julianwki, 9 hours ago to random

I recently bought a chinese MiniPC with Win11 Pro preinstalled on it. Sinc I will put a Linux on that system, I wonder how to preserve the Win11 Pro stuff for reinstallation.

How can I identify if an install partition is on there?
How can I preserve it (maybe by creating a disk image with gparted or similar)?
How can I extract the windows key for reinstallation?

Any suggestions?

#miniPC #win11 #reinstall

publicvoit, 21 days ago to microsoft German

"Ich will nichts mehr von zwanzigstelligen Passwörtern, freiwilligen Cyber-Sicherheitssiegeln und BSI-Grundschutz hören, bis das BSI die skandalösen Sicherheitsvorfälle bei #Microsoft offen anspricht und auch endlich konkrete Maßnahmen ergreift, die geeignet sind, diese Gefahr für unsere Infrastruktur zu verstehen und zumindest einzugrenzen. DHS und CISA haben gezeigt, dass das geht."

https://www.heise.de/meinung/Kommentar-Microsofts-Sicherheitspraxis-wird-zur-Gefahr-und-das-BSI-schweigt-9686629.html?wt_mc=rss.red.ho.ho.atom.beitrag.beitrag

Das #BSI verspielt gerade seinen Ruf.

#Security #Azure #Windows

kubikpixel, 25 days ago to windows German

»Windows-11-Update: Microsoft bringt App-Werbung ins Startmenü«

Klar könnte ich jetzt schreien und mich nerven aber das ist Kapitalismus in Reinform und auch deswegen mMn Linux ein Teil der IT-Freiheit. Nimmt mich nun Wunder, wie zukünftig Arbeiter*innen unkonzenzentriert ihre Aufgaben lösen wollen, abgesehen davon das Windows so oder so "unsicher" ist.

🤦‍♂️ https://www.computerbase.de/2024-04/windows-11-update-microsoft-bringt-app-werbung-ins-startmenue/

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#windows #werbung #app #windows11 #microsoft #itsicherheit #Win11 #arbeit

ai6yr, 1 month ago to windows

The Verge: "Microsoft starts testing ads in the Windows 11 Start menu" "https://www.theverge.com/2024/4/12/24128640/microsoft-windows-11-start-menu-ads-app-recommendations?utm_source=flipboard&utm_content=theverge%2Fmagazine%2FMicrosoft+News

#windows #ads #win11 #msft

vingtroiseize, 3 months ago to windows

#Windows #OperatingSystem #Microsoft #Win10 #Win11 #Win12

governa, 3 months ago to microsoft

#Microsoft may have pulled support for old PCs in #Win11 24H2 :windows:

https://www.theregister.com/2024/02/13/microsoft_might_have_just_pulled/

scottjenson, 3 months ago to UX

I don't think there is a substantial difference in #UX between #MacOS and #Win11. There are lots of visual 'skinning' tweaks but the basic structural model of files/folders/2d windowing/invisible clipboard feels pretty baked at this point.

Are there any #Linux distros that break the mold? Shake things up a bit?

My point is that I feel all desktop #UXs have pretty much stagnated and no one is really trying anything different. I'd LOVE to hear of any crazy experiments.

simonzerafa, 4 months ago to windows

It seems that Microsoft is clamping down on creating Local Accounts during Windows 11 setup.

None of the usual tricks using OOBE or MSOOBE from a CMD window during installation and working for me today 🤨

#Windows #Windows11 #Win11 #OOBE #SETUP

flipsideza, 5 months ago to linux

Busy converting one of my #Linux focussed #python scripts to run on #Win11. Obviously nearly everything runs 1-1 but the way I send notifications needed some tweaking.

I have used win10toast before but often had hassles with it pausing the script. Glad to have found win11toast which fixes all that!

https://github.com/GitHub30/win11toast

fell, 5 months ago to linux

Okay, it's not just me. 🐧

My workmate, a long time Windows-only developer and gamer just complained about Windows 11 to me and asked for advice regarding Linux.

With everything I have seen this year, I do believe that there is an increased interest in the Linux desktop and we will see an incresing amount of gaming systems convert to Linux.

But, let's be realistic. I predict that over the course of 2024, the desktop Linux market share will grow from 3% to 4%.

#Linux #Windows #Windows11 #Win11 #Microsoft #Gaming #LinuxGaming #GamingOnLinux

royal, 6 months ago to windows

Want to install #PopOS alongside #win11 but I can't find any good guides from the vendor or otherwise. I'd like to get all the nice PopOS features like a restore partition, but it really wants to wipe the whole drive and start from zero.

I am generally in favor of doing this but in this case, I need to retain the exisitng #Windows partition for a few weeks.

Edit: it would probably be easier to install PopOS and then shrink & add a Windows partition, but I want to keep the one I have now (and its corresponding restore partition).

