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  1. Onedrive next please! OneDrive is integral to assimilating users into the Microsoft ecosystem, it is not going anywhere. It has to be updated anyway, so clearly it doesn’t need to be there since we all know MS doesn’t know what a differential update is. All they are doing is downloading a new version. So again, there is no point in including it. Especially since it’s on the store, can be downloaded from the site, and is included with Microsoft 365. Yeah, while we are at it, lets remove the Mail and Calendar apps too, and Maps, and Alarms and Clock, pfft, who uses that. Camera? I've got my phone for that. Photos? No thanks I'll roll my own. Popular apps Netflix, Spotify and Candy Crush on my PC? How dare you! And the stuff nobody ever opens, like Tips, Get Help and whatnot. Also pretty much everything under Windows Accessories and Windows Administrative tools, who uses that? Admins know what they need. We've got downloadable tools like Power Toys that gives us features when we actually need it. We will download the tools or have a handy pen drive with this stuff wherever we go. People shouldn't touch Regedit unless they know what they are doing, why bother having it accessible? Why ever defrag in the age of SSDs? Ease of Access tools? Why bother with that? Microsoft sells the Xbox Adaptive Controller separately, why can't they just make a separate SKU for folks who need it? Windows Explorer is POS. Microsoft Edge bundling is anti-competitive... ... ... ...Wait a second, why are there any apps and programs on my PC when I set it up? Just give me PowerShell and I will take it from there. Wow, miss the point much? Nah, absurd comments need absurd replies. Nothing is absurd about leaving software included in other installers or can be downloaded, out of the base OS. The version included just becomes outdated and replaced anyway. Microsoft Edge gets updated every 6 weeks (any web browser for that matter). People might not get an update for OneDrive, but they will surely get a browser update when they first setup their PC. What's your stance on that? Shall we just stop shipping OSes with a web browser in it? My point is simple. Features that get used the most will obviously be bundled, even if you are not the target user. Sometimes apps are bundled for promotional reasons. Nothing wrong with that (up to a limit). Give me a way to uninstall it without much fuss, and I am fine. Your needs are not the same as everyone else's. In fact, HP laptops come preinstalled with Dropbox. I am totally fine with that too, despite the fact that I use OneDrive. Be happy that people are getting an option (or even promotion) to use Cloud storage out of the box. Far too many people don't know to sync their stuff up to the cloud and lose everything with their device (I know Cloud storage is not a proper backup solution, but its better than nothing).
    4 points
  2. Onedrive next please! OneDrive is integral to assimilating users into the Microsoft ecosystem, it is not going anywhere. It has to be updated anyway, so clearly it doesn’t need to be there since we all know MS doesn’t know what a differential update is. All they are doing is downloading a new version. So again, there is no point in including it. Especially since it’s on the store, can be downloaded from the site, and is included with Microsoft 365. Yeah, while we are at it, lets remove the Mail and Calendar apps too, and Maps, and Alarms and Clock, pfft, who uses that. Camera? I've got my phone for that. Photos? No thanks I'll roll my own. Popular apps Netflix, Spotify and Candy Crush on my PC? How dare you! And the stuff nobody ever opens, like Tips, Get Help and whatnot. Also pretty much everything under Windows Accessories and Windows Administrative tools, who uses that? Admins know what they need. We've got downloadable tools like Power Toys that gives us features when we actually need it. We will download the tools or have a handy pen drive with this stuff wherever we go. People shouldn't touch Regedit unless they know what they are doing, why bother having it accessible? Why ever defrag in the age of SSDs? Ease of Access tools? Why bother with that? Microsoft sells the Xbox Adaptive Controller separately, why can't they just make a separate SKU for folks who need it? Windows Explorer is POS. Microsoft Edge bundling is anti-competitive... ... ... ...Wait a second, why are there any apps and programs on my PC when I set it up? Just give me PowerShell and I will take it from there.
    4 points
  3. Paint 3D was a disaster I couldn't find any use for the thing even as a quick editor... at least paint worked ok for that
    4 points
  4. Onedrive next please! 😂 nope yep. It can be downloaded.
    4 points
  5. Onedrive next please! 😂 nope
    4 points
  6. Microsoft confirms Windows 10 printer crashes after Patch Tuesday updates

