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Recent Comments

New comment on Microsoft has not stopped forcing Edge on Windows 11 users:

IGnatius T Foobar

You're still using Windows? How ... antiquated.

New comment on What is Lenovo Wi-Fi Security and should you enable or ignore it?:

fake security

I always wondered what it was. thanks. I still don't know. but I'm keeping it off.

New comment on Microsoft has not stopped forcing Edge on Windows 11 users:

FuckMicrosoft

I hate Microsoft. Fuck them.

New comment on Microsoft has not stopped forcing Edge on Windows 11 users:

Philip Golan

I recently purchased a new laptop with windows 11. My default browser is chrome. What disturbs me most, is the fact that edge records all my chrome browsing history on its platform.

New comment on First look at Microsoft PC Manager and its conflicting interests:

Anonymous

Thanks for the heads up. I think I'll pass...as per your rec.

New comment on Microsoft has not stopped forcing Edge on Windows 11 users:

Richard Black

Ever tried uninstalling Edge? It is nearly impossible. Windows is infected by Edge background services that cannot easily be removed. Folders have to be force deleted, register hacked, etc. No mortal could do it on their own.

New comment on Microsoft has not stopped forcing Edge on Windows 11 users:

Anonymous

The Outlook behavior can be turned off in Settings > Advanced > File and browser preferences > "Open hyperlinks from Outlook in: [Default Browser]"

New comment on Microsoft has not stopped forcing Edge on Windows 11 users:

Chuck

This is absurd. We (more technical users) probably know why they're doing this - for the vast majority of (non-technical) users, defaults stick. However, I can't understand that they prevent even technical people from changing the default browser on their OS. I'm one of the lucky few that uses Linux at work (non-technical role), but I do need to run a VM for some cases and every other time I launch it, I'm amazed to see how defaults aren't respected and how my privacy/advertising settings have been miraculously changed to Microsoft's benefit. I can't help but feel like I'm being held down and having Edge forced down my throat.

New comment on Windows now blocks Edge browser competitors from opening links:

Jake

I'd take the 'destructive changes to Windows' route, with caveat emptor.

I had to cripple Windows Defender by booting from an external USB, and replacing its installation folder with a file of the same name. (Once it managed to reinstall itself, but mostly this is quite reliable.)

Windows Update was harder to cripple; there are various scheduled tasks that need to be killed off; I never mananged to get rid of all of them; it kept rearing its ugly head; in the end I gave up.

Would be nice to use Linux, but there are no graphics drivers for AMD Radeon R7 M460 that work on Ubuntu, which makes web browsing a painful experience, and totally rules out watching any video.

New comment on What domain name to use for your home network:

Richard

Really useful article, I must admit I was not aware of RFC 8375 until now. Once I setup a LAN using '.group. as the TLD, before that was a valid TLD. Years later someone registered the domain name with that TLD and things got weird!