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Microsoft no longer permits local Windows 10 accounts if you want Consumer Extended Security Updates — support beyond EOL requires a Microsoft Account link-up even if you pay $30 (www.tomshardware.com)
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[–] 27 points 1 year ago* (6 children)

shakes fist

Family members have PCs that can't support Windows 11 (not that I'd want them to get it anyway) and I'm not yet in the position to migrate them to Linux.

This type of behaviour makes me glad I'm most of the way to ditching MS entirely on my own systems.

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  • [–] 16 points 1 year ago (1 child)

    I'm most of the way to ditching MS entirely on my own systems.

    You can do it, Aussie. Bite his freaking head off.

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  • [–] 2 points 1 year ago

    Frustratingly I have just a few applications that are Windows-only and don't work under WINE. I've filed bug reports but haven't had the time to learn how to debug it myself, so am somewhat stuck dual-booting on one device for the near future (everything else is now Linux).

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  • [–] 4 points 1 year ago (1 child)

    Don't worry, you can only get it for a single year. Next year it's new or Linux.

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  • [–] 1 point 1 year ago

    I know, but that year will be valuable for a certain family member who is stubborn and needs time to be eased into a new system. The problem is that now I have to set up a MS account for them just to get the extension!

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