    *Face palm* Why wouldn't they? Have a laser downstairs and a laser upstairs. My sister has a laser, my friend has a laser, my mom has a laser. Do your sharks also have lasers?
    3 points
  7. Microsoft is changing the way Edge updates on macOS

    AutoUpdate has always been horrible - can they please ditch it for Office apps, too?
    3 points
  8. No clearly not, all those shipping labels, all those stickers on products, all those serial number labels... They're all generated with a monkey and a toothbrush in a secret room...
    3 points
  9. Onedrive next please! OneDrive is integral to assimilating users into the Microsoft ecosystem, it is not going anywhere. It has to be updated anyway, so clearly it doesn’t need to be there since we all know MS doesn’t know what a differential update is. All they are doing is downloading a new version. So again, there is no point in including it. Especially since it’s on the store, can be downloaded from the site, and is included with Microsoft 365. Yeah, while we are at it, lets remove the Mail and Calendar apps too, and Maps, and Alarms and Clock, pfft, who uses that. Camera? I've got my phone for that. Photos? No thanks I'll roll my own. Popular apps Netflix, Spotify and Candy Crush on my PC? How dare you! And the stuff nobody ever opens, like Tips, Get Help and whatnot. Also pretty much everything under Windows Accessories and Windows Administrative tools, who uses that? Admins know what they need. We've got downloadable tools like Power Toys that gives us features when we actually need it. We will download the tools or have a handy pen drive with this stuff wherever we go. People shouldn't touch Regedit unless they know what they are doing, why bother having it accessible? Why ever defrag in the age of SSDs? Ease of Access tools? Why bother with that? Microsoft sells the Xbox Adaptive Controller separately, why can't they just make a separate SKU for folks who need it? Windows Explorer is POS. Microsoft Edge bundling is anti-competitive... ... ... ...Wait a second, why are there any apps and programs on my PC when I set it up? Just give me PowerShell and I will take it from there. Wow, miss the point much? Nah, absurd comments need absurd replies. Nothing is absurd about leaving software included in other installers or can be downloaded, out of the base OS. The version included just becomes outdated and replaced anyway. consumer windows isn't for you, it's for your average person. onedrive is a core part of windows now. If you're uninstalling it like Wingliston claims then you're using your computer wrong. it's not 2000 anymore. stop being inefficient.
    3 points
  10. Onedrive next please! 😂 nope yep. It can be downloaded. it's not going anywhere. you guys need to stop QQing about a few MB's. Its better they add this to the MS Store or 365 installer. Most people don't want or need OneDrive. Every Windows 10 device I setup for customers want it gone. It places itself in File Explorer, startup, runs in system tray, recreates itself on each user profile, sfc adds it back to the start menu... One less trash to remove would be nice. There are 47.5 Million users of O365 M365 consumer version as per their latest quarterly results and 250 Million Office 365 users. This is only going to rise. Many more using the free tier and many, many more indifferent to OneDrive's bundling in their PCs. This number more than warrants itself that it makes more sense for Microsoft to ensure OneDrive/Office experience immediately out of the box than tell all these folks to install it every time they get a new PC. Please don't cite anecdotal evidence. I can too.
    3 points
  11. Onedrive next please! OneDrive is integral to assimilating users into the Microsoft ecosystem, it is not going anywhere.
    3 points
  12. Onedrive next please! OneDrive? Hopefully not lol. Why? Is downloading hard? is uninstalling hard? Nope. But if people are going to whine about little crap like Paint 3D, (and they have in the past), we might as well mention that OneDrive doesn’t need to be there either. But hey, if you like the whole opt-out (which is basically what uninstalling is doing, opting out of bloat) approach, more power to ya. On the other hand, Microsoft actually knows how many people use each app and can make decisions based on that. So seriously, why are we even talking about this?
    3 points
  13. Windows 10 build 21332 removes 3D Viewer and Paint 3D on clean installs

