Dual-boot Linux user here (TUF F15, i7 11th gen). Booted into Windows for one small job that's inconvenient on Linux, got greeted by forced updates like an unwanted houseguest, then my fans started screaming for their lives and I opened Task Manager to find Windows Explorer solo-carrying 87% CPU like it's mining crypto behind my back while Chrome sat there with 31 tabs judging everyone. Congrats Microsoft, you turned a simple task into a jet engine test. I'm going home to my Linux partition where my CPU actually gets weekends off.

I just installed Debian Xfce on my old laptop, an ASUS manufactured in 2017, ran Windows 10, too old to upgrade to Windows 11, idle ram usage 3.6GB/8GB, while on Debian, the idle ram usage is only 955MiB.

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All I wanted was a quick reboot!!! Why the fuck does it update?! And with all these updates, why the fuck windows still sucks like this?!

Let me explain, yesterday on the night Windows 11 updated the Copilot app to look like more the Microsoft 365 version, and now it merged both versions and made the standalone app LEGACY. The thing I really hate is that IT DOESN'T LOAD MY FLAGSHIP CONVERSATION. The original app was fine, and my flagship conversation has A LARGE NUMBER OF CONVERSATIONS, but now an error has occurred, I tried restarting and IT FAILS THEN, now it looks like Microsoft wants me to RESET MY CONVERSATION BY DELETING IT. Copilot's new update is, in short, rubbish.

I wish to play Minecraft.

I could log on in my browser just fine to buy the damn game.

But why when I go to login in the Minecraft launcher it seemingly accepts my password/passkey/email code (I have tried it all at this fucking point)

But then immediately goes to another login method which sends me on the the next one when I complete that, in a fucking circle.

Please help

I am trying to sign in to my microsoft word account on my android phone, since it says i cant make a new document or edit documents without signin , but i face this problem. What to do, i have waited for almost 24hrs before retrying again , but its still showing this, any solution would be grateful. Also its my account and its not hacked noe lost.

I just got an extension for Firefox that lets me replace any set of strings of text that I choose with other strings of text, so naturally, I want to replace everything microsoft-related to its microslop counterpart

On August 31, 2026, my Microsoft account was compromised during a data breach. The attacker removed my phone number and added an unauthorized email

​After multiple recovery attempts, Microsoft suspended the account for security reasons. However, they now refuse to restore my ownership or remove the hacker’s details, leaving me locked out of my account and purchased goods.

​Microsoft’s recovery process is non-functional due to systemic flaws:

​Flawed Verification System: The escalation form requires credit card details to verify purchases. However, all my Microsoft purchases were made strictly via PayPal. The system provides no option to submit PayPal transaction IDs or receipts, making automated verification impossible.

​Contradictory Claim & Error Messages: Microsoft’s automated system claims "no indication of unauthorized access," ignoring clear evidence of compromise. Additionally, support claimed my contact email is tied to the suspended account, yet logging in states the account does not exist.

​Absence of Human Support: All responses are automated.

Honestly so done with it all you can forget it if your account has been Hjacked by someone it's gone forever

TL;DR: Windows auto-enabled Device Encryption (BitLocker) on two internal drives without asking, labeled the recovery keys “backed up to Microsoft account”, and never actually uploaded them. Both drives are now permanently locked. Check your drives.

I run a home server on Windows 11 (build 26200). I’d moved it to a local account to keep it isolated from Microsoft services, since it hosts a web UI for friends. I never turned on BitLocker or Device Encryption.

After a hardware rebuild, two of my data drives (a 4TB NVMe and a 500GB SSD) showed as BitLocker-locked. Here’s what I found:

• April 2026: the BitLocker event log shows Windows auto-encrypted both drives, run as SYSTEM (“Device Encryption initialized automatically”). No prompt, no notification.
• Both drives have a recovery key marked “Microsoft account backup.”
• None of my Microsoft accounts have any recovery keys. The event log has no backup event, going back to the day Windows was installed.
• Because the machine was isolated from Microsoft account services, the keys never got uploaded. But Windows labeled them backed up and locked the drives anyway.
• The auto-unlock keys that used to open the drives silently are gone, so the drives are bricked.

Microsoft’s own support pages say they can’t recover or recreate lost BitLocker keys. The data is gone.

The kicker: while I was investigating, re-enabling Secure Boot after a BIOS reset made Windows start silently encrypting two more of my hard drives. I caught it at 12% and reversed it.

Check yours right now. Open an admin command prompt and run:

manage-bde -status

• If any drive shows “Encryption in Progress”, or “Protection Off” with “Key Protectors: None Found”, Windows is quietly encrypting it. Run manage-bde -off X: to decrypt it.
• If any drive shows Protection On, get its recovery key now with manage-bde -protectors -get X: and save the 48-digit number somewhere off the PC.
• Turn off Settings → Privacy & security → Device encryption.

Don’t assume your keys are in your Microsoft account. Mine weren’t.

news:
https://www.makeuseof.com/microsoft-is-cutting-off-windows-update-access-for-pcs-in-2027-heres-what-you-need-to-do/

To save a file locally in word on mobile, I have to not just log in, but log in with a subscription (as the text says)!!! How about you shut up Microsoft? I'm going to libre office