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Microsoft has blocked the bypass that allowed you to create a local account during Windows 11 setup by typing in a blocked email address (www.tomshardware.com)

submitted 5 months ago by ForgottenFlux@lemmy.world to c/technology@lemmy.world

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[–] GreyEyedGhost@lemmy.ca 42 points 5 months ago (1 children)

I got a message on my computer, Win10, saying my computer wasn't capable of being upgraded to Win11, but it would be protected by updates until October? 2025. Nice of them to give me a reminder to switch to Linux.

[–] TwinTusks@bitforged.space 3 points 5 months ago (2 children)

I have a low spec desktop for work, I just load Tiny11 on it.

[–] ProgrammingSocks@pawb.social 15 points 5 months ago (1 children)

Distributions of Windows are an inherently terrible idea. Maybe look at amelioration scripts instead.

[–] caden@lemmy.sdf.org 2 points 5 months ago (1 children)

I haven't heard this before. Why do you say that?

[–] jaek@lemmy.world 5 points 5 months ago (1 children)

You're putting a lot of faith in whoever packages the 'distro'.

Obviously you have the same problem with trusting FOSS software distributions, but it's mitigated by things like Linus' Law and reproducible builds.

That being said, I personally use tiny11 VMs for certain non-critical things at home and work. I'd never use it for anything security related, or as my main OS, as there is a non-negligible chance that it's compromised (and there's basically no way of knowing).

[–] TwinTusks@bitforged.space 1 points 5 months ago

I’d never use it for anything security related, or as my main OS

Agree, my main OS is a linux, Tiny11 is only for work (work requires windows softwares, which doesnt run on wine)

[–] GreyEyedGhost@lemmy.ca 3 points 5 months ago

There is nothing in 11 that I want that isn't already in 10, and what I need from Windows vs. Linux is approaching zero.