    Less preinstalled bloatware the better
    3 points
  14. nice, do cortana next please.
    3 points
  15. Agreed. I personally feel that a base install should contain the OS not apps that few people use - they should be store downloads. This is a step in the right direction.
    3 points
  16. Onedrive next please! No thank you, I happen to use OneDrive a lot for my work and like the OS integration.
    2 points
  17. Microsoft confirms Windows 10 printer crashes after Patch Tuesday updates

    Most certainly in business settings. For example, Zebra is one of the listed in the article. If you've ever gotten anything with a UPS label on it, it likely came from a Zebra printer. Yup, we print 1000's of Royal Mail / FedEx labels a week on Zebra printers.
    2 points
  18. Most certainly in business settings. For example, Zebra is one of the listed in the article. If you've ever gotten anything with a UPS label on it, it likely came from a Zebra printer.
    2 points
  19. Microsoft is changing the way Edge updates on macOS

    Good, using AutoUpdate was stupid.
    2 points
  20. Microsoft is changing the way Edge updates on macOS

    Good... I set up Edge on macOS for a family member, and when I realized that it updated this way, I thought that was nuts.
    2 points
  21. lol, this is very much laughable at this point🤣
    2 points
  22. Onedrive next please! OneDrive is integral to assimilating users into the Microsoft ecosystem, it is not going anywhere. It has to be updated anyway, so clearly it doesn’t need to be there since we all know MS doesn’t know what a differential update is. All they are doing is downloading a new version. So again, there is no point in including it. Especially since it’s on the store, can be downloaded from the site, and is included with Microsoft 365. Yeah, while we are at it, lets remove the Mail and Calendar apps too, and Maps, and Alarms and Clock, pfft, who uses that. Camera? I've got my phone for that. Photos? No thanks I'll roll my own. Popular apps Netflix, Spotify and Candy Crush on my PC? How dare you! And the stuff nobody ever opens, like Tips, Get Help and whatnot. Also pretty much everything under Windows Accessories and Windows Administrative tools, who uses that? Admins know what they need. We've got downloadable tools like Power Toys that gives us features when we actually need it. We will download the tools or have a handy pen drive with this stuff wherever we go. People shouldn't touch Regedit unless they know what they are doing, why bother having it accessible? Why ever defrag in the age of SSDs? Ease of Access tools? Why bother with that? Microsoft sells the Xbox Adaptive Controller separately, why can't they just make a separate SKU for folks who need it? Windows Explorer is POS. Microsoft Edge bundling is anti-competitive... ... ... ...Wait a second, why are there any apps and programs on my PC when I set it up? Just give me PowerShell and I will take it from there. Wow, miss the point much? Nah, absurd comments need absurd replies. Nothing is absurd about leaving software included in other installers or can be downloaded, out of the base OS. The version included just becomes outdated and replaced anyway. consumer windows isn't for you, it's for your average person. onedrive is a core part of windows now. If you're uninstalling it like Wingliston claims then you're using your computer wrong. it's not 2000 anymore. stop being inefficient. Fun fact, Enterprise also includes OneDrive. As for the rest, you are coming to conclusions on a false assumption.
    2 points
  23. Even Google apps come to iOS first 😂
    2 points
  24. Onedrive next please! OneDrive is integral to assimilating users into the Microsoft ecosystem, it is not going anywhere. It has to be updated anyway, so clearly it doesn’t need to be there since we all know MS doesn’t know what a differential update is. All they are doing is downloading a new version. So again, there is no point in including it. Especially since it’s on the store, can be downloaded from the site, and is included with Microsoft 365. Yeah, while we are at it, lets remove the Mail and Calendar apps too, and Maps, and Alarms and Clock, pfft, who uses that. Camera? I've got my phone for that. Photos? No thanks I'll roll my own. Popular apps Netflix, Spotify and Candy Crush on my PC? How dare you! And the stuff nobody ever opens, like Tips, Get Help and whatnot. Also pretty much everything under Windows Accessories and Windows Administrative tools, who uses that? Admins know what they need. We've got downloadable tools like Power Toys that gives us features when we actually need it. We will download the tools or have a handy pen drive with this stuff wherever we go. People shouldn't touch Regedit unless they know what they are doing, why bother having it accessible? Why ever defrag in the age of SSDs? Ease of Access tools? Why bother with that? Microsoft sells the Xbox Adaptive Controller separately, why can't they just make a separate SKU for folks who need it? Windows Explorer is POS. Microsoft Edge bundling is anti-competitive... ... ... ...Wait a second, why are there any apps and programs on my PC when I set it up? Just give me PowerShell and I will take it from there. Wow, miss the point much? Nah, absurd comments need absurd replies.
    2 points
  25. Onedrive next please! 😂 nope yep. It can be downloaded. it's not going anywhere. you guys need to stop QQing about a few MB's. Its better they add this to the MS Store or 365 installer. Most people don't want or need OneDrive. Every Windows 10 device I setup for customers want it gone. It places itself in File Explorer, startup, runs in system tray, recreates itself on each user profile, sfc adds it back to the start menu... One less trash to remove would be nice.
    2 points
  26. Adobe Photoshop now runs natively on Apple M1 Macs

