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| From | Rich Alderson <news@alderson.users.panix.com> |
|---|---|
| Newsgroups | alt.folklore.computers |
| Subject | Re: Where did Microsoft go wrong? |
| Date | 2021-07-08 16:01 -0400 |
| Organization | PANIX Public Access Internet and UNIX, NYC |
| Message-ID | <mdd8s2gini3.fsf@panix5.panix.com> (permalink) |
| References | <rj0qk3$c7f$1@dont-email.me> <9f528c42-1925-40af-b6c0-79f378fa4473n@googlegroups.com> <b1fa225f-1f3b-4535-9c98-46b708ea1539n@googlegroups.com> <20210708113610.4d23ca5be0e19e433ecafb32@127.0.0.1> |
"Kerr-Mudd, John" <admin@127.0.0.1> writes:
> On Thu, 8 Jul 2021 01:01:50 -0700 (PDT)
> Robin Vowels <robin.vowels@gmail.com> wrote:
>> Lately, there's another update that pops up every week --
>> it says it has a whole lot of bells and whistles that it wants
>> to install for devices that i do not have. It gives you a choice:
>> 1. install it immediately, or
>> 2. Defer it.
>> There is no way to kill it.
> It's a heavy hint to switch to Linux (other OSs are available)
I have a Dell laptop which runs Windows 10 Home addition. This was a prize in
a giveaway from a company we did business with (i.e., I had to fill out
conflict of interest paperwork to accept it), which arrived on my desk entirely
unexpectedly.
I attempted to wipe it and install Linux.
THIS PARTICULAR DELL MODEL PHONES HOME FROM THE BIOS TO DETERMINE THINGS ABOUT
ITS STATE, AND BLOWS UP IF IT DETECTS ANYTHING OTHER THAN THE DELL VERSION OF
WINDOWS!!!!!
I used to use it occasionally when on vacation to check newsgroups and e-mail,
although I learned the hard way that it does *NOT* do IMAP, only POP, which
caused considerable grief while selling our house (things read on the laptop
disappeared from the remote server folders!), so it's only for newsgroups these
days.
I have another laptop running Windows 10 Professional (or whatever its called
now), which was a parting gift from the LPoE as part of the layoff. Since
things like the Unisys emulators will not run on Home, or on Linux, I've left
it alone, too.
They can hint all they like. There's nothing I can do about it.
--
Rich Alderson news@alderson.users.panix.com
Audendum est, et veritas investiganda; quam etiamsi non assequamur,
omnino tamen proprius, quam nunc sumus, ad eam perveniemus.
--Galen
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Re: ZFS, Where did Microsoft go wrong? Peter Flass <peter_flass@yahoo.com> - 2020-09-08 08:44 -0700
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Re: ZFS, -> WARNING back top systemd Dan Espen <dan1espen@gmail.com> - 2020-09-08 20:10 -0400
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Re: Where did Microsoft go wrong? scott@slp53.sl.home (Scott Lurndal) - 2020-09-08 15:38 +0000
Re: Where did Microsoft go wrong? usenet@only.tnx (Questor) - 2020-09-08 02:29 +0000
Re: Where did Microsoft go wrong? Chris <xxx.syseng.yyy@gfsys.co.uk> - 2020-09-08 17:53 +0100
Re: Where did Microsoft go wrong? J. Clarke <jclarke.873638@gmail.com> - 2020-09-08 17:43 -0400
Re: Where did Microsoft go wrong? Chris <xxx.syseng.yyy@gfsys.co.uk> - 2020-09-08 23:00 +0100
Re: Where did Microsoft go wrong? Robin Vowels <robin.vowels@gmail.com> - 2021-07-02 07:10 -0700
Re: Where did Microsoft go wrong? gareth evans <headstone255@yahoo.com> - 2021-07-02 16:32 +0100
Re: Where did Microsoft go wrong? Robin Vowels <robin.vowels@gmail.com> - 2021-07-03 04:10 -0700
Re: Where did Microsoft go wrong? Robin Vowels <robin.vowels@gmail.com> - 2021-07-08 01:01 -0700
Re: Where did Microsoft go wrong? "Kerr-Mudd, John" <admin@127.0.0.1> - 2021-07-08 11:36 +0100
Re: Where did Microsoft go wrong? Rich Alderson <news@alderson.users.panix.com> - 2021-07-08 16:01 -0400
Re: Where did Microsoft go wrong? Peter Flass <peter_flass@yahoo.com> - 2021-07-08 15:01 -0700
Re: Where did Microsoft go wrong? scott@slp53.sl.home (Scott Lurndal) - 2021-07-08 22:45 +0000
Re: Where did Microsoft go wrong? Dan Espen <dan1espen@gmail.com> - 2021-07-08 19:30 -0400
Re: Where did Microsoft go wrong? Dave Garland <dave.garland@wizinfo.com> - 2021-07-08 21:02 -0500
Re: Where did Microsoft go wrong? ted@loft.tnolan.com (Ted Nolan <tednolan>) - 2021-07-08 12:09 +0000
Re: Where did Microsoft go wrong? Andy Burns <usenet@andyburns.uk> - 2021-07-08 13:44 +0100
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