How Windows decide whether your computer has limited or full Internet access

Re:How Windows decide whether your computer has limited or f... by marginalia_nu on Saturday November 19, 2022 @06:01AM (#33669094)

Sometimes Windows installs an upgrade that insists I must connect my user account to a Microsoft account. It will not let me boot the OS if I don't. Only hell if I know what my Microsoft account is. I never use it. I need to use my web browser to find out. But I can't, because I need to set up my Microsoft account first. So I have to use another computer which will let me use it even without a Microsoft account, and then try to figure out my Microsoft account password. Then boot into Windows, let it connect the accounts, go into account options and try to find the hidden dialog to separate them again because hell fucking no I don't want Microsoft to associate my user account with my email address.

Being shafted like this every now and then has eroded my trust for Windows' updates.

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Re:How Windows decide whether your computer has limited or f... by josephcsible on Saturday November 19, 2022 @03:24PM (#33674268)

> eroded my trust for Windows' updates

Remember that security vulnerabilities in Windows are discovered all the time, so it's dangerous to use Windows without installing the updates. If you (rightfully) don't want to install the updates, then you should switch to an OS that actually respects your freedom instead, like Linux.

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Re:How Windows decide whether your computer has limited or f... by marginalia_nu on Saturday November 19, 2022 @03:40PM (#33674430)

I can also just accept the risk.

(I already do all my important work on Linux, since like 20 years)

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