    As someone who has an M1, all the programs on Rosetta 2 ran a bit faster than they ran on intel. I'm sure there is an application that must have ran slower but not anything I'm using. I'm sure we will see benchmarks soon with the app running on intel vs M1.
    2 points
  27. Onedrive next please! OneDrive? Hopefully not lol.
    2 points
  28. Adobe Photoshop now runs natively on Apple M1 Macs

    at microsoft you are not used to seeing 50% increase in performance right? windows 7 windows 8 windows 8.1 windows 10, overall, we only seen negative performance increase 🤣
    2 points
  29. Onedrive next please!
    2 points
  30. Windows 10 build 21332 removes 3D Viewer and Paint 3D on clean installs

    Agreed. I personally feel that a base install should contain the OS not apps that few people use - they should be store downloads. This is a step in the right direction. I agree. That being said, I do believe the classic MS Paint (not Paint 3D) is a core OS component. Paint has served me well in emergency troubleshooting scenarios where I needed to quickly open and convert images and perform cropping on a crippled PC where 3rd party apps and UWP components would become non-functional. It’s a lightweight but super rebust app, on par with NotePad. You can kill most of Windows services and the app still functions. That is why I am saddened to see Paint 3D being abandoned. Not because of Paint 3D app itself but because Microsoft made some quality of life improvements to the app, which the base ms paint would benefit from. Now those improvements will have been forgotten about. I really hoped some of those improvements (where they make sense) would make their way to MS Paint proper.
    2 points
  31. F9: Starlink v1.0 Launch 21

    Date: NET 14 March 2021 (ripe for delay) Time: 0544 Eastern (0944 GMT) Pad: LC-39A Booster: likely B1060.6 or B1051.9 Recovery: ASDS Fairing recovery: yes
    1 point
  32. I use it occasionally though mainly to check out random programs rather than day to day browsing. FireFox will update itself within Sandboxie just fine from my experience. Using the same browser outside of Sandboxie can lead to it getting confused though. If you add the browser as a forced program (i.e. so that it always runs a sandbox) then it should be okay.
    1 point
  33. Snap: Gen Z set to drive post-pandemic recovery with tech

    lol, back when WP had any decent marketshare, the oldest gen Z would have been maybe 13. Not sure how not using WP makes someone behind the curve either.
    1 point
  34. I will ask my wife to do that, but I am not sure who she could trust with the admin account password, considering my wife will not be in the area (she is only visiting) I really doubt she would listen, considering how easily she was conned out of a substantial amount of money (she has never told us how much she paid the scammer) and the fact that she is the type to believe everything that she is told reagardless of how stupid it is. Also she lives in Idaho, neither one of us are going to be close to her (wife is moving to Arizona with a friend, I am still in Florida) So Sandboxie the browser? I never thought about that, will that have any impact on updating the browser, etc?
    1 point
  35. Instagram Lite arrives for low-end devices in 170 countries

    turn on an adblocker in your network and suddenly all apps/websites become 'lite'. It's easy to say than done. It’s just as easy said and done.
    1 point
  36. BMW E46 1999 Coupe - repair funtimes money

