More MS update follies

[lee n. field]

24H2 will have bitlocker turned on by default even in the home ver
This is both good bad, good in that it will make people's PC more secure by default, bad in that if someone loses or forgets their key they're up the creek if they ever need to recover their data. 

Microsoft To Force BitLocker Encryption on Windows 11
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MyG3m_WxyLc

Had one this week.  Win11 update went wonky, never fully booting.  Could not do anything useful in recovery console until I got into her MS account for the bitlocker key.  Fortunately I had left the ms account info on the sales order from when I originally set the laptop up last year some time.  I was able to do a non-destructive Windows reset.

A lot of people are going to be just SOL when something like that happens.

[WLJ]

Just noticed a W11 install from a year ago is now giving me a "MS Account Problem" warning and is telling me to sign in to my account, I'm not, when I boot it since the last update

[WLJ]

MS has started rolling out 24H2 into the release preview channel

[WLJ]

Just noticed a W11 install from a year ago is now giving me a "MS Account Problem" warning and is telling me to sign in to my account, I'm not, when I boot it since the last update

Now all my PCs since the last round of updates are all now telling me there's a problem with my MS account and I should log in. I have a MS account but I only log into it rarely as I don't normally need anything it offers beyond transferring keys to a new motherboard or similar. Appears MS is trying to goat people to stay logged in at all times now.

[MechAg94]

Now all my PCs since the last round of updates are all now telling me there's a problem with my MS account and I should log in. I have a MS account but I only log into it rarely as I don't normally need anything it offers beyond transferring keys to a new motherboard or similar. Appears MS is trying to goat people to stay logged in at all times now.

I think I set up an MS account when I set up my current computer.  I see that "error" also and just ignore it.

[Hawkmoon]

Now all my PCs since the last round of updates are all now telling me there's a problem with my MS account and I should log in. I have a MS account but I only log into it rarely as I don't normally need anything it offers beyond transferring keys to a new motherboard or similar. Appears MS is trying to goat people to stay logged in at all times now.

I've been getting warnings that "Your work settings are out of date."

I didn't know I had any work settings.

I think what's happening is that I continue to reject the imposition of the new Outlook in place of Windows Mail and Windows Calendar, and Mother Microsoft doesn't like it when we disobey her mandates.

[WLJ]

I've been getting warnings that "Your work settings are out of date."

I didn't know I had any work settings.

I think what's happening is that I continue to reject the imposition of the new Outlook in place of Windows Mail and Windows Calendar, and Mother Microsoft doesn't like it when we disobey her mandates.

Hmm, now that you mentioned it around the time I started getting notices about the new Outlook and that I need to try it I noticed a problem copying and pasting stuff out of Thunderbird. Not sure if it's connected or just a random Thunderbird problem I just now noticed

[Cliffh]

After the last update on this Win10 machine I got a full screen warning that my computer didn't meet the spec's for Win11.  Didn't bother to read the entire thing, just closed it and went on.

[Hawkmoon]

Hmm, now that you mentioned it around the time I started getting notices about the new Outlook and that I need to try it I noticed a problem copying and pasting stuff out of Thunderbird. Not sure if it's connected or just a random Thunderbird problem I just now noticed

Microsoft is pushing the new Outlook VERY hard. No matter how many times I reject it, they keep switching me over to it without my permission, so then I have to manually change back.

I have MS Office Professional -- 2016 on one computer, 2019 on another, and 2021 on a third. And I have MS Office Home and Business on my Surface tablet. All of those include the real Outlook -- with no ads interspersed with new e-mail messages. I have two e-mail accounts set up in [the real] Outlook. I have no problem with that. But I use the Windows Calendar for the simple reason that I can set a desktop icon for it and, when I need it, it opens directly into a calendar view. No need to open Outlook and then jump from mail to calendar, and then back. It works for me, and I have no desire to change. So I wish Microsoft would take a hint and just leave me alone.

[WLJ]

MS: We're going to keep screwing with you until you switch to Linux

[JTHunter]

MS: We're going to keep screwing with you until you switch to Linux.

Depending on how long this Windows 7 system with Office 2000 lasts, I'm watching what happens with Linux as my next desktop will likely have some version of that as well as "Open Office" or whatever free office program is out there.  Will also try to put GIMP on it to replace the PS 6 I'm using now.

[WLJ]

Depending on how long this Windows 7 system with Office 2000 lasts, I'm watching what happens with Linux as my next desktop will likely have some version of that as well as "Open Office" or whatever free office program is out there.  Will also try to put GIMP on it to replace the PS 6 I'm using now.

Most flavors of Linux I've messed with come with LibreOffice already installed

[Hawkmoon]

Most flavors of Linux I've messed with come with LibreOffice already installed

Almost all of them, I think.

[JTHunter]

Most flavors of Linux I've messed with come with LibreOffice already installed.

Good to know. Thanks.  I just couldn't remember the name of the program.