Boy, the good ole days are gone when it comes to Windows. I am posting just to help anybody that doesn’t know. This is like a creepy wire tap. If you are actually using Windows 11, make sure to disable and or reduce telemetry in Windows 11 (Privacy). If that actually helps, I am sure there are more ways they send data back but the video link is a simple how to for the telemetry. Here is more info: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wtg_s1GQiMU

  • mushroommunk@lemmy.today
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    3 hours ago

    I know for a fact you can run Windows 11 on 8GB of RAM. I just helped a friend install some software on his 8GB laptop. Now, did I spend five hours uninstalling so many things and snipping Windows down to size? Maybe. But it ran

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        2 hours ago

        If my network connection goes down, I have difficulty using Windows with 64GB RAM.

        Why on earth does losing your network connection make the OS unusable? Like, locks up the mouse and can’t use the keyboard unusable?