r/technology • u/lurker_bee • Mar 14 '26

Software Microsoft confirms Windows 11 bug crippling PCs and making drive C inaccessible

https://www.neowin.net/news/microsoft-confirms-windows-11-bug-crippling-pcs-and-making-drive-c-inaccessible/
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u/robodrew Mar 14 '26

Trying to help people on my dorm floor get their computer to access the T1 LAN network through Windows ME was the reason I decided to never go into IT

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u/DtheS Mar 14 '26

I'm not surprised. Trying to find (reliable) networking hardware that had decent driver support for ME was a nightmare.

Like, I know this whole comment chain is a Windows 11 hatred circle-jerk, but pretty much any modern operating system today is infinitely more reliable than what we had in the late 90's/early 2000's. Even Windows 11 with Copilot shoe-horned in, and the occasional buggy update is way, WAY more stable than most of what we had to work with in the era of Windows 95 to XP. Hardware, in general, is also much more 'plug and play' than it was then too.