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"Microsoft wants you to recycle or trade-in your Windows 10 PC if it
canrCOt be upgraded to Windows 11"

https://tinyurl.com/mph698fp

M$ can get stuffed!
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On 21 Sep 2025 at 17:35:10 AEST, "Felix" <none@not.here> wrote:

M$ can get stuffed!

Didn't you know:

The day Microsoft makes something that doesn't suck, is probably the day Microsoft starts making vacuum cleaners.

Ernst Jan Plugge

Cheers
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On Sun, 21 Sep 2025 17:35:10 +1000, Felix wrote:

"Microsoft wants you to recycle or trade-in your Windows 10 PC if it
canrCOt be upgraded to Windows 11"

https://tinyurl.com/mph698fp

M$ can get stuffed!

Hilariously, after last update, my HP laptop with fully charged battery,
and perfect condition battery, it goes from charging to charged to on
battery to charging to full, to on battery all in constant rapid
succession... repeat... over and over... annoying when it (allegedly)
goes on battery as the screen brightness drops, its like a fucking disco light...

Funny thing is, when I boot into slackware, its perfectly fine, back to
win10 and shit be disco'n again, back to slackware, perfect again... Ahh
well, I only need to use two proprietary softwares on win10, nothing
else, thankfully my desktop (daily driver) doesnt dual boot so its happy
on slackware, jusat wish 15.1 wouold be released, somethings are a pain
in an aging 15.0
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noel <deletethis@invalid.lan> wrote:

On Sun, 21 Sep 2025 17:35:10 +1000, Felix wrote:

"Microsoft wants you to recycle or trade-in your Windows 10 PC if it
canrCOt be upgraded to Windows 11"

https://tinyurl.com/mph698fp

M$ can get stuffed!

Hilariously, after last update, my HP laptop with fully charged battery,
and perfect condition battery, it goes from charging to charged to on battery to charging to full, to on battery all in constant rapid succession... repeat... over and over... annoying when it (allegedly)
goes on battery as the screen brightness drops, its like a fucking disco light...

Funny thing is, when I boot into slackware, its perfectly fine, back to win10 and shit be disco'n again, back to slackware, perfect again... Ahh well, I only need to use two proprietary softwares on win10, nothing
else, thankfully my desktop (daily driver) doesnt dual boot so its happy
on slackware, jusat wish 15.1 wouold be released, somethings are a pain
in an aging 15.0

I moved away from windows nearly a decade back and have no regrets. There
were a few apps I felt I needed so retained a couple of windows based computers, mainly stored out of sight and out of mind. A year or so back I scrapped even those and deleted even my virtual windows machines. Ah, the relief!

____
Xeno

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noel wrote:

On Sun, 21 Sep 2025 17:35:10 +1000, Felix wrote:

"Microsoft wants you to recycle or trade-in your Windows 10 PC if it
canrCOt be upgraded to Windows 11"

https://tinyurl.com/mph698fp

M$ can get stuffed!

Hilariously, after last update, my HP laptop with fully charged battery,
and perfect condition battery, it goes from charging to charged to on
battery to charging to full, to on battery all in constant rapid succession... repeat... over and over... annoying when it (allegedly)
goes on battery as the screen brightness drops, its like a fucking disco light...

Funny thing is, when I boot into slackware, its perfectly fine,

so many things work so much better on Linux

back to
win10 and shit be disco'n again, back to slackware, perfect again... Ahh well, I only need to use two proprietary softwares on win10, nothing
else,

yep. I still need my win10 box for some things. but it has an annoying
habit of disarranging the desktop icons on every boot. it would be good
if there was a way to fix that. I'm using an app to rearrange them, but
I have to run it every time I boot.

thankfully my desktop (daily driver) doesnt dual boot so its happy
on slackware, just wish 15.1 would be released, somethings are a pain
in an aging 15.0

there seems to be no mention of that happening anytime soon
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J||rg Knebel wrote:

On 21 Sep 2025 at 17:35:10 AEST, "Felix" <none@not.here> wrote:

M$ can get stuffed!

Didn't you know:

The day Microsoft makes something that doesn't suck, is probably the day Microsoft starts making vacuum cleaners.

LOL

Ernst Jan Plugge

Cheers

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On Tue, 23 Sep 2025 12:08:01 +1000, Felix wrote:

yep. I still need my win10 box for some things. but it has an annoying
habit of disarranging the desktop icons on every boot. it would be good
if there was a way to fix that. I'm using an app to rearrange them, but
I have to run it every time I boot.

