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Thanks Ants posted:Enterprise is the no bullshit SKU Can you buy a perpetual license to Enterprise in W11? I thought that it was tied exclusive to CALs or some CAL-like system?
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Nov 15, 2022 22:29
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It's either volume license or M365 subscription unfortunately
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Nov 15, 2022 22:30
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Thanks Ants posted:It's either volume license or M365 subscription unfortunately Womp. Yeah, if they would let me buy that, and it just checked the boxes of 'no bullshit', I'd pay them several hundred dollars for that. I want to like Windows - I really, really do, and I'm willing to pay for that even if it means it costs a premium. Just please let me buy it.
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Nov 15, 2022 22:36
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If you can be bothered to create an M365 tenant then you can buy a single license, you need to find a CSP reseller. RRP for Windows Enterprise E3 is £5.30/month according to the price list I have.
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Nov 15, 2022 22:42
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Thanks Ants posted:If you can be bothered to create an M365 tenant then you can buy a single license, you need to find a CSP reseller. RRP for Windows Enterprise E3 is £5.30/month according to the price list I have. This is an interesting idea and good info - many thanks. I might look into this.
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Nov 15, 2022 22:50
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CaptainSarcastic posted:Will Windows boot off your old drive? Like Kylith said, check your BIOS settings, but you might also need to fix the Windows bootloader - it is way more finicky than comparable systems like GRUB for Linux. I finally managed to boot with both drives installed and it doesn't seems like my old one might just be hosed. Explorer can't read the drive, chkdsk throws errors, and diskpart can't even delete the UEFI partition due to an I/O error even though it can see it. It's only a couple of years old too, last time I buy a Western Digital product.
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Nov 16, 2022 01:00
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tofes posted:I finally managed to boot with both drives installed and it doesn't seems like my old one might just be hosed. Explorer can't read the drive, chkdsk throws errors, and diskpart can't even delete the UEFI partition due to an I/O error even though it can see it. It's only a couple of years old too, last time I buy a Western Digital product. Is it an actual HDD and not an SSD? I've developed a phobia toward spinning drives at this point, and don't have any running in a live machine anymore. You could try using different cables and ports to connect it to be exhaustive - if it has bad power or faulty SATA connection it seems like it could cause those issues, although the probability is probably on the side of it just going bad if it's a spinning metal drive.
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Nov 16, 2022 01:11
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I had the OneDrive default save locations for libraries error again on two more new laptops today. Very cool lol
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Nov 16, 2022 02:50
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Captain Yossarian posted:I had the OneDrive default save locations for libraries error again on two more new laptops today. Very cool lol Perplexing. This error keeps happening on computers you personally install windows to?
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Nov 16, 2022 03:06
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Vic posted:Perplexing. This error keeps happening on computers you personally install windows to? Both personally and pre-installed. I've more or less figured out the cause however. If you use a Microsoft account on activation , one drive is always installed with windows and backs up and syncs desktop, documents and pictures folders and sets their location as the OneDrive folder. If you don't turn off backup BEFORE uninstalling OneDrive it makes it basically impossible to change location. It requires regedit, although it might be possible to re-install one drive, THEN turn off backup and change folders and then uninstall again? I wish it just asked if you wanted this poo poo in the first place
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Nov 16, 2022 03:27
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Koskun posted:As to adblocker, uBlock Origin will prevent commercials on Youtube and Peacock from ever starting. You still get whatever sponsor spot the youtuber themselves put in, but no in-video ads at all. It's made it so I HATE trying to watch anything on my TV on the Roku. With SponsorBlock, you can even skip the sponsor spots in a lot of videos!
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Nov 16, 2022 05:10
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CaptainSarcastic posted:Is it an actual HDD and not an SSD? I've developed a phobia toward spinning drives at this point, and don't have any running in a live machine anymore. It's an SSD. I tried swapping the cables already 
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Nov 16, 2022 05:31
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tofes posted:It's an SSD. I tried swapping the cables already As a last ditch effort to salvage anything off the drive you could try running it in an enclosure if you have one. I don't know if it's still in warranty, but what you're describing doesn't sound good.
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Nov 16, 2022 07:16
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tofes posted:I finally managed to boot with both drives installed and it doesn't seems like my old one might just be hosed. Explorer can't read the drive, chkdsk throws errors, and diskpart can't even delete the UEFI partition due to an I/O error even though it can see it. It's only a couple of years old too, last time I buy a Western Digital product. If you want to try to reuse the drive, you can try to secure erase it. you will lose anything that is on the drive, but i have had ssds in the past that got fixed by secure erasing them. you can use a live usb linux drive and follow this guide: https://ata.wiki.kernel.org/index.php/ATA_Secure_Erase
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Nov 16, 2022 08:10
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Canine Blues Arooo posted:This is an interesting idea and good info - many thanks. I might look into this. Please circle back and report if you do it. I'm also interested in that poo poo and not a business.
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Nov 16, 2022 16:08
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Is StartAllBack still the pick for "get the drat taskbar off the bottom of the screen" app? I'm one of those degenerates that likes it on the right side and I'm about to build a new PC and slap Win11 on it.
