• AndyMFK@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish
    2·
    23 minutes ago

    Windows isn’t ready for daily driving imo, it’s risky to use such an unstable OS for high importance tasks.

    It’s fine if you want to tinker and experiment with a different OS, but for day to day usage I think you should really be using something more stable.

  • Agent641@lemmy.worldEnglish
    1·
    34 minutes ago

    “YOUR COMPUTER FAILED TO START AFTER A RECENT UPDATE. WOULD YOU LIKE TO EXPLORE RECOVERY OPTIONS?”

  • criss_cross@lemmy.worldEnglish
    11·
    4 hours ago

    This is why anything I need to do serious work on does not get Windows installed on it. Even OSX doesn’t pull this.

    • henfredemars@infosec.pubEnglish
      6·
      2 hours ago

      Sometimes it’s simply about being taken seriously.

      I’m a very busy person without a lot of time to play video games. If I sit down to play (and on Linux!), I’m absolutely not willing to spend extra time waiting on OS updates. It’s great that I can configure my system to respect my time and never interrupt me if that’s what I wish on a device solely used for electronic card games.

      It does exactly what I tell it to do, and that’s great.

  • Wildmimic@anarchist.nexusEnglish
    12·
    5 hours ago

    Yeah, rule of thumb: you need your Windows PC to be available 100% at a close future point? update it now, reboot, and then disable networking if possible.

    • fuckwit_mcbumcrumble@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish
      1·
      10 minutes ago

      You have to ignore the updates for a while before it will force reboot during your normal working hours.

      If it’s left alone overnight yeah it might reboot on you the day the patch came out. But if your active hours are set to something same it’s never rebooted on me.

    • mynona@lemmy.worldEnglish
      7·
      4 hours ago

      Also pause updates, it doesn’t stop all updates but it does avoid most of the forced reboot Micro$lop dishes out for weeks at a time. Disabling networking is ideal, no doubt, including the telemetry spam.

  • NewNewAugustEast@lemmy.zipEnglish
    36·
    7 hours ago

    Simple rules of thumb:

    Never use windows for presentations.

    Never use powerpoint for presentations.

    Never use your own profile for presentations.

    Always have a synced version to a URL that you can refer the audience to if the projector fails or doesnt like your computer.

    But yeah, that sucks.

    • Sergio@piefed.socialEnglish
      11·
      5 hours ago

      A friend who did a lot of presentations said: always have backups for everything.

      • spare laptop
      • duplicates of all kinds of connectors & cables
      • projector and external speakers (if all in-person audience)
      • know of any other available rooms nearby
      • copies of presentation on USB and online
      • etc.

      I went on a business trip with him once, and we all carried 2 bags each of equipment. Last I heard, he ended up working for a large entertainment company in LA.

  • dylanTheDeveloper@lemmy.worldEnglish
    50·
    9 hours ago

    I remember during the last big win11 update i defined active hours which was recommended by Microsoft to do so it only updates outside of work hours.

    Only for it to get reset without notification so all workstations started updating in the middle of work when left idle

  • CocaineShrimp@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
    5·
    5 hours ago

    I’ve been trying to get off PP for presentations, but everything else I’ve used has it’s issues

    • LaTeX Beamer: My alternative go-to; but it requires Tex to be installed to make changes; so it’s locked to your computer. Plus most people don’t know how to write LaTeX (let alone program), so just for solo presentations
    • LibreOffice Impress: A close alternative, but I find theming breaks a lot between systems (background / font colors primarily IIRC)
    • Web-based presentation software: requires you to be online, and you generally can’t download the presentations for offline use / archiving

    Any recommendations?