• kernelle@0d.gs
    18·
    4 days ago

    Windows also made it nearly impossible for a regular user to set up a local account, and when you go for the windows account it automatically enables Bitlocker. People aren’t used to doing it this way, so no-one actually knows the importance and impact of the account.

    Did I mention Bitlocker likes to trip itself? There are waves of the same laptop models suddenly requiring the key at the same time. I’ve seen a dead battery, a random update, or an unsafe shutdown trip the encryption. MS might say they made it to protect its users, in reality is just more planned obsolescence.

    Easiest way to setup with a local account:

    • During the setup process, press Shift+F10 to open a Command Prompt window.

    • At the prompt, type the command:
      start ms-chx:localonly

      • kernelle@0d.gs
        10·
        4 days ago

        I’m not faulting Bitlocker, if I was carrying around a Windows machine it would for sure be secured by it. My problem is how they don’t notify the users, doesn’t give them a choice, and how it causes magnitudes more problems than it solves.

  • sexy_peach@feddit.org
    17·
    4 days ago

    That’s crazy. Real anti consumer practices.

    Like it’s good to have default encryption…

    But imagine if a car had proprietary nuts on the wheels so they can’t be stolen or fall off during the ride. Then to change a tire you needed an account with the manufacturer and they make it exceptionally difficult to install other brands tires.

    Fuck Microsoft so much, they are a cancer in the world that can exist only because they have such power

    • SaneMartigan@aussie.zone
      3·
      4 days ago

      Many cars require a speciality tool for their lug nuts. In fact there’s a whole series of custom tools for modern cars that get updated every few years to prevent regular mechanics from working on them without buying the tool.