Just want to thank microsoft for screwing me

So basically I cannot upgrade to windows 11, thanks to microsofts requirement for something called TPM. It's stupid, and it's dumb.

Everyone! Can you believe we made it 29 years without bullshit like this to simply use an operating system? I mean, wow!

To be honest though, I hear windows 11 is the worst operating system ever. So in that respect, microsoft did me a favor. Now, it forces me to use Linux Mint, and move away from the CEO of microsoft, I think Nutella is his last name or something like that.

Anyway, great job microsoft. You've successfully pushed away your customers since the days of DOS. I'll be glad once I'm away because then I won't have to worry about forced updates all of the time. I hear there is a ton of stuff that is just literal trash with windows 11.

I'll be sticking with Windows 10 for as long as I can, I'll probably end up using the services of 0patch for updates. Our Wi-Fi is password secured, and I run Malwarebytes Premium, Adblocker Ultimate and uBlock Origin. So I feel as if I'm already well protected.

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ArishMell · 70-79, M

What is this "account" so many mention?

As far as I can see I have no "account" with Microsoft.

I bought this PC, a factory-rebuilt DELL, with Microsoft Win-10 loaded. Subsequently MS up-dated (= down-graded) it, unasked and unwanted by me, to its tacky Win-11. As I do not have the source copy of W10 I cannot revert it to that less-bad OS.

At no time do I recall creating an "account" with the Seattle Cowboys, and I do not pay subscriptions to them.

twiigss · M

@ArishMell So back in the day, 1993, you would make what was known as a local account, and then sign in with that. And all that was, was like a profile.

In Windows 10, Microsoft wants you to create a Microsoft account and then they were trying to force people to sign into their operating system with their Windows account and could no longer use a local account.

There is a way around it, but apparently with Windows 11 Microsoft is forcing it on everybody. A lot of people are against it, which I totally understand, and once I can no longer use Windows 10, I will be forced to make a move to linux.

So in other words, I believe Microsoft and they're absolute bullshit behind. Microsoft can go fuck themselves. But until I figured out Linux and the ability to get most games working, I'm just not ready for that Linux switch as much as I would love to. But Microsoft has become nothing but a scourge, and I really, really wish that the Linux team would focus more on software compatibility than anything else and then at some point, you know what, they would have a very competitive operating system to Microsoft's windows.

But in the next 5 years, or 10 years, or 20 years, etc etc etc Linux will always be the low-end operating system that just isn't made for running games and it's very very unfortunate.

ArishMell · 70-79, M

@twiigss Thank you for explaining it.

I don't like the Microsoft near-monopoly either, but I am not sufficiently skilled to risk trying to move to Linux.

Also, although I don't use my computer for games or entertainments it does have a fairly hefty CAD program installed, and I have no idea if that would run, or read my files created in it, in anything other than MS Windows.