18-05-2021 21:45 - edited 18-05-2021 22:10
I updated via Windows 20H1 Update, and it only took 3 minutes
I thought I'd better check it out, I could find no mention of it in Update History
So tried the various checks with /scannow and Online DISM but they found no errors
Still no mention of it in Update History. So I decided to download the Microsoft Windows 10 media creation tool
Media Creation tool installed and ran it, then installed Windows 10, it took just over half an hour
on my fast PC, but I was pretty sure that I had all the files now, and it now shows
in file History
I would recommend an install with the media creation tool
on 27-10-2021 08:52
Updates this morning
Now up to build 19043.1320
10-11-2021 13:41 - edited 10-11-2021 13:42
Updates this afternoon, still on 21H1
Now up to build 19043.1348
on 13-11-2021 15:51
Don't want to use Microsoft Edge? Tough!
FYI: If the latest Windows 11 really wants to use Edge, it will use Edge no matter what.
https://www.theregister.com/2021/11/11/latest_windows_11_build_enforces_edge_links/
13-11-2021 16:12 - edited 13-11-2021 16:35
@Sololobo wrote:Don't want to use Microsoft Edge? Tough!
FYI: If the latest Windows 11 really wants to use Edge, it will use Edge no matter what.
https://www.theregister.com/2021/11/11/latest_windows_11_build_enforces_edge_links/
Strange... I have always used Firefox, I am pretty sure they will patch it soon. O tried it and Firefox did ask is you wanted to us it to open the link. But is did nothing when I said yes.
Oh and I uninstalled Edge and everything related and it had no efffect.
on 13-11-2021 18:59
From the article:
"In an email to The Register, a Mozilla spokesperson confirmed the Windows change broke Firefox’s Edge protocol workaround.
“People deserve choice,” the spokesperson said. “They should have the ability to simply and easily set defaults and their choice of default browser should be respected. We have worked on code that launches Firefox when the microsoft-edge protocol is used for those users that have already chosen Firefox as their default browser.
"Following the recent change to Windows 11, this planned implementation will no longer be possible.”
And:
"Windows will force the use of Edge even if you delete it, opening an empty UWP window and presenting an error message rather than falling back on the default browser."
on 13-11-2021 20:13
@Sololobo wrote:Don't want to use Microsoft Edge? Tough!
FYI: If the latest Windows 11 really wants to use Edge, it will use Edge no matter what.
https://www.theregister.com/2021/11/11/latest_windows_11_build_enforces_edge_links/
Just another nail in the coffin of MS/Windows as far as I'm concerned.
My PC finally updated to W10 21H1 this week, after which, Windows 10 21H1 decided that my external hard drive used for backups should no longer be viewed as an external hard drive but now appeared as an internal drive causing some unforeseen issues and time-wasting to remedy.
W11 shows all the same signs of yet more mangled MS brokenness and loss of user choice.
13-11-2021 22:37 - edited 13-11-2021 22:39
If I was to be honest, I just really install the latest versions to see what they are like. It doesn't take long to realise that it is just a re-skinned version of an earlier versiion of Windows. Who here can honestly say they can't find stuff in Win10 or 11 that they remember from XP or even 98! The best in my opinion was Win7 and 'Longhorn' (it was a pre-dev-Win7 that was really stable without all the bloat!)
You know this makes sense!
on 13-11-2021 23:09
Can't see the image at #67 until approved but agree with the sentiment of the post. At the end of its life Win 7 was stable and reliable and predictable in its behaviour. Win 10 has never been totally stable and reliable and predictable (and isn’t, even now) because it is ever-changing. I make sure I now do at least two backups each month, one immediately pre-Windows updates and one post-updates to account for the fact that each monthly update is likely to break my computer in some way.
Same applies to the current versions of MS Office. Microsoft are trying to manage installed desktop apps as if they are a cloud service by pushing out multiple (poorly-checked/poorly-quality-assured) updates every month. In the last few months for MS Office alone (excuse the American date notation) we have …
Nov-09 Version 2110 (Build 14527.20276)
Oct-28 Version 2110 (Build 14527.20234)
Oct-25 Version 2110 (Build 14527.20226)
Oct-14 Version 2109 (Build 14430.20306)
Oct-12 Version 2109 (Build 14430.20298)
Oct-06 Version 2109 (Build 14430.20270)
Oct-06 Version 2109 (Build 14430.20276)
Sep-28 Version 2109 (Build 14430.20234)
Sep-14 Version 2108 (Build 14326.20404)
Sep-07 Version 2108 (Build 14326.20348)
What could merit x10 updates in the space of 2 month for an office product installed as an app?
Next steps and an alternative to the above nonsense ... ?
14-11-2021 00:11 - edited 14-11-2021 00:15
I am trying to remember my favourite office version, but it was pretty early possibly 2000 or earlier..... you will all remember it; it was before they started the whole 'ribbon' nonsense. For most of us, we knew what we wanted, but where the f*ck was it? I took about 30 mins to find 'borders and shading'!!! - it used to be in a simple drop-down menu.
Mongrel friendly I used to call it!
Oh and the pic was not offensive... well maybe to Microsoft!😀