• grue@lemmy.world
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    3 months ago

    Microsoft doesn’t understand consent. Everyone ought to stop accepting its abuse and kick Windows to the curb as a matter of basic self-respect.

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      3 months ago

      Microsoft Tech bros.
      It’s a huge proboem in tech, not just Microslop

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        3 months ago

        I’ve had people get mad at me when I state the comparison that plainly (because they think I’m making light of SA or something, IDK), but yes.

  • Hal-5700X@sh.itjust.works
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    How to turn off OneDrive with Group Policy.

    Press Windows + R, type gpedit.msc, and press Enter. Navigate to User Configuration > Administrative Templates > Windows Components > OneDrive.

    • Save documents to OneDrive by default: Disabled
    • Prevent OneDrive from generating network traffic until the user signs in to OneDrive: Enabled
    • Prevent the usage of OneDrive for file storage: Enabled

    The last setting disables OneDrive on your system; make sure to change it to Disabled if you use OneDrive.

    Restart your computer for the changes to take effect.

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      Just give Linux a shot.

      Why keep using a shit system brought to you by a company in bed with fascists?

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        Cause Linux keeps crashing with my 16 core Ryzen. Windows power management is just better it seems.

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    One of those articles had a guy commenting that OneDrive decided to purge a directory because it didn’t like what was in it, which; of course, led to the deleting of the original, synced, files. How people put up with this insanity is beyond me.

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      3 months ago

      You do realize that IT admins have no control over the business software environment, right? They get hired to maintain it, they do not have purchasing authority.

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        3 months ago

        For real.

        I’m a Windows sysadmin and I desperately want Microsoft to just make the OS that everybody clearly wants.

        Actually, they already make the OS that most everyone wants. The LTSC version of Windows 10 and 11 are both eminently usable. They just don’t sell it to anyone unless you have an enterprise account and buy the keys in bulk.

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          It’s funny how people can get a pirated ltsc copy, and it will be better than the legitimate product offered to them

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        I am at a high enough position in my company that I could literally force everyone to transition to Mac or Linux.

        They would not be able to stop me from doing that short of firing me.

        But they would fire me. 100% no doubt about it. I would not have a job there within a day if I did that.

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          Tell me you know nothing about corporate IT without telling me you know nothing about corporate IT.

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              You are underestimating the cost of switching a business’s infrastructure from one system to another. For an organization with 10,000+ staff, this is extremely prohibitive. The time and effort required for retraining alone makes this a non-starter.