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Windows Recall is secretly installed and enabled on non-Copilot+PCs (Privacy Nightmare) (www.youtube.com)
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[–] [email protected] 17 points 4 weeks ago (1 children)

For FUCK sakes....

I have a 256GB SATA SSD machine here, that I want to put a fresh install of windows on a 1TB M.2

And NOW is the fucking time windows puts out this fucking Win11 24H2 garbage... that's BSOD'ing peoples computers, having other issues, and now this.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 4 weeks ago* (last edited 4 weeks ago) (1 children)

Microsoft has definitely not been a great tenant on dual boot systems over the past year. Usually you get the occasional MBR overwrite, but it’s been pretty bad. Windows has been assuming it’s the only OS.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 4 weeks ago* (last edited 4 weeks ago) (1 children)

I fixed a windows install for an old guy, and windows patched the BIOS to prevent F11 loading the boot menu....

Never again

[–] [email protected] 6 points 4 weeks ago (2 children)

That seems extremely unlikely. That is controlled by the BIOS itself. Windows Update does deliver BIOS updates, but only as provided by the OEM.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 4 weeks ago (1 children)

BIOS exists no more. It's all UEFI which is controllable from the outside.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 4 weeks ago

Technically yes, but most people still say "BIOS" to refer to any system on a PC that fills the same role.

Some true BIOSes are also externally controllable, too, it's not exclusive to UEFI.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 4 weeks ago

Microsoft has incredibly been doing stuff I'd consider unlikely just a decade ago. They're at the point where I go "unlikely but far from impossible. Likely in a while".