Recent content by DPI

Can also flash the Windows ISO to USB with RUFUS, which gives the option to create the local account ahead of time. https://rufus.ie/en/

If they were resolutely secure in the belief that things are going well for their invasion and genocide, there'd be no need for a propaganda stunt to try to manage perception. Overcompensation is telling. Same for the "sanctions aren't working" trope. If they weren't having an impact, why the...

"Everything is temporary" is the anchor phrase I remind myself before getting hung up on shit, especially when it comes to loss, or perceived loss. It's not about defeatism, but a tool to preserve valuable time by moving on more quickly from whatever can't be changed or isn't worth the energy...

Yep. Valve probably isn't interested in creating what would mostly just become a ToS abuse vector for scammers and an influx of bogus wills trying to hijack Steam accounts to resell them, nevermind creating additional work for themselves trying to police the authenticity of legal documents. I'm...

And I don't even blame the troll that created this acquisition fanfiction - he's gotta be laughing his ass off to his discord buddies. The real story here is how down bad some of the tech sites clearly are, to be propagating this nonsense when ten seconds is all it takes to see the "source" is...

I suspect MS understands scrutiny will be high at first, and so might ship something better-behaved initially, with a plan to relax the ToS later when no one's looking as they've done previously. I have no doubt Enterprise windows in a business setting under careful Group Policy control will...

I appreciate the devil's advocate approach you seem to be taking to both-sides'ing this debate while others may only kneejerk to the headline - nuance and perspective is important - but in this case I'd argue that a third party MacOS developer trying to jump the AI gravytrain and hoping their...

MS has a bad record of "Off" and "Disabled" not actually meaning Off or Disabled, and that will be a concern for many.

https://youtu.be/PKmr2jF26sc

I had to clean up a friend's Win11 Home laptop recently, and the stock OOBE really does roughly resemble a grandmother's malware-infested AOL PC.

Problem for who, though? Because MS has been so lax about enforcing windows activation, and so tolerant of all the keyselling schemes for so many years now, that it has to be deliberate. There are "activate windows for free!" guides, KMS activation guides, all sorts of free and "cheap"...

I'd gladly pay $199 for a Windows 11 Lite/Premium straight from MS that shipped with 90% less of the monetization stuff present on stock install (similar to LTSC), and with no arbitrary restrictions on what could be further opted out of or Uninstalled. More linux-like modularity without needing...

Win11 24H2 LTSC is an attractive option assuming you find a creative way to get a key since it's not a retail SKU, but there may be issues for anyone gaming-focused since and you'd need to test your games since, if I recall, past LTSC versions had incompatibilities with some games.

Yep, Tiny11 is one way to go, but has a few downsides, and it's ultimately someone else's modified ISO. For anyone considering it I'd recommend rolling their own instead, it's pretty simple: WinUtil has a tab for MicroWin (also opensource). Download the Win11 ISO directly from Microsoft so you...