Microsoft gives up on users experiencing problems updating their Windows 11 machines. Now recommends a "manual correction"

[somethingburger@jlai.lu]

Windows is easy, bro, you just need to run this shady PowerShell script to get rid of ads, run this random EXE from github.ru to disable telemetry, install ClassicShell to make the UI actually usable, install a million utilities for basic features (each from a separate site, of course ; the centralized Windows Store is full of malwarei), then pray sfc /scannow fixes your system after every update.

BTW, don't bother searching for a solution to your problems other than "retry, reboot, reinstall" ; even certified MS professionals don't know how anything works.

[femtech@midwest.social]

[andrew_bidlaw@sh.itjust.works]

Some of them just don't want to take responsibility if they do something wrong under your instructions.

[sugar_in_your_tea@sh.itjust.works]

I recommend setting up whatever your alternative is a little before committing to ease the transition a bit. It's different, and it's good to fall back to something else for a bit if you get frustrated.

[andrew_bidlaw@sh.itjust.works]

[sugar_in_your_tea@sh.itjust.works]

At least set it outside your DHCP range.

I have my DHCP set to use from .100 and up, and my static addressee are in the .1-99 range.

I still set it through my router so I have a place to look up which one is which (they're piling up), but they're all in that range.

[xanza@lemm.ee]

It's the only possible solution. The issue with Windows version to version is they merge shit into the base without worrying about how it affects the codebase as a whole. That's why we have 2-3 different ways to access different menus.

[homesweethomemrl@lemmy.world]

Microsoftatemyface

[xanza@lemm.ee]

[xanza@lemm.ee]

[obelix@feddit.org]

[sugar_in_your_tea@sh.itjust.works]

[sugar_in_your_tea@sh.itjust.works]

[sugar_in_your_tea@sh.itjust.works]

2 is usually install, using a live version of Linux kinda sucks.

[juxtaposedjaguar@lemmy.ml]

[corsicanguppy@lemmy.ca]

[blue_morpho@lemmy.world]

[xanza@lemm.ee]

It's entirely possible.

[andrew_bidlaw@sh.itjust.works]

I agree. They need to be either pressured or abandoned.

I feel like they would need to rewrite it completely in that case, partially because no one knows how their legacy code works and partially because it's completely broken.

Google with it's billions and a promise of more free data did great with how office formats work. They set some little limits of what user can do compared to MS Word so ending up with a broken table or whatever is harder, and they aslo strong-armed their way into adoption with their obvious mechanics of real-time collaboration.

I'm not sure about MS users coming to Linux, but their marketshare was already bled by Google. And if in some scenario Google releases their own internal XML format for these, I guess it'd work too.

[aesthelete@lemmy.world]

That manual correction: installing Linux.