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Not just a MS account but Windows 11 comes with forced integrated AI.

I miss the days of WIn95/98/2000 when you could still set up your computer with stuff you actually WANTED to use and could easily uninstall bloatware.
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My biggest gripe about Windows 11 is that they keep forcing users to use a Microsoft account.  Here is another work around that to creating a local user account.

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Spam City / Re: Song of the Day
« Last post by Sandman[SA] on August 24, 2025, 01:36:51 pm »
Here is one I haven't heard in a while.  Was this a one hit wonder band or what?

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Geek / Games Discussion / Re: Cool Software Stuff
« Last post by Sandman[SA] on August 22, 2025, 02:04:12 am »
This looks to be very compelling.

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I've been seeing a few discussions about Windows 10 Enterprise edition.  And I found a video that could prove useful to anyone that wants to stay on Windows 10 for a while longer.

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I remember those "Windows for Dummies" books. DO they still make them? My mom needs an updated one lol.

I have seen them around still.  Only I don't know how "current" they are.  But at least a lot of it would still be relevant.

As for me, I will adjust. My computer can do Windows 11. But I will wait as long as possible to switch to it. I do feel lied to by MS when they said Win10 would be the last one. No point in fighting it. But in my mom's case, it is still a problem needing a solution.

Same.  I will most likely stick with Windows 10 to the bitter end.  I have found some tricks to older Windows 11 builds that can enable a local user account.  I would be putting them to the test.

Any ideas for her? By the way, her computer CAN handle Win 11 (that small slow one) but she is already complaining how slow it is...

You could try trimming Windows 11 bloat down with an app called Rufus.  Worth a shot.
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If you have a spare drive around, you could try installing Linux on that.  OR, you could create a virtual machine inside Windows 10 and install it there.  That's giving that your main drive has enough free space for it.  Or just stay on Windows 10 and take stronger security measures.  You have some option here. But honestly.  Just because Windows 10 will be going EOL in a couple of months isn't the end of the road.  The OS will still run just fine.  Most games and software will still be supported for a few more years at least.  Hardware drivers on the other hand, well that's another story.

Windows 11 I can adjust to. I am more worried about my mom as she is relearning Windows 10 and keeps forgetting the basics at her age (turns out she kept hitting the button to shut down Windows 10, forgetting about the Start button, which I had taught her to use, and she once did know).  With Microsoft changing Windows more and more to look like a touch screen OS, it just means me having to be at my mom's, more and more to teach her the basics repeatedly. I remember those "Windows for Dummies" books. DO they still make them? My mom needs an updated one lol. We live in a world that is "look online for this and that," but that isn't cutting elderly people like my mom and just making more work for me. It is annoying. But getting her a different OS is not the way to go with my mom. I realize that now.

What I need is a way to make it easier for her and I can't figure out any. Windows, the more it includes, the more confusing it will be for her. She does not use a cell phone and even though she is finally using the Tablet her brother gave her for her birthday 5+ years ago before he died, the battery may be going on that. I was wondering if a new tablet or a laptop with Android on it may be the way to go but I realize it won't be as she always has to ask me how to do this and that on there as well.

As for me, I will adjust. My computer can do Windows 11. But I will wait as long as possible to switch to it. I do feel lied to by MS when they said Win10 would be the last one. No point in fighting it. But in my mom's case, it is still a problem needing a solution.

Any ideas for her? By the way, her computer CAN handle Win 11 (that small slow one) but she is already complaining how slow it is...
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If you have a spare drive around, you could try installing Linux on that.  OR, you could create a virtual machine inside Windows 10 and install it there.  That's giving that your main drive has enough free space for it.  Or just stay on Windows 10 and take stronger security measures.  You have some option here. But honestly.  Just because Windows 10 will be going EOL in a couple of months isn't the end of the road.  The OS will still run just fine.  Most games and software will still be supported for a few more years at least.  Hardware drivers on the other hand, well that's another story.
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I was but not at this time. It was more that I didn't have a good laptop (netbook from 2010 would only handle up to Win 7 Basic). I got better from my dad now (really crap but good enough to take with me just to look things up when going to my mom's to work on her computer). It can't handle Win 11 though (only my main PC can and my mom's PC) but for the time being it was useful.
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