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Nov 16, 2022 20:44
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Echophonic posted:Is StartAllBack still the pick for "get the drat taskbar off the bottom of the screen" app? I'm one of those degenerates that likes it on the right side and I'm about to build a new PC and slap Win11 on it. I can't speak for any alleged hiveminds, but I still use and like it.
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Nov 16, 2022 20:53
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Blue Footed Booby posted:I can't speak for any alleged hiveminds, but I still use and like it. It’s good. I even paid for mine iirc
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Nov 16, 2022 21:00
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Why the gently caress does pausing automatic OS updates also mean that I can't see or install any optional updates? I don't need to pause optional updates because those are under my control anyway. Why does Microsoft provide so little granularity or user choice with basic functionality?
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Nov 17, 2022 02:14
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You know why. because we're Microsoft, gently caress you, that's why
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Nov 17, 2022 03:30
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Echophonic posted:Is StartAllBack still the pick for "get the drat taskbar off the bottom of the screen" app? I'm one of those degenerates that likes it on the right side and I'm about to build a new PC and slap Win11 on it. I bought it around 11's launch and still use it. It does what it says on the box, but I still prefer 10's over it. No idea about the sides. I'm the kind of degenerate that puts it on top.
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Nov 17, 2022 16:55
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I accidentally found a silly way to get an unbloated Win 11  Just had to use a manufacturer's image to  and when on first startup it boots into QC/admin mode, just never go beyond it as it will then go into the "out of the box experience" complete MS account and all that bullshit. Yes these are literally all apps. Not even paint is there lol.
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Nov 17, 2022 21:57
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Where did you get an OEM image? I wonder if there's a way to customise the installation for 11 Pro using command lines or some such? What your disk space usage before you install anything else once Windows is installed? I'm not short on space or anything but it could be handy for shoving it onto older machines when skipping the TPM checks.
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WattsvilleBlues posted:Where did you get an OEM image? I wonder if there's a way to customise the installation for 11 Pro using command lines or some such? What your disk space usage before you install anything else once Windows is installed? I remember there being a way to customize the install image but I haven't janitored anything in a while so I don't remember how exactly that works.
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Nov 18, 2022 20:15
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Never combine taskbar items is coming back babyyyyyyyyyyyy Icons only, no titles, but still
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codo27 posted:Never combine taskbar items is coming back babyyyyyyyyyyyy Maybe a search & replace window that you can move so that it doesn't obstruct the text it found  (to be fair it might've been fixed in the latest build, I had to wipe to stock image temporarily)
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Nov 23, 2022 00:38
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mobby_6kl posted:Wow, what will they think of next!?? But will it ruin the aesthetic ??
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Nov 23, 2022 00:41
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Canine Blues Arooo posted:But will it ruin the aesthetic ?? Why don't users ever think about the drat a e s t h e t i c ?
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Nov 23, 2022 00:51
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Why the gently caress do I have an Edge search bar at the top of the loving desktop? Holy poo poo, keep going at it Microsoft. Someone else has been waxing on about the virtues of Proton for Linux gaming, and you're not helping.
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Nov 23, 2022 16:32
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Combat Pretzel posted:Why the gently caress do I have an Edge search bar at the top of the loving desktop? I don't know what you did, but I don't have that. What version of Windows? I haven't received the 22h2 update yet.
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hooah posted:I don't know what you did, but I don't have that. What version of Windows? I haven't received the 22h2 update yet. I've received the update and also have no idea what he's talking about
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Nov 23, 2022 16:51
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I have a purple gorilla on my desktop singing and telling jokes, seriously what are they thinking
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Combat Pretzel posted:Why the gently caress do I have an Edge search bar at the top of the loving desktop? Usually when i see this it's a stupid virus/fake chrome/edge chromium thing.
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it's a real thing lmao https://windowsreport.com/windows-11-build-25120-desktop-search-bar/ https://www.ghacks.net/2022/11/21/microsoft-is-turning-windows-11s-start-menu-into-an-advertisement-delivery-system/ Combat Pretzel posted:Someone else has been waxing on about the virtues of Proton for Linux gaming, and you're not helping. If you don't play competitive multiplayer or f2p online games it's like magic. (linux itself I'd give an 8/10 -- much improved but still imperfect. like, right now I have to revert to LTS kernel because mainline gives me hard GPU crashes. still better than what 11 is turning into.)
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Klyith posted:it's a real thing lmao Terrible, but I wouldn't describe that as "on top of the desktop". Never using the start menu keeps paying dividends!
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Nov 23, 2022 18:01
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I don't even get it. All Joe Generic does most of the time, if not gaming, is surf the web in a browser that'll obscure that bar.
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TBH Windows 11 stopped working for a bunch of my applications. They would just close! Then odd rear end hitching in video playback, games, etc. 22H2 has been a debacle and Im a little worried.
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Pvt. Parts posted:Why don't users ever think about the drat a e s t h e t i c ? Speaking of aesthetic, I've been using a dark theme on the laptop for like a month or two and never until now ran into this insane fuchsia color as a window background color. It's a bit disconcerting when everything else is dark grey 
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