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I love these kinds of comments. It reminds me of the Reddit threads of people complaining about bugs on Cyberpunk 2077's release, only for people to reply with

by dimgl 1y ago

I love these kinds of comments. It reminds me of the Reddit threads of people complaining about bugs on Cyberpunk 2077's release, only for people to reply with "I played the game, I didn't run into any bugs! What bugs are you talking about?" Meanwhile a quick Google/YouTube search reveals entire montages devoted purely to bugs. Here are Windows Forum threads talking about each of the problems I've mentioned, with thousands of people saying "I have the same question": https://answers.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/forum/all/unable-to-remove-or-reconnect-bluetooth-headset/620743d2-dbce-4d6e-bcd8-b5806ec4c14b https://answers.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/forum/all/unable... https://answers.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/forum/all/windows-10-settings-freezing-up-and-not-responding/dc158903-4d7d-4b0c-8ee8-9a5436fdbd42 https://answers.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/forum/all/window... https://answers.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/forum/all/windows-10-settings-is-frozenunresponsive/d0089d24-795b-4a5d-9aa5-576fa5b1c156 https://answers.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/forum/all/window... https://answers.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/forum/all/snipping-tool-shortcut-stops-working/a097a18f-e1d2-4e1e-b7ac-3072661fd7d5 https://answers.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/forum/all/snippi... https://answers.microsoft.com/en-us/xbox/forum/all/unwanted-xbox-ads-or-profile-turn-off-game-bar/0a90a5b1-270c-434f-88dd-b8871a9332df https://answers.microsoft.com/en-us/xbox/forum/all/unwanted-...

naikrovek 1y ago
This is likely because people take their customizations (like custom setup scripts to “decrapify” windows) that used to work great on previous versions of windows and apply them unchanged to new versions or something, because “windows is the same underneath, this is just a reskin that they charge you $150 for.” Every time I have helped someone with problems like these (when I did see them a lot earlier in my career) it was because they did something goofy to cause it. Like using a PCIe to PCI adapter with a PCI to ISA adapter, so they could plug in a flipping Sound Blaster64 or something. “I’m not buying a new sound card!! I’m not using the onboard sound!! I bought this sound blaster in 1996 and I want to use it!! Microsoft should let me!!” Others would show me how the computer would act weird after unplugging PCI cards while the computer was running, and blame Microsoft. “See!? SEE?!” Every single WTF moment I had in desktop support with issues like this was user error. Maybe yours aren’t. Maybe the Microsoft Answers forum is filled with exceptionally smart people who all know exactly how to use a computer, never ask stupid questions, and never give wrong answers, but I think we both know that isn’t really true.

by dimgl 1y ago

naikrovek 1y ago

This is likely because people take their customizations (like custom setup scripts to “decrapify” windows) that used to work great on previous versions of windows and apply them unchanged to new versions or something, because “windows is the same underneath, this is just a reskin that they charge you $150 for.” Every time I have helped someone with problems like these (when I did see them a lot earlier in my career) it was because they did something goofy to cause it. Like using a PCIe to PCI adapter with a PCI to ISA adapter, so they could plug in a flipping Sound Blaster64 or something. “I’m not buying a new sound card!! I’m not using the onboard sound!! I bought this sound blaster in 1996 and I want to use it!! Microsoft should let me!!” Others would show me how the computer would act weird after unplugging PCI cards while the computer was running, and blame Microsoft. “See!? SEE?!” Every single WTF moment I had in desktop support with issues like this was user error. Maybe yours aren’t. Maybe the Microsoft Answers forum is filled with exceptionally smart people who all know exactly how to use a computer, never ask stupid questions, and never give wrong answers, but I think we both know that isn’t really true.