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[-] Kissaki@feddit.org 10 points 10 months ago

Where's the regulation that prevents this? Appalling.

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[-] kadu@scribe.disroot.org 9 points 10 months ago

How many months away are we from Windows requiring a subscription to use, with a cheaper version for the OS + Office and a more expensive that also bundles AI?

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[-] FireWire400@lemmy.world 8 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago)

Use Windows 11 IoT Enterprise LTSC, problem solved.

Or, you know, that other thing.

[-] Reddfugee42@lemmy.world 9 points 10 months ago

just use that one thing that works right now

He said in response to an article about how they are perpetually reducing the amount of things that work right now

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[-] ArchmageAzor@lemmy.world 7 points 10 months ago

At this point they'll restrict access to the registry.

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[-] Max_P@lemmy.max-p.me 6 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago)

At this point I just net user /add it, which just creates the user manually and then you can reboot and just log into it.

It's not like you need anything from the OOBE at all, so might as well just skip it entirely.

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[-] Boozilla@sh.itjust.works 5 points 10 months ago

Do custom installation (ISO) creation utilities like NTLite still allow you to remove the requirement?

[-] Semi_Hemi_Demigod@lemmy.world 5 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago)

Doesn’t stop me from using Windows 11 as much as I want.

Which is none.

[-] hddsx@lemmy.ca 7 points 10 months ago

You’re not required for work? Damn, lucky you

[-] Semi_Hemi_Demigod@lemmy.world 5 points 10 months ago

I could probably make more money getting a job where I have to use Windows but honestly it wouldn’t be worth it.

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[-] VITecNet@programming.dev 5 points 10 months ago

I'm going to give Google money by buying a Pixel to free myself from Google…

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