Tag Archives: Windows

The Hell that is OneDrive

Posted on November 15, 2024 by David K.

My PC — the PC I bought for precisely one game — came with Windows 11 pre-installed. Now, I hate Windows, and I expect it doesn’t like me much either, and that’s fine. For the sake of a game or … Continue reading →

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Windows Startup Buggery

Posted on August 7, 2024 by David K.

I have a PC. I’m ashamed to admit it, but I have a PC. I bought it for one and only one use: to play Elder Scrolls Online. To that end, I bought a SCUF Envision Pro controller. It does … Continue reading →

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Windows Being Windows, Shills Being Shills

Posted on June 20, 2024 by David K.

Windows stays prominent because Microsoft caters to corporations which abuse the poor, defenseless OS into doing things like locking users out of changing the desktop background and the sleep timeout. Until Apple offers power-hungry corporate IT middle managers the same … Continue reading →

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Introducing Surface Pro 10 for Business and Surface Laptop 6 for Business | Microsoft Devices Blog

Posted on March 22, 2024 by David K.

AI-powered PCs built for a new era of work We are excited to announce the first Surface AI PCs built exclusively for business: Surface Pro 10 for Business and Surface Laptop 6 for Business. These new PCs re Source: Introducing … Continue reading →

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Dell/Windows Display Malfeasance

Posted on January 24, 2024 by David K.

Apparently, no power in Heaven or Earth can make a Dell Windows “mobile workstation” display 4K@60Hz on an external monitor, using any of its ports, cables, connectors, or adapters, despite every piece in the chain assuring me that it can. … Continue reading →

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Starfield’s Steam rating falls to “mostly negative,” can Bethesda still save its RPG? | TechSpot

Posted on December 27, 2023 by David K.

Starfield, an RPG that excited gamers for years before release with the promise of being Skyrim in space, is ending 2023 with its Steam Recent Reviews rating at Mostly Negative. Even the overall rating is Mixed, which will doubtlessly disappoint … Continue reading →

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iOS 17 Includes ‘Grid Forecast’ Feature to Let You Know When ‘Cleaner’ Energy is Available

Posted on October 13, 2023 by David K.

Source: iOS 17 Includes ‘Grid Forecast’ Feature to Let You Know When ‘Cleaner’ Energy is Available This makes about as much sense as Microsoft automatically setting all the power options in Windows to be the most conservative and least performant, … Continue reading →

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Microsoft is using malware-like pop-ups in Windows 11 to get people to ditch Google

Posted on August 30, 2023 by David K.

I thought I had malware on my main Windows 11 machine this weekend. There I was minding my own business in Chrome before tabbing back to a game and wham a pop-up appeared asking me to switch my default search … Continue reading →

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My Shame is Ever Before Me

Posted on August 10, 2023 by David K.

A couple years ago, I broke free of playing Elder Scrolls Online, for the second time. I had quit before, in frustration of not being good enough to run the end-game content. It annoyed me that there were parts of … Continue reading →

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Employee claims she can’t use Microsoft Windows for “Religious Reasons” : Reddit/r/AskHR

Posted on March 3, 2023 by David K.

And they let her! You mean, all this time, I could have requested Linux on my corporate laptop for religious reasons!? BRB. Going to HR to explain my actual, deeply-held beliefs on this…

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