Kendo 2 Posted July 10 Posted July 10 On 6/19/2025 at 5:10 AM, Doublezero said: There are problems with Windows updates bricking PCs overseas. We're using a licensed 2017 UK version of Windows 10 at the shop (back from when we were doing work for Northsea Oil and SaudiAramco). If anything weird happens I'll post it here. Quote
bjornk Posted August 29 Posted August 29 On 8/20/2025 at 3:37 AM, Doublezero said: LOL. Heard that quite a few morons who not only use this spyware OS but also want to keep it up-to-date have already the bricked their SSDs with this update and are now unable to even see the drive, let alone recover their files. On top of that both M$ and Phison apparently are currently in denial mode. How so very "Millennial"! Ahahaha! Certainly wasn't the first time a Windows 1x update broke or brick something, but of course no one's going to learn anything from this again... To people still using Windows 1x, don't blame anyone, this is precisely the OS you DESERVE... 1 Quote
Doublezero Posted August 30 Author Posted August 30 People in the YouTube comments were downplaying this yesterday. 1 1 Quote
Doublezero Posted October 3 Author Posted October 3 Imagine creating an operating system so unpopular that people in Asian countries are upgrading to Windows 7. Quote
ritualclarity Posted October 4 Posted October 4 6 hours ago, Doublezero said: Imagine creating an operating system so unpopular that people in Asian countries are upgrading to Windows 7. Quote
Doublezero Posted October 4 Author Posted October 4 15 hours ago, ritualclarity said: He only performed a basic analysis of the StatCounter data. From what I've seen, the majority of Windows 7's market share gains are in Japan and Germany. It would be hilarious if people were really going back to Windows 7 instead of 11, and I could see Microsoft going after websites that host Windows ISOs. Of course, this assumes that the StatCounter data is correct. Quote
Doublezero Posted October 9 Author Posted October 9 I'll stop using computers long before I install Windows 11 on one. Quote
ritualclarity Posted October 9 Posted October 9 There is new bullshit happeing now. I am getting a warning about windoze being outdated and giving a countdown. Now if that happened on the actual windoze computer that would be one thing but it is happening on a windoze 11 computer. A WINDOWS 11 computer. Now lets fill in some background. This is a work computer. At work they have NO WINDOWS 10 MACHINES. Get that. So it can't be that they are seeing my computer and knowing there is a windows 10 machine on the system. There aren't any. I had to shut that down mutiple times today when I opened anything related to microsoft. (I believe mostly Outlook) for work. A blue bar across the top that messes with the information and other stuff. You have to address it if you want full control and get to business. Seriously, they need to go out of business and their source code released so that other operatiing systems that respect people can access it and make it compatable for older windoze software. 1 Quote
ritualclarity Posted October 13 Posted October 13 This just shows that Microsoft is a company that shouldn't be around anymore. A decent company would have an extension for Windoze 10 so that people that they can then update their computers. I personably like Ventoy. ( I haven't used it for Window install ... yet, but it works well with Linux and tools. There is no reason it wouldn't work for Windoze) I have used Rufus as well (but again not for Widoze) and it worked for all sorts of tools and operating systems. They all pretty much work the same and shouldn't have a problem. I mention that a decent company would just make an extension until a solid fix was done as they 1. want you to use their tool and 2. they are forcing an upgrade for a functional system. A system by the way that you can still continue to use after the discontinuation as they have security updates. Security updates that they can give if they weren't assholes and greedy mother fuc*ers. Let's keep in mind that many that use Windows. Correction, many that RELY on Windoze daily don't have the skills to fool around with this . This makes this occurrence extremely stressful. There have been some people that I have met that asked me to install Linux on their perfectly fine working Windoze computers due to all this stress and . I denied them doing it because it isn't just an installation. If they run into an issue, and they can't even install an alternate OS, they are screwed. Of course, I offered to help them through the process and provided various YouTube videos for this as well as sources of information. Even that, with me as a source to help, stressed them out so much that they said F**k it. All that Windoze is doing is screwing up those in most need for basic easy reliable computing. (Yes, I am spelling Windows as Windoze. .) Quote
ritualclarity Posted October 13 Posted October 13 With the upcoming death of windoze 10 how about a flash back Back to when Microsoft tried to make their computers as compatible as possible. I never upgraded my i386 to Windoze 95. It was too expensive and didn't make sense for me. Quote
ritualclarity Posted October 17 Posted October 17 My entire LInux laptop FEELS FASTER. This is even on a old Windoze 10 machine that wouldn't qualify for even the minimum of Windoze 11 Quote
