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[l] Gute Nachrichten! Microsoft optimiert die User Experience von Windows 11!

We're removing the bypassnro.cmd script from the build to enhance security and user experience of Windows 11.


Das war der letzte "dokumentierte" Weg, wie man mit der Brechstange Windows 11 ohne Microsoft-Account installieren kann.

This change ensures that all users exit setup with internet connectivity and a Microsoft Account.


Na? Ist jetzt Maximum Enshittification erreicht? Kündigt ihr jetzt endlich alle eure Abos und kauft diesen Dreck nicht mehr?

Oder müssen sie auch noch mal ihre Datenschutzerklärung aktualisieren?

#fefebot #gutenachrichten #microsoft





New Windows fuckery: I've set up Windows Update to only get minor and security updates. Until recently it was fine. But now "Windows 11 version 24H2" is available and it really wants to be installed on my computer. Including adding an update icon in the taskbar with a notification badge which I can only "Hide for now". The icon is disabled in the regular settings, and it looks like my last resort is to fiddle with the Windows Registry. Again.

Fuck you Microsoft!

#Windows #Microsoft #Windows11


"To all my writer friends that use MS Word - Microsoft has turned their Al bits and bots on to automatically go through anything done via Word. Here's how to turn it off. File > Options > Trust Center > Trust Center Settings > Privacy Options > Privacy Settings > Connected Experiences"

On the Mac I found it under Word/Excel/Etc > Preferences > Privacy, and near the bottom was the checkbox for "Turn on optional connected experiences" which of course was on by default.

#office365 #AI #microsoft

To all my writer friends that use MS Word - Microsoft has turned their Al bits and bots on to automatically go through anything done via Word. Here's how to turn it off. File > Options > Trust Center > Trust Center Settings > Privacy Options > Privacy Settings > Connected Experiences

Edit: I just set the post to public. Feel free to share.
The Mac shell screen found under Word/Excel/Etc > Preferences > Privacy. Near the bottom was the checkbox for "Turn on optional connected experiences" which is now unchecked and asking for a restart of Microsoft Office.


Can anyone help me how can I turn off the heating on my Windows 11 machine? Thanks.

The only other explanation I can think of is having a Bitcoin miner installed called System Idle Process.

I don't know when was the last time I heard the fan was stopped, not in the past few days. (Yes, I tried to turn it off and on again.)

#wtf #windows #windows11 #halp #help #ffs #haveyoutriedtoturningitoffandonagain #techsupport #microsoftpls #microsoft

A screenshot showing a Windows 11 machine with a Task Manager and Open Hardware Monitor open. There are a lot of task running but none consumes any significant CPU, the system is 98% idle. The CPU temperature however is around 95 °C (203 °F).


Google has been declared a monopolist, but will the company finally be broken up or are we about to see the limits of antitrust once again?

On #TechWontSaveUs, I spoke with Rob Larson about where Google’s monopoly fight goes from here and what we should remember about how Microsoft evaded being broken up in the early 2000s.

Full ep: https://techwontsave.us/episode/238_will_googles_monopoly_be_broken_up_w_rob_larson

#tech #google #antitrust #competition #monopoly #microsoft


> #Microsoft confirms that #Windows 11 Recall #AI is not optional — a glitch made it appear so in the Windows 11 24H2 KB5041865 update
https://www.tomshardware.com/software/windows/microsoft-confirms-that-windows-11-recall-ai-is-not-optional-a-glitch-made-it-appear-so-in-the-windows-11-24h2-kb5041865-update

But don't worry, the company that is unable to correctly implement a toggle switch assures us that they definitely implemented this new immensely complex piece of technology nobody asked for directly in the operating system in a way that is secure and under no circumstances puts anyone in danger in ways security researchers said it will.


In the face of massive layoffs, video game workers are unionizing in record numbers — with new wall-to-wall unions at Bethesda and Blizzard’s World of Warcraft team.

On #TechWontSaveUs, I spoke to Taylor Welling and Kathryn Friesen about their union campaigns and the state of the industry.

Listen to the full episode: https://techwontsave.us/episode/236_unionizing_the_video_game_industry_w_taylor_welling__kathryn_friesen

#tech #gaming #videogames #union #microsoft #blizzard #bethesda #wow

We're just the beginning of the line of dominoes right? We are showing that it is possible to organize a game workers union, especially under Microsoft. I would love to see every game studio under ZeniMax, under Microsoft unionized. And then eventually the rest of the industry.


Israel’s genocide in Gaza depends on the infrastructure and services of tech companies like Google, Amazon, and Microsoft.