Any leads?
#pop_os #linux #partitioning #dualboot

governa, 6 months ago to openSUSE

Install #Win11 as #KVM on #openSUSE Tumbleweed :windows11: :opensuse:

https://dbaxps.blogspot.com/2023/11/install-win11-as-kvm-on-opensuse.html

royal, 6 months ago to edge

#Win11 boots starting #Teams and a single #Edge window. We're already at 8 GB. Some laptops sell with no more than 8 GB new.

This is all crazy!

#windows #performance #bloated

KickDownCH, 7 months ago to random German

Bei #win11 , bei den Taskleiste Optionen können die Sekunden bei der Uhr eingeblendet werden. Aber ACHTUNG! das verbraucht dann mehr Strom.....
Mich würde jetzt echt und ohne scheiss interessieren, wie gross der Einfluss auf den Stromverbrauch ist. Ich meine, ist das wirklich messbar?

royal, 8 months ago to Windows11

Performance on WORK_PC has tanked since moving to Win11.
#windows11 #win11

devinprater, 8 months ago to accessibility

so my start menu stopped working again. On a whim, I hit Windows + S to see if the search box thing would open. It didn't. But then I hit the windows key again, and the start menu works again now. Somehow. For some reason. Anyway yeah that's a thing.

#accessibility #windows #win11

mikemathia, 8 months ago to random

The #Win10 torture will continue until the #Win11 numbers improve.

phillycodehound, 9 months ago to NoStupidQuestions

#Question: Other than using the Microsoft Smartlink app for #windows11 is there another way to copy and paste between #win11 and an Android phone?

hotkey, 9 months ago to random

The Thomson TO7 came before the MO5. Whereas the MO5 had a gate array for video, the first TO7s did it all with discrete logic.

Also two IO chips, why? Well, they wanted a timer (for flashing the cursor and tape IO).
They also needed extra ROM because the OS didn't fit in 4KB.

The MC6846 PIO chip has 2KB of ROM. It was designed for "2-chip computers" e.g. CPU + MC6846 (ROM + IO + Timer)

So 6KB ROM. Not enough for BASIC. So put it on a cartridge.
Or how about LOGO?

#hotkeyEmu #Thomson #TO7

My Thomson TO7 Emulator. Launches in basic BASIC Version 1.0 (c) Microsoft 1982 OK (flashing cursor). Off screen I load the LOGO cartridge rom The machine reboots and we see the splash screen (all in French) Télé/Ordinateur Système TO7 Choisissez entre: 1. Logo 2. Un programme enregistré 3. Réglage du crayon optique Off screen, I choose 1. The screen blanks and writes LOGO 1.0 (c) SOLI 1984 (green on black text) with a question mark prompt. I write a simple "Carré" procedure (repeats four times forward 'n' right 90) Then I call "Carré" with different arguments and it draws squares of varying sizes. Finally I repeat 10 squares angled at 36 degrees so it looks kinda sorta like a flower.

MoritzMMStar, 9 months ago to twitter German

jeder Verzicht ist bekanntlich ein Gewinn. Nachdem ich vor nunmehr 9 Monaten #twitter, #facebook gelöscht habe und zu #mastodon gewechselt bin, habe ich nun den nächsten Schritt gewagt und #windows verbannt. Obwohl ich schon seit 2015 nicht mehr produktiv damit gearbeitet habe sondern seitdem nur noch #macos war es dennoch spannend mein Lapop neu aufzusetzen, meine Wahl fiel auf #linuxmint #LMDE5 . Ich war bin begeistert wie einfach und funktional das gemacht ist, besser als #Win11 . ½

PuschyMTB, 9 months ago to edge

Eine Anleitung um Micro$chrotts #Edge aus Windoof$11 (#Win11) zu deinstallieren.

https://de.moyens.net/wie-man/so-deinstallieren-sie-microsoft-edge-von-windows-11/

Flop_Ysh, 9 months ago to random French

je n'étais vraiment pas du tout attiré par #win11 , mais cette fonction comparaison d'image dans le visionneur par défaut, c'est juste par-fait

LouisSamuel, 9 months ago to privacy

Here are some ways Windows 11 harvests your information, and how to stop it.
#privacy #win11 #datacollection
https://www.makeuseof.com/how-windows-11-collects-data/?utm_source=MUO-NL-WK&utm_medium=newsletter&user_id=themicromage@gmail.com

royal, 10 months ago to random

I never knew what the #word #janky meant.
Then I installed #win11

glennpegden, 10 months ago to windows

Has anyone had win 11 respond to keyboard audio buttons (Vol Up, Vol Down, Mute) by showing the On Screen slider, but not actually change the volume?

This is all so baked in now, I’ve no idea where to start tweaking/debugging

#Windows #Win11 #Logitech #keyboard #audio