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    For what it’s worth, my KDE file browser would freeze up when I had a WebDav network drive to a server that went offline, not exactly elegant either, just opening my home folder and randomly after a second or two …… all software can bug in bad ways.

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    Microsoft, you already got me to leave Windows, you don’t have to keep sending me reminders, I wasn’t at risk of wanting to come back…

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    4 hours ago

    You know I never really thought about it but do you think the spying tools these companies provide ever fail like the way their other products do?

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    IT has been an interesting ride the last two months, encountering some of the weirdest bugs I’ve ever seen, after two decades of Windows working just fine for the most part.

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    4 hours ago

    When do I get a calendar on my systray or whatever they call it on my other monitor?

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    7 hours ago

    Microsoft says that it is working on a fix but, for now, has provided a couple of workarounds to deal with the issue

    Install Linux.

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    What kind of idiots create a program that says, “Outlook failed to load. Repair application?” when the only problem is the wifi is disconnected?

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      The problem is that someone decided to dumb down the error message to not scare users, instead of passing on the real error code from the application that people could Google and fix in 5 mins themselves.

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        It’s like this with a blue screen. You used to tell you what went wrong but now it just shows a :-( Which is pathetic.

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        Dumb downed? They’ve taken a simple error and made it into something that does scare users. The “Repair application?” was far more alarming to my visiting friend than an “No Internet connection” would have been. It is astounding that any company would put out such complete shit.

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          Imagine they removed the oil, engine and fuel lamps, and then while driving:

          Car Malfunctioning. Attempt Repair?

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            6 hours ago

            Sorry, your subscription to CarRepair has expired. Would you like to renew for $29.99 recurring monthly and allow your car to start again? Clippy can wait forever and even has tips about roadside engine repair!*

            *tips included with paid subscription

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    Why does File Explorer freeze just because I opened it?!?

    Every time???

    How do they mess this up so bad?

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      I went back to Win10 at work because file explorer on Win11 was unusable. I’m not waiting a half second every single time I enter a subfolder.

      and even worse in a OneDrive directory, often a full two seconds

      that wasn’t the only issue, but it legitimately prevented me from being able to do my job, because I needed to be able to multitask on several projects at once. what used to be a two minute turnaround on a question somebody would ask me became hours, simply because I could not navigate to a directory in fifteen seconds and check a file quickly. and oh god the file explorer crashes

      unfortunately I still deal with a bunch of that on Win10 now, because they somehow introduced that behaviour with greater frequency into Win10 in the past year

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        File explorer has always been a weak point in Windows, it just got better in the later versions. Which speaks volumes about this OS too.

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        It’s amazing how a second or 5 at so many levels causes micro-frustration. And it builds up, too.

        I admit I lose just a bit of my shit when the neu web-service web-apps get sluggish, which seems to be very often. Those of us who remember the halcyon days where things were responsive on a pentium know better than to accept the current mess.

        My tolerance for the poor performance and saas-linked core services is rapidly waning.

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          The scariest part is how the general population just accepts how bad Windows is, because they don’t have a concept of what a decent piece of software looks like. They just assume that they hate computers but are simply forced to tolerate it to do their job.

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        I’m so glad I blocked all the updates from MS on mydesktopm. It’s a nice stop gap until I get moved to linux

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        I have that problem on my son’s pc. It’s definitely an io issue. A faster disk would solve the problem.

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    Some anecdotal evidence, but when I boot into my W11 install for certain online games, I have none of these issues mentioned. My 11 IoT Enterprise LTSC + StartAllBack setup- knocks on wood- continues to be bullet proof. For anyone who still needs Windows, I highly recommend it.

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      I’ve only been supporting Enterprise for a while, but for me Win 11 is just Win 10 with more graphical overhead, and a start menu coded with React for some goddamn reason, because it’s fun to gamble as to how many seconds it will take to pull up the start menu this time.

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      7 hours ago

      I have zero issues with Win11, but if I state that, lemmy tells me to go fuck myself.

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    Man, I have 3 windows 11 desktops and a laptop. Sometime in the last month all of their edge browsers became “managed by my organization”… they’re all personal computers with no work info on them. And I can’t undo it. I’ve tried every trick on the internet. Fuck MS.

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      Did you use ShutUp10 or something similar? It says that when settings are changed via registry/group policy. It doesn’t actually have anything to do with your work.

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    We have finally gotten rid of Windows on all PCs in our house this week and my partner has taken the plunge. Even with a little faff he says he is never going back lol.