On #TechWontSaveUs, I spoke with Mohammad Khatami and Gabi Schubiner of No Tech for Apartheid about how tech workers are pushing back on the companies’ complicity and trying to end their relationships with Israel.

Listen to the full episode: https://techwontsave.us/episode/235_no_tech_for_apartheid_w_mohammad_khatami__gabi_schubiner

#tech #israel #gaza #palestine #genocide #google #microsoft #amazon

Pre-October, all I ever knew was that Google really doesn't want you to talk about this, and they will silence you at any chance they get. Post-October, it was like not only will the company silence you, but if other workers are literally stalking you or accusing you of terrorism, the company will not do anything about that.


@Watchdog Polska
Dzięki za szybką (re)akcję 👍
Co do p.1 to w tekście podanej strony ja nie podnosiłem braku informacji o współpracy z google a jedynie to, że dość istotna informacja o udziale google w rekrutacji jest wyłącznie w metadanych.
A co do reszty. No cóż... #demagog nie wyłamuje się z powszechnego "standardu" przyspawania do big-techów czyli zakładania, że na pewno każdy/a ma konto w google itp.
W takim razie przy kolejnych wyborach może weryfikaton za pieniądze #microsoft 'u z obowiązkową komunikacją na #teams i dokumentami w #msoffice ?


https://www.theverge.com/2024/1/4/24023809/microsoft-copilot-key-keyboard-windows-laptops-pcs

One more proof that "[…] Microsoft treated the PC hardware platform as if it owned it, and thus hurt consumers, software developers, PC OEMs, OS competitors, and the industry in general. That's a layman's definition of abusing a monopoly." (Jean-Louis Gassée)

There are many OSes that can run on a PC, so off my keyboard #Microsoft !


Linux zum Wohle der Umwelt, des Bankkontos & der Freiheit


Support-Ende von Windows 10 soll für gigantischen Müllberg sorgen

Am 14. Oktober 2025 wird der Support von Windows 10 eingestellt. Das könnte dazu führen, dass rund 240 Millionen PCs als Elektroschrott auf einer Mülldeponie landen, wie Analyseunternehmen Canalys befürchtet. Wären alles diese Geräte aufeinandergestapelte Laptops, wäre der Stapel in etwa 4.080 Kilometer hoch. Das sind rund 600 Kilometer mehr als der Durchmesser des Mondes.

https://futurezone.at/produkte/support-ende-windows-10-gigantischen-muellberg-elektroschrott-recycling/402719809
#Linux #Umwelt #Recycling #Kreislaufwirtschaft #Microsoft #Windows


@sascha @heluecht @one

Ganz genau... wenn jede Implementation beliebig von der Empfehlung (Recommendation) abweicht, kann man sich ein Standardprotokoll auch sparen... 😉

Ernsthaft, beliebig neue Felder zu nutzen, mag vereinzelt 'ne nette Idee sein, bringt aber zwangsläufig Probleme in der Kommunikation mit sich...

Vergleiche mal die Art, wie #Microsoft & Co. z.B. den E-Mail-Standard unterlaufen... 🙁


@eff, when you ask people to take your #digitalFreedom survey which is hosted on office.com (a service of the surveillance capitalist known as #Microsoft), do you not see the problem with this? Apart from #hypocrisy the very community willing to take your survey are the ones who will give the least relevant feedback to #EFF’s stated values.


Czy szkoły przestrzegają RODO? - część pierwsza



Today is 2023-09-07 and the waiting period to have my #Microsoft account deleted (they call it "closed", obviously in conflict with GDPR).

Waiting period ended 2023-09-05.

When I try to login today Microsoft asks me if I want to re-open the account:

Reopen account?
You're trying to sign in to an account that's going to be closed on 9/5/2023. You can choose to reopen the account. Or, if you cancel, your account stays marked for closure. Learn more about the effects of closing an account.
What do you want to do?

Can't believe how broken this entire process is. Are there no oversight agencies in germany looking into such things? @Verbraucherzentrale


#Microsoft is using #malware-like pop-ups in #Windows 11 to get people to ditch Google
https://www.theverge.com/2023/8/30/23851902/microsoft-bing-popups-windows-11-malware


@Kevin Karhan :verified: @Aral Balkan
And just out of curiosity - why is a project that is supposed to be against #SurveillanceCapitalism being hosted on a site that undoubtedly belongs to #SurveillanceCapitalism ? Well, unless we exclude (for convenience? Because not for lack of other options) #microsoft from it....