KHL Posted yesterday at 06:15 PM Posted yesterday at 06:15 PM (edited) On 10/13/2025 at 10:01 AM, ritualclarity said: A decent company would have an extension for Windoze 10 so that people that they can then update their computers. They do. But they don't make it apparent and you have to pay for it. BTW, I read recently that security updates will continue through 2028. Not sure if that's true or not. Just won't see any new features and whatnot. I've considered a Linux alternative many times. But it's hard enough to mod some games on Win OS already and I hate the idea of a lot of extra work. Edited yesterday at 06:21 PM by KHL 1 Quote
ritualclarity Posted 23 hours ago Posted 23 hours ago 4 hours ago, KHL said: They do. But they don't make it apparent and you have to pay for it. BTW, I read recently that security updates will continue through 2028. Not sure if that's true or not. Just won't see any new features and whatnot. I've considered a Linux alternative many times. But it's hard enough to mod some games on Win OS already and I hate the idea of a lot of extra work. I meant that it should be free. Not paid. AS for Linux, There is no excuse not to start. You can use: 1. VM. Safe and effective. Need some added ram, but not as much as if you ran a Windows OS. 2. Dual boot (ideally with a second drive. Windows can fuck up the bootloader and make you have troubles) 3. Install Linux and then use Windows in a VM and "pass-through" the hardware such as graphics card, SSD hard drive, sound etc. 4. Dedicated Linux machine and dedicated windows (in this case gaming ) machine. Hardware to run most Linux is cheap. You don't need a lot. If you have an old Windows 10 machine, chances are it is plenty powerful enough to run most Linux OSs. 1. The first step is great for a noob. You can't screw up things badly. Worst case, delete the VM and reinstall it. If you have snapshots enabled. You can restore to the previous snapshot. 2. Is great for someone that is able and enjoys using Linux every day while still having full power when desired for either operating system. Drawback, you have to reboot the machine to get access to the other OS. Great if you only use Windows for gaming. When you finish your work and such on Linux, reboot to Windoze and have a fun time playing a game. Boot back to Linux to do more work. A second drive is easier to set up. Follow the many YouTube tutorials regarding this. This is great for someone that is more comfortable with Linux 3. You can install Linux in a powerful main machine and then install Windoze of your choice (or multiple ones) in a VM and pass-through the hardware needed to play the games. Graphics card, hard drive, sound etc. Then you can use both. Most VM have snapshots so you can create a snapshot and when something is done by Microsoft that borks the OS you can restore. NO need to image the OS or other crap. 4. This is for more power users. People that want 100% of the power for every second. "I h ave the power" as He Man states. This is two separate machines which one is pure Windows and the other is Pure Linux. This is also good as you will be able to keep everything 100% separate with no doubts (unless you share a central folder and access it from both machines. A "server" which is a different conversation which isn't covered here. TL;DR Install a Linux on your main machine in a VM to start. Get started and used to the way Linux does things. Commands etc. Then you can move later when you are more comfortable. I have a Linux, Chromebook, Windows gaming machine, Mac, (outdated not supported working on it likely will have Linux with KDE and GUI that looks like Mac .. Why? Because Why not? lol. Finally, a second Windows 11 machine so I can use it for some BS I don't want to do on my Gaming Machine. Each tool has its own purpose. Chromebook = Google ecosystem, Linux, main work including moderation and gaming sites., Windows gaming. = Duh, Windows gaming, Mac, = experimentation perhaps force an update to current Mac Os or Linux. A project machine, finally Windows 11 laptop. = for various bullshit that I don't care about but need Windows for. Shareware (questionable software etc.) Every one of thes machines besides the Windows 11 gaming machine was less than 200 dollars. One of them was less than 40 dollars to buy. YOu can get simple usable hardware to start linux (when you are ready) No reason to not do it. 1 Quote
ritualclarity Posted 22 hours ago Posted 22 hours ago 22 hours ago, Doublezero said: This just further validates my move to Linux that I have been working on for the past couple of years. Unfortunately I will still need a Window system for my gaming even with all the advancement in Bazzite OS and or all the tools to play Windows games it still is something I need even if it is only for games I like to mod (the tools are Windows based and I want to be 100% sure if it is my screw-up and not wonder if it is some glitch with the emulation etc. This, as well as online games that have no Linux equivalent. Of which there are a lot. I have been trying out software and growing my library of tools and software and commands for Linux making it even more enjoyable to use Linux as well as more efficient to do so. Quote
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