irelephant [he/him]🍭@lemm.ee to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 months agoWindows 11 is closing a loophole that let you skip making a Microsoft accountwww.theverge.comexternal-linkmessage-square195fedilinkarrow-up1744arrow-down116cross-posted to: [email protected][email protected]
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minus-squaresuperkret@feddit.orglinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·2 months agoHow does this work nowadays when you buy a PC from a store? Does it come with Windows already installed? And if so, with what account?
minus-squareschizo@forum.uncomfortable.businesscakelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up19·2 months agoInstalled yes, but the OOBE that runs (assuming the OEM didn’t fuck it up) is more or less the same as a retail install: you have to add the account, untick the 300 ‘yes, please spy on me’ boxes, and tell it that you do not want office 14 times.
minus-squarepeteyestee@feddit.orglinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·2 months agoRemember clippy on word 2000? That was annoying.
How does this work nowadays when you buy a PC from a store?
Does it come with Windows already installed?
And if so, with what account?
Installed yes, but the OOBE that runs (assuming the OEM didn’t fuck it up) is more or less the same as a retail install: you have to add the account, untick the 300 ‘yes, please spy on me’ boxes, and tell it that you do not want office 14 times.
Remember clippy on word 2000? That was annoying.