Prasówka



🥥 I learned everything I needed to know about "free-market #capitalism" watching the rise of #Microsoft under #BillGates and the charming #SteveBallmer.
Start like a pirate, appropriate the work of others, spread #FUD (Fear, Uncertainty, and Doubt) about competing (and superior products), steal ideas from others and crush them in the cradle. And Gates was following the model laid down by others before him. 🥥


It's fucking insane how addicted corporations have become to #tracking everything you do, everything you look at, everything you type, everything you think about.

They've gotten so brazen about it. Shit like this - the #Microsoft #Edge browser routing every image through some "AI enhancer" that also tracks what you're viewing - is now a default setting. I suppose at least people who use Edge can opt out, for now, if they know to.

We need #privacy legislation so badly.

https://www.neowin.net/news/edge-sends-images-you-view-online-to-microsoft-here-is-how-to-disable-that/
Edge sends images you view online to Microsoft, here is how to disable that


Prasówka 2-9.06.2023



A screenshot of some tables from a 2011 academic study from UCSD on the costs of registering accounts in bulk for spam and other abuse. The study found Gmail accounts could be had for 7 cents apiece, while Hotmail accounts fetched just .007 cents.


@Adam Jurkiewicz Już doczytałem:

Założeniem Programu "Innowacyjna Szkoła Google" jest zapewnienie placówkom oświatowym kompleksowych rozwiązań w zakresie:
konfiguracji i dostępu do bezpłatnej platformy Google Workspace for Education
kompleksowego przeszkolenia kadry dydaktycznej, zespołu IT oraz kadry zarządzającej w obszarze wykorzystania nowych technologii w szkole.
przygotowania do certyfikacji Google dla edukatorów
voucherów do egzaminów certyfikacyjnych Google dla nauczycieli
dostępu do najlepszych, certyfikowanych nauczycieli Google w Polsce (GEG Poland) oraz ich wsparcia


Czy mniej więcej to samo co z produktami #microsoft : "my wam teraz 'za darmo' nasze produkty, a wy nam wykształcicie naszych przyszłych klientów".
To w takim razie nie polecam... (dotyczy wszystkiego od #gafam )


Microsoft Edge udostępnia Bing wszystkie odwiedzane przez Was strony. Wiemy, jak to wyłączyć!

https://rootblog.pl/microsoft-edge-udostepnia-bing-odwiedzane-witryny/

#Bing #Edge #Microsoft


Also, a little history on #JohnDeere It's well known that they "innovated" in the industry by visiting Farmers and copying their modifications and equipment, and then claiming them as their own.

Like in the case of so many "innovators" who stole from the #commons and then enclosed it for profits.

Remarkable familiar to the story of #MicroSoft


#Microsoft switches #Bing search engine to #AI. Much hilarity ensues. (I just queried it for the population of the Planet Mars.)


Wer für #Microsoft an Schulen plädiert, outet sich als Bildungsverhinderer. Schüler erhalten bei der Nutzung von MS-Produkten keine digitale Kompetenz darüber, wie etwas technisch funktioniert, sondern welche »Knöpfchen« sie drücken müssen. Das Mindesthaltbarkeitsdatum für solch ein antrainiertes Wissen ist spätestens mit dem nächsten Update der Bedienoberfläche überschritten und muss anschließend neu erlernt werden. Digitale Bildung bzw. das Erlernen von Medienkompetenz geht ganz klar anders.


https://githubcopilotinvestigation.com/

Wow, this is so well written. A convincing condemnation of what #microsoft is doing with #github copilot

I hope the lawsuits succeed.


As long as it's not possible to avoid registering on #Github, I refuse to publish #Rust #crates on crates.io .

#Microsoft should not be a gatekeeper of a community-owned programming language.


I find it hilarious that the US is so concerned with TikTok's data harvesting. #Google #Facebook #Whatsapp #Microsoft #pinterest #Apple #Amazon


Nahezu alle österreichischen Pflichtschulen, von denen ich bisher Digitalisierungsbemühungen mitbekommen habe, setzen auf #Microsoft und deren Clouddienste (OneDrive, Teams, Outlook Online…). Damit wird eine Generation an Menschen darauf trainiert, diese Dienste unkritisch ohne nachzudenken einzusetzen. Auch fällt es diesen #Schulen dann schwer, in der #Ausbildung eine kritische Haltung den Anbietern gegenüber einzunehmen, z.B. wenn Fälle wie unter https://www.heise.de/hintergrund/Automatisierte-Scans-Microsoft-sperrt-Kunden-unangekuendigt-fuer-immer-aus-7324608.html beschrieben passieren.