    I did (mostly) my own repairs on my E21 323i Coupe in the 90's with a Haynes manual 😛 These days I leave it to the garage, I don't have time to worry about a compatible computer program to reset alerts in the car management system Lol.
    1 point
  37. these things are so minor. If it's included, I'll likely discover it. I don't mind uninstalling things I don't need, with the caveat that they are UWP or Store apps that CAN be easily uninstalled. Don't give me anything that leaves behind folders, icons and registry changes after installation.
    1 point
  38. Onedrive next please! OneDrive? Hopefully not lol. Why? Is downloading hard? is uninstalling hard?
    1 point
  39. Didn't they already do that when they switched back to a start menu in Windows 10 vs the start screen in Windows 8? I think MS Bob 10 was referring to the Start menu tiles, which can be removed for a cleaner Start menu, if desired. They should be off the screen by default, since there is still a Tablet Mode in Windows 10.
    1 point
  40. Adobe Photoshop now runs natively on Apple M1 Macs

    to be fair Photoshop isn't exactly a simple program. even running natively it's rather resource intensive depending on what you're doing with it and requires a fair deal of hardware acceleration
    1 point
  41. Windows 10 build 21332 removes 3D Viewer and Paint 3D on clean installs

    And as I just discovered two days ago, Paint 3D won't even open for me. Even uninstalling and reinstalling doesn't work. Naturally, none of the solutions I found online are useful sooooo...
    1 point
  42. KaiOS is testing UX enhancements for KaiStore in closed beta

    I don't think any will kill Android at this point but KaiOS could be a good option for smart devices.
    1 point
  43. Microsoft Mesh is an Azure-powered platform that aims to revolutionize mixed reality

    That was the first thing I thought Good to see a brethren here! Live mesh and the days of Windows Vista and Windows Live. iPhone was a new thing. How the time have change.
    1 point
  44. Adobe Photoshop now runs natively on Apple M1 Macs

    20% is the threshold were most people begin to notice a performance increase in day to day activities on their computers. A 50% increase in various operational tasks that can take more than 3 seconds being cut in half, users will notice. A 30 minute job that only takes 15? Well, that's something they'll for sure pick up on, and so will their bosses and other people that care about time allocation. Why would someone buy an Intel Mac at this point? I'm genuinely curious at this point. Outside of VMs, there's really no incentive to pursue an intel proc in a Mac, unless that's the only one that's offered in the model you're looking at. Or is this just a low key attempt at being funny?
    1 point
  45. Adobe Photoshop now runs natively on Apple M1 Macs

    Give it a rest, your shtick is old and tiresome.
    1 point
  46. I'm very confused by this analogy.
    1 point
  47. TrendForce warns of SSD price hikes later this year

    Pictures don't exactly require speedy drives to access, get an external hdd and save yourself some bucker on a larger capacity Yeah, and they prove to be invaluable the first time you drop them and lose all the precious data because they're mechanical. But any data of high importance you will have a bare minimum of two copies on two different devices (this tends to be a minimum and is a nice balance of data security and convenience/easy of use to even though one could opt for online storage or DVD media etc in addition to the hard drive backup stuff). so dropping a HDD should not be of a serious concern for losing data and it's more efficient to store data like pictures/videos and the like on a regular hard drive since SSD's are mostly good for stuff you need to start up/load quickly. so depending on ones $ situation, a person could buy a couple of 2TB HDD's or 4TB HDD's etc to store their higher importance data on. personally... while it's possible SSD could be more reliable in general than a HDD, I tend to trust a regular hard drives more since the data stored on it is likely less sensitive to being lost as I suspect if a SSD fails it could be immediate, where as if a HDD fails, I would imagine your more likely to get warning signs first etc and, like I was saying, any data of higher importance should have a bare minimum of two different copies of that data on two different devices (i.e. so that data is on one hard drive, and that same data on another hard drive).
    1 point
  48. Dedge: Microsoft's old Edge browser is no longer supported after today

    When Microsoft announced their Chromium-based Edge, I was disappointed that they went with that engine instead of Gecko.
    1 point