I am glad that I don't need to use Windows anymore. When I did, the LTSC version (the one made for ATM and Kiosks) was the only one that was productivity-friendly.

Microsoft doesn't want to accept that no one cares about Windows, and the OS is the thing that gets you to the thing you want to do.

I saw 2 instances of people getting "updating windows" in their personal laptops when they tried to present something and lost everyone's time. I imagine this happens a lot of times every day. And now they are just breaking everyone's system by forcing updates as well.

> “ Microsoft has received a limited number…”

I always find this wording funny; the “limited” conveys no information but downplays the issue in a non-specific way. I wish we could have standardized writing guidelines for press reports, to call out such weasel words

Last Thursday windows 11 forced this update on my Acer machine. It caused me BSOD: inaccessible boot device, so I had to reformat my machine to get Windows running again.

So I am now very wary of this Out of Band Update[0], especially when it's not mentioned whether the latest update solve my issue or not. I don't know the same problem is still there, or whether this update makes the problem any better or worse.

0: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46750358

I suppose that's one way to make Windows secure, keep it from running entirely.

I switched to Macs almost completely for personal and devlopment use about 13 or 14 years ago. However, last year I started a 3d printing side hustle, and got an HP laptop for running the print studio since the amount of hardware I could get for less than $1000 was hard to ignore. However, things like this, and other weird issues (my fonts have gone all wonky a couple of times after random updates) make me want to switch it over to a Linux distro (even though the software support for what I need is much better in the Windows world, and in some cases, better than even on the Mac)

Just today I dumped Windows 11 and moved to Linux, lots to learn but wow, so nice not to be inside their walls.

Fact is that the massive number of CPUs worldwide run heavy versions of Windows and consume valuable energy while running Linux they whould be idle.

How is this not considered destruction of property? How about big tech plays by the same rules as everyone else?

Fixed my son's computer by shredding all evidence of Microsoft off his computer and installing Linux Devuan OS. Fortunatly his files were all stored on his separate ssd dut to a previous issue.

I had to renuke one of my gaming PCs this month so yeah

Except I think the problem happened just before Jan 13

But symptoms were almost exactly what TFA says

This shouldn't have happened, but my advice is to have a backup of your PCs that can be easily restored, regardless of the OS. I've had boot device hardware failures, file systems corrupted,etc.. with Linux and Windows alike (not yet with little mac though, I assume it's just a matter of time).

Simple fix, move to Linux. (unless you're forced to use it like I am at work, for security theater reasons)

"suspects".... they are not 100% sure guys, there is only a vague suspicion that "some" users "might"

Can't believe how low Microsoft have sunk and how fast in the last few years

Perhaps its because SpywareOS is being written by Copilot with zero supervision by a bunch of monkeys with keyboards bashing away? WorstOS ever.

Microsoft needs to go back to basics and keep the OS dead simple. No AI cruft. AI is good only for certain categories and specific ways of integration. It falls apart quickly if you do not know how to glue things together properly and just use it in anything and everything (for example: adding AI to Notepad was the stupidest thing Microsoft could do).

Windows is so big and dominant, the only way that they can lose market share is to shoot themselves in the foot. And that's exactly what they are doing every now and then. But the question is, when will real Windows apocalypse begin?

Related:

Windows 11 update KB5074109 is breaking systems – Microsoft says uninstall it (https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46725053)

You mean the one I just downloaded and updated my laptop with? It installed OK.

I usually use MacOS and Linux, it's just that some software is Windows only, and I run MacOS on Apple Silicon - the windows program I needed only uses x86-64 architecture, so I can't use parallels (AFAIK).

I'm kind of hoping I get an update that bricks my laptop so I can install Debian over this MS Windows hellscape and run windows on a VM when needed. I may do it anyways after I get fed up with nagging MS messages and workarounds.

I suspect a company needs to pay some damages.

Now, where's the Louis Rossman video on this?

man, its safer NOT to update than it is TO update... microslop fell hard

And noone asks why Windows looks, feels and operates the way it is. Isn't it strange that a megacorp creates these watermelon headed monstrosities and it gets worse after each iteration?

I've got to stop doing Windows Updates

This is Tay Bridge syndrome: all the people who know how to ship an OS properly have retired.