Office is too slow, so Microsoft is making it load at Windows startup

Re:Office is too slow, so Microsoft is making it load at Win... by MSFT_Edging on Thursday May 01, 2025 @07:45AM (#43856417)

I've wasted like 8 hours in the last two days trying to upgrade windows 10 to 11 so my motherboards wifi drivers can be installed.

It just worked in Linux. I don't get where this comes from, because every time I hit a problem in Linux, there's a solution.

In windows, you get a vague hex error code that leads you to a support page where the error could be caused by one of a dozen reasons.

And on top of that, MS is constantly hostile to any user who just wants a basic OS to use their computer with.

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Re:Office is too slow, so Microsoft is making it load at Win... by ohgr on Thursday May 01, 2025 @08:46AM (#43856976)

So couple of issues there. Never upgrade windows. Fresh install only. Never had a good day upgrading it.

Secondly, there isn't always a solution in Linux. I've got one now where something is utterly broken and it's 5 layers of maintainers down and no one gives a shit.

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Re:Office is too slow, so Microsoft is making it load at Win... by MSFT_Edging on Friday May 02, 2025 @08:27AM (#43868857)

Windows 11 has begun making it a lot harder to install with local logins. They just disabled the typical method for enabling local only.

I want to upgrade in order to retain that local account.

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Re:Office is too slow, so Microsoft is making it load at Win... by ohgr on Friday May 02, 2025 @11:46AM (#43871342)

Install LTSC: https://massgrave.dev/windows_ltsc_links

Then use massgrave hwid activator.

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