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> Some people recommended tools to me which can be used to switch most of those things off. But honestly: How do you trust a system (or its manufacturer) if you
by drpixie 4y ago
> Some people recommended tools to me which can be used to switch most of those things off. But honestly: How do you trust a system (or its manufacturer) if you can't even know if those settings, which you deliberately chose, persist?
No doubt you've all noticed how your carefully crafted config gets trashed by routine window's updates %#%$$#%#! If you use windows, you're pushing against a company that 1) you've given complete control of your computer, and 2) has very different intentions and priorities to you.
- judge2020 4y agoWhat configs are you talking about? Because most things in the official UIs are carefully crafted to be permanent user preferences that windows updates don't touch.
- josephcsible 4y agoIf this is a good-faith question, then I assume you don't use Windows as your primary OS. After most major Windows updates, you'll see new crapware in the Start menu and get nagged to set up a Microsoft account and have your default programs switched back to the Microsoft ones, no matter how many times you said "no, and never ask again" before.
- drpixie 4y agoYup. I even find network (!!) settings disappearing or changing. (shakes head sadly)
- aksss 4y agoCan’t say I’ve had this experience. I run one computer on insider builds and another on stock, neither seem to cause lost settings reset defaults, etc. New progs I guess rarely/infrequently.
- MikusR 4y agoWindows is the only desktop OS i use and that does not happen.
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- zamalek 4y agoYou'll find apps and things that wiggle their way back onto the start menu, at least that's what happened minutes prior to me downloading a Fedora ISO last year.
- teo_zero 4y agoJust one example: I can't have Acrobat as the default PDF reader for longer than an update cycle. It gets reset to Edge.
- deafpolygon 4y agoMultiple updates later for me, STILL Adobe.
- izacus 4y agoSeeing Windows Admins having to write boot-up scripts that keep re-fixing this crap is the saddest thing ever.
- qu4z-2 4y agoWhatever arcane configuration is required to disable dynamic contrast seems to get regularly reset with Windows updates (although this may be a graphics card driver vendor issue -- nevertheless). No, Windows, I don't want you to turn the backlight down when I'm looking at a dark image.
- wongarsu 4y agoThe most reliable way to get things to stick is by using Group Policies. Because if there's one group Microsoft is afraid of messing with, it's their Enterprise customers. Of course that requires getting Windows Pro or better, but that's becoming a must anyways, Windows Home just keeps getting worse with every update. Luckily the upgrade is only about $20 (using the unofficial key reseller of your choice).
- IncRnd 4y agoNot everyone wants to buy an OS upgrade for their work to not get removed.
- chillfox 4y agoOr you know, you could stop fighting with your computer/OS/vendor and pick a different OS. No OS brings enough of a difference these days that it’s worth suffering an adversarial relationship with.
- vkou 4y agoThen you'll get to enjoy all sorts of other fights with your OS. (I, will, of course, be put in my place by everyone who is ready to chime in that if I just change <some immutable aspect of my expectations>, then <their OS of choice is going to be a perfect fit for me>.
- chillfox 4y agoIf you are that unique then obviously you will need to develop your own unique operating system to perfectly get what you want... For me, either Mac or Linux works just fine, no fighting required. I am just not that special.
- vkou 4y agoI'm not that special, either. But I also don't give two figs that the Start menu includes a link to TikTok, or that the pre-loaded Solitaire is a mobile game straight out of the fifth circle of hell. I don't click on shit in the start menu, I don't play Solitaire, and I have way more important things to get upset over.