My prediction:
They'll quietly switch it to be enabled by default in 6 months, re-enable it on every major update, and hide the "disable permanently" toggle in a group policy or registry key.
But when you get infected they'll point to this statement and say it's your fault.
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I found the Group Policy feature on Windows XP Pro back in the early 2000s. Learned a lot about how Windows actually worked under the hood. I never ran any Home version ever again after that.
Home has same features but not activated.so you could enable group policy in home version too. Well fck MS anyway
Not really, home edition has a subset of the group policy compared to pro or enterprise..
The Home version also has many other features that are disabled compared to the Pro/Enterprise versions. It stands to reason that this could also have an impact on the group policy, which offers far less because so many other things are disabled. Of course, it cannot be activated easily and many things are prevented, but theoretically, all of this would also be available in the home version. As long as you do not use a customized or self-created ISO, but the standard ISO image from MS. Ultimately, the key that is subsequently activated and what is not is decisive.
However, I don't want to contradict you that the Pro/Enterprise version would be the smarter choice from the outset, because that's definitely true.
I had the same prediction. This is going to be so hilarious when it happens.
Every time I read about these "upgrades", I'm glad I ditched Windows on my personal computers.
Yeah, I still need Windows on my laptop for some schoolwork(GX works 2 for PLCs), that I can't get to work on linux.
Really happy with Fedora KDE though, some things require a bit of fiddling, but I do enjoy the troubleshooting process.
That's why I specified personal devices. My work laptop runs Windows 11. But it belongs to the company, so I don't really care.
For other shit of mine that requires Windows (like vehicle diagnostics software), I just run a VM.
Hmm, I suppose maybe I could get GX Works to work on my main pc. It's a pirated copy that our teacher handed out to us, but iirc the installation was fairly simple.
I haven't ever used a VM though, will I have to set it up every time, or can I save the VM and start it up whenever I want to?
I haven’t ever used a VM though, will I have to set it up every time, or can I save the VM and start it up whenever I want to?
It's just like a physical machine, except launched in a window from your desktop (or wherever you put the VM launcher). And yes, if you set it up correctly, it saves its state when it shuts down.
I use virt-manager, which is just a GUI on top of KVM/qcow. Works really well. It's available for pretty much every Linux distro.
Thanks, I'll look into it!
I am guessing that the next version of Windows will require a valid credit card number while being set up. That way Copilot can purchase and install other Microsoft products for you automatically in order to complete tasks it thinks you assigned it. Your acceptance of the EULA will be all the justification they need.
And yet the CEO is surprised everyone finds it underwhelming
I mean, it's perfectly sound advice. Don't enable features you don't understand. There are already plenty of features in Windows that would be privacy or security problems if you enable them without understanding what they do or how to use them.
Unfortunately, Microsoft will and is enabling these AI "features" by default. They pushed for a CoPilot key on laptops, so they really want you to use it
MS: We are not responsible if your computer tries to kill you if you enable AI.
User: Okay!?
MS: enables AI by default
as opposed to MS install thier proprietary spyware.