[NTLUG:Discuss] Fwd: [Notify] Windows 11.....

[stuart yarus]

Charles,

Sorry for the confusion.  I forwarded Cornelius' email to DFWUUG to NTLUG
because I thought the content was interesting.

I have never had a M$ account, and my experience with M$ products stops
with Windoze XP.

Stuart


On Thu, Dec 30, 2021 at 1:04 PM crem1111 <crem1111 at hushmail.com> wrote:

> Stu,
>
> I am lost. WIN11 will not install unless you are hardware compliant.
> Several
> of my computers are not CPU and TPM 2.0 compliant.
>
> I am assuming your PC is hardware compliant and Micro$oft allowed the
> download and install. Micro$oft always wants you to approve EULA. I've only
> gotten around EULA when I clone systems. In prior installs, they have the
> default that you needed to have a Micro$oft account. There was an option to
> get around the default without a Micro$oft account. I am expecting the
> option to go away someday. At that time my Micro$oft account may originate
> from China. No one will question that.
>
> My question: What behavior has changed on Micro$oft? Is M$ account
> required?
> Has the option to not have a M$ account gone away.
>
> Charles R.
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Discuss <discuss-bounces at ntlug.org> On Behalf Of stuart yarus
> Sent: Wednesday, December 29, 2021 03:01
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> Subject: [NTLUG:Discuss] Fwd: [Notify] Windows 11.....
>
> ---------- Forwarded message ---------
> From: Cornelius Keck <dfwuug at keck.us>
> Date: Wed, Dec 29, 2021 at 12:26 AM
> Subject: [Notify] Windows 11.....
> To: <notify at dfwuug.org>, <members at dfwuug.org>
>
>
> Something not one bit Unix, for a change, but still:
>
> My on-the-road laptop blocked logins until agreeing to upgrade to Windows
> 11. Big disappointment right there, not one bit unexpected.
> Backed it out within 15 minutes after it started up.
>
> There are only two good aspects about all this mess:
>
> - the upgrade backs out just fine, in realistic time, and
>
> - all my Windows 10 stuff appears to be unharmed.
>
> This could have ended way worse. Might want to get backups ready before
> 11 hits you, in case stuff goes sideways.
>
> I full realize that this is a Unix/Linux/*BSD-oriented group, but many of
> us
> have to use Windows here and there, so better beware.
>
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Stuart Yarus