PCs
Statcounter says Number 10 is still Number 1 in the Windows world
I'm typing this on a computer I assembled in Spring of 2022 made of parts current to Spring of 2022 (excepting the RX580 GPU because fuck scalpers) and which Windows Update says, "This PC doesn't currently meet the minimum system requirements to run Windows 11." What was I supposed to do, Microsoft? Build my computer out of parts that haven't even been released yet?
--Patrick
How much I'm enjoying SteamOS and Linux in general makes me wonder why Microsoft isn't trying harder to be more user friendly because why would I ever choose windows 11 over this?
Since Windows 11 requires* the use of a TPM, unless you're willing to sign "ownership" of your computer over to Microsoft, it'll be the last Microsoft operating system you CAN use.
--Patrick
*by default, at least.
Windows 10, version 22H2
View announcements and review known issues and fixes for Windows 10, version 22H2
learn.microsoft.com
ASK ME HOW I SPENT MY EVENING TONIGHT
(fortunately was on Cranky's computer, and not my own)
--Patrick
Not really.
I mean, if your machine isn't affected, then it won't be affected. Otherwise, might want to have a USB installer set up and ready to go.
--Patrick
Just in case anyone else wasn't aware (like me!), Microsoft has announced they are going to stop selling Windows 10 licenses to end users as of January 31st of this year. System integrators and other OEMs will still be able to get their good ol' OEM licenses, but YOU will no longer be able to buy your own copy of Windows directly from Microsoft to upgrade your freshly-built or existing machine after Jan 31st of this year. Microsoft has pledged to support Windows 10 until at least October of 2025, though, so there's that.
--Patrick
--Patrick
Ok so we've had discussions about how Windows 11 requires the use of a TPM (and a v2.x TPM, to boot. None of this v1.x BS) before it will even let you install it. The reason for this is that they say the TPM creates a hardware root of trust, a bulwark of firmware-level security at the foundation of everything Windows 11 does to keep everything secure, and...
www.techspot.com
--Patrick
Two security flaws in the TPM 2.0 specs put cryptographic keys at risk
Security researchers recently discovered a couple of flaws in the Trusted Platform Module (TPM) 2.0 reference library specification, two dangerous buffer overflow vulnerabilities that could potentially impact...
www.techspot.com
...uh-oh.
--Patrick
Microsoft has also just announced that Windows 10 Version 22H2 (released November 2022) will be the last version of Windows 10, and it will get no more feature updates, only security updates, until its prescheduled retirement date three whole years later in October of 2025 and if you don't like it tough go buy a Win11 machine.
--Patrick
FTFY. I've got to give it to valve and the steam deck, using Linux as my gaming OS has really showed me the benefits of moving to an open source OS alternative away from the grubby mitts of Microsoft and the like, and Microsoft is making it more and more appealing themselves.
I'm seriously looking at setting one up full-time now, just so I'll be ready.
It might only be a VM to start with, but come 2025 we'll see just how far down the Phoronix rabbit hole I've gone.
--Patrick
Microsoft-signed “BGAUpsell.exe” pushes Bing on Windows and Chrome users
Pop-up isn’t just a notification, runs as separate .exe in Windows 10 and 11.
arstechnica.com
--Patrick