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  • I don’t understand why you were downvoted for asking this question. I’ve literally watched techs cause this damage by trying to open the lid with the back cover screws removed.

    Most laptops have at least one screw on each side that goes through both the back cover and the hinge. If the hinge is normally affixed with 3 screws and you open the lid with one missing, each mount is taking on that extra stress.

    Best practice is to reinstall those screws before opening the lid with the back cover removed.




  • Romkslrqusz@lemm.eetoLinux@lemmy.mlLinux on old School Machines?
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    29 days ago

    useless

    pre-7th gen i5’s

    I’ve got systems with second and third gen i5s that are handling Windows 10 just fine, seems like what the school really needs is some SSDs.

    Linux would definitely run better, so that’s worth it too.

    If this school is heavily embedded im the Google ecosystem, ChromeOS Flex is an option. FydeOS is similar but without the Google Account requirement.



  • Pretty clear you either haven’t read the bill or grossly misunderstood it. What you describe is not proposed legislation - it’s the current reality that individuals and independent repair shops already live with.

    The 2024 variant of the bill isn’t actually publicly available online, but here’s last year’s WIP text:

    https://olis.oregonlegislature.gov/liz/2023R1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/SB542

    You wrote:

    manufacturers have to share repair manuals, tools, and parts ONLY with ASPs under “fair and reasonable terms”.

    Line 23 of the bill says:

    (2)(a) An original equipment manufacturer shall make available to an owner or an independent repair provider on fair and reasonable terms any documentation, tool, part or other device or implement that the original equipment manufacturer makes available to an authorized service provider for the purpose of diagnosing, maintaining, repairing or updating consumer electronic equipment that the original equipment manufacturer makes or sells and that is sold or used in this state.






  • I got blind-sided by having Windows 11 pushed onto my workstation

    The upgrade is not automatic. You interacted with a prompt to approve the upgrade, you just might not realize it because it may have been on impulse.

    I manage Windows installations for tons of folks and I’ve never seen the level of repeated prompting / nagging you’re describing.

    For anyone who has wanted to stick with 10, it has been enough to decline the upgrade from the full screen prompt and then choose “Stay on Windows 10 for now” from Windows Update.

    It’s possible that your registry changes had something to do with your unusual experience. I run into a lot of folks who complain about OneDrive “ruining their computer” after they’ve tried some obscure method of disabling it when all they had to do was uninstall the program like any other.

    Don’t get me wrong, there’s plenty Microsoft does wrong but compared to the Windows 10 shitshow I’ve found they’re actually handling this transition quite well.

    Reminder that a lot of these design trends are intended for the average basic user, not power users with strong preferences. They make up the majority and need quite a bit of handholding.





  • This article starts off with some inaccurate information right from the onset, so it leaves me with some credibility concerns that incline me to do some of my own testing.

    Since Windows 10 1803, both Windows 10 and 11 Home and Pro have automatically enabled Bitlocker Encryption during the Out Of Box Experience (OOBE) as long as the following conditions are met:

    • The device is UEFI and Secure Boot enabled
    • The device has a TPM2.0 device that is enabled
    • There are no un-allowed Direct Memory Access (DMA) capable devices on a DMA capable bus.
    • The user signed in using a Microsoft Account and had an active internet connection at the time.

    It is not specific to Windows 11 and has nothing to do with Home/Pro. This has been going on since 2018.

    They also mention encryption built-in to SSDs. That is a fundamentally different kind of encryption. With Bitlocker, removing an SSD from a device or accessing it from anything but the original Windows environment will require the user to enter a 25-digit key to gain data access. Without Bitlocker, the on-disk encryption does not prevent data access in those scenarios. That encryption key exists primarily so that you can secure erase the disk by changing the encryption key. The alternative is a block-level erasure, which would put wear and tear on the SSD.

    Pretty disappointing to see this coming from an otherwise reputable source like Tom’s Hardware.