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Yeah, I love being locked out of my computer after nearly every OS update and having to go into the terminal in recovery mode to fix it, too.
by stronglikedan 3y ago
Yeah, I love being locked out of my computer after nearly every OS update and having to go into the terminal in recovery mode to fix it, too.
- bitwize 3y agoI was locked out of my computer after a Windows update. I had to go into a terminal in recovery mode, change an executable to a copy of CMD.EXE, then reboot my system and use the CMD.EXE (which ran as SYSTEM, the true god behind the Administrator demiurge) to create a new user, copy all my files and folders over, then set ownership of the copied files and folders to the new user. Anyone who tells you that Windows is great because you never have to touch the CLI is either lying, or they've only ever had trivial interactions with a Windows system.
- npteljes 3y ago>Windows is great because you never have to touch the CLI Yeah, that's a good one. What I have found, coming back from Linux, is that I have to tinker about the same amount as I did in Linux, just with shittier tools, and less documented processes. My last, biggest WTF is a paired bluetooth headphone which doesn't want to actually connect, but I can't remove the pairing either, so now it's stuck in limbo. Good times.
- wolpoli 3y agoThe old win32 UI exposes error messages that one could use to troubleshoot. The new UI just says something went wrong. It's infuriating.