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I may switch to linux full time in the event that I get a new PC since it looks like it's starting to become better supported (that and I really want a steam deck). I legit have done some poweruser type shit before when I used the registry editor to disable copilot, so it would be right up my alley. if only that tumor of a feature weren't hard coded into win11
Oh man, I remember the days, probably getting close to 20 years ago now, when I also had programs installing themselves into my computer that I didn't authorize myself. I thank the efforts of the Linux inventors, engineers, and the community, for making my life better ever since the switch.
The Snip tool is moving!
Windows asked me what app I wanted to open a .jpeg with last week.... Just fucking pick one, it's a jpeg.
windows also occasionally has stokes like media player thinking for a solid 5s and deciding it's unable that file format (mp3), but then you close it and try again and a miracle! it opens
Funny you say that. I never touch media player because vlc exists but on my work pc I tried to play a video file someone sent me from their iPhone and it defaulted to media player which promptly demanded I pay 4$ for a codec. I just closed it and opened the video in vlc instead. I could understand not including codecs for some weird formats but it was a fucking iPhone video.
i use media player when i need to listen to 20 barely different background drone sounds to pick one from as it opens the fastest (apart from the times when it doesn't)
but yeah to open anything that is a """strange""" codec i use VLC too
Yup and iPhones use a patented codec (HEVC) by default. No care for compatibility.
Yeah I don't care about the reason. They're making more money than God. They can figure it out.
You got it
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Wordpad has been depreciated. Please purchase Microsoft wordpad365™
Big-micro soft-brain move.
It's prob not even the first time they did it.
If you think that is pointless, remember that whenever a program closed unexpectedly, Windows would offer to "find a solution online". I have never seen that shit work in my life
Windows troubleshooter has never fixed a single problem for me.
It can reset a network adapter but that the only time I've seen it do anything useful
Yeah but its usually faster just to reboot the machine instead of letting it dick around with itself.
Now with SSDs it is but back in the day it took approximately 3 businesses days for my gaming rig to boot up.
It's been surprisingly decent for audio issues for me. Often the scan for audio devices kickstarts some devices back into the land of the living.
yeah, it seems to only work for those https://old.reddit.com/r/iiiiiiitttttttttttt/comments/hakc3t/in_25_years_of_life_this_is_the_first_time_i_have/ it wont let me post a screenshot.
Never since after Win 7 fir me.
Yeah in XP that troubleshooter actually helped me with figuring out things like "dude you did not connect the device you're trying to find" or "yes there is no internet connecting due to this setting being wrong".
And then in some OS Version it suddenly completely useless.
They'll implement copilot into it soon. Don't worry.
Initially, with Win 7, it felt even better than XP, as it applied the fixes itself and also showed a log of the fixes it made. Wonder why MS thought it would be a good idea to go in the opposite direction.
Look what they get in return? I totally off of it, now.
I recently discovered windows actually has a set of far more specific troubleshooters which actually provide useful information about a problem but you have to dig around in legacy settings to find them.
you have to dig around in legacy settings
Windows can still be made into a tolerable usable OS, but it basically requires a minimum of 20 years of knowledge about where the legacy control panels, settings, and secret reg keys are hidden. Every new version obfuscates them even more and yet they are no closer to feature parity with the 'modern' control panels that barely work at all.