I saw this once back in XP days, haven't seen it since, things go and
stay where I put them.

thankfully my desktop (daily driver) doesnt dual boot so its happy
on slackware, just wish 15.1 would be released, somethings are a pain
in an aging 15.0

there seems to be no mention of that happening anytime soon

No, but I expect it by end of year, PV promised with wont be as long as
last time between drinks, and its been 3.5 bloody years now, already had
to move a couple "business servers" to debian becauser $propriatory billg system could no longer be built, couple pother minor nigglies too, but I
blame the wankers at rust for that.
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On Mon, 22 Sep 2025 23:12:40 +0000, Xeno wrote:

I moved away from windows nearly a decade back and have no regrets.
There were a few apps I felt I needed so retained a couple of windows
based computers, mainly stored out of sight and out of mind. A year or
so back I scrapped even those and deleted even my virtual windows
machines. Ah, the relief!

yeah, unfortuantely these prgrams are business related, for 99 % of the
year I dont go near windaz, and I sure as hell arent gonna be arsed contributing to piles of ewaste that m$ want everybody to do, I boot
into it when I need them onsite to systems that are not reachable by
public, so no security issues for me.


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noel wrote:

On Mon, 22 Sep 2025 23:12:40 +0000, Xeno wrote:

I moved away from windows nearly a decade back and have no regrets.
There were a few apps I felt I needed so retained a couple of windows
based computers, mainly stored out of sight and out of mind. A year or
so back I scrapped even those and deleted even my virtual windows
machines. Ah, the relief!

yeah, unfortuantely these prgrams are business related, for 99 % of the
year I dont go near windaz, and I sure as hell arent gonna be arsed contributing to piles of ewaste that m$ want everybody to do, I boot
into it when I need them onsite to systems that are not reachable by
public, so no security issues for me.

Microsnot said win10 would be the last ever windoze. then they
introduced win11 with significant hardware requirements. so they lied,
and rendered perfectly good computers obsolete to upgrade. I was so
disgusted I decided I'm done with windose, and switched my PC's to
Linux, and I've never looked back!
--
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Q: What's the difference between Linux and Windows?
A: You rule Linux, Microsoft Windows rules you

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Felix <none@not.here> wrote

noel wrote

Felix wrote

"Microsoft wants you to recycle or trade-in your Windows 10 PC if it>>> canrCOt be upgraded to Windows 11"
https://tinyurl.com/mph698fp
M$ can get stuffed!

Hilariously, after last update, my HP laptop with fully charged battery,
and perfect condition battery, it goes from charging to charged to on>> battery to charging to full, to on battery all in constant rapid
succession... repeat... over and over... annoying when it (allegedly)>> goes on battery as the screen brightness drops, its like a fucking disco
light...
Funny thing is, when I boot into slackware, its perfectly fine,

so many things work so much better on Linux

Like what specifically ?

back to
win10 and shit be disco'n again, back to slackware, perfect again... Ahh
well, I only need to use two proprietary softwares on win10, nothing
else,

yep. I still need my win10 box for some things. but it has an annoying > habit of disarranging the desktop icons on every boot. it would be good > if there was a way to fix that.
I'm using an app to rearrange them, but I have to run it every time I > boot.

Bet that's the reason you have to do it every time you
boot, the app isnt saving the arrangement properly

thankfully my desktop (daily driver) doesnt dual boot so its happy
on slackware, just wish 15.1 would be released, somethings are a pain>> in an aging 15.0

there seems to be no mention of that happening anytime soon

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Rod Speed wrote:

Felix <none@not.here> wrote

noel wrote

Felix wrote

"Microsoft wants you to recycle or trade-in your Windows 10 PC if it
canrCOt be upgraded to Windows 11"

https://tinyurl.com/mph698fp

M$ can get stuffed!

Hilariously, after last update, my HP laptop with fully charged
battery,
and perfect condition battery, it goes from charging to charged to on
battery to charging to full, to on battery all in constant rapid
succession... repeat... over and over... annoying when it (allegedly)
goes on battery as the screen brightness drops, its like a fucking
disco
light...

Funny thing is, when I boot into slackware, its perfectly fine,

so many things work so much better on Linux

Like what specifically ?

-a back to
win10 and shit be disco'n again, back to slackware, perfect again...
Ahh
well, I only need to use two proprietary softwares on win10, nothing
else,

yep. I still need my win10 box for some things. but it has an
annoying habit of disarranging the desktop icons on every boot. it
would be good if there was a way to fix that.

I'm using an app to rearrange them, but-a I have to run it every time
I boot.

Bet that's the reason you have to do it every time you
boot, the app isnt saving the arrangement properly

so I tried a different app. same thing. I have to run it after each boot
to reset the desktop icons

-a thankfully my desktop (daily driver) doesnt dual boot so its happy
on slackware, just wish 15.1 would be released, somethings are a pain
in an aging 15.0

there seems to be no mention of that happening anytime soon

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stay sane, be happy, and enjoy living.



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Mighty Mouse wrote:

Rod Speed wrote:

Felix <none@not.here> wrote

noel wrote

Felix wrote

"Microsoft wants you to recycle or trade-in your Windows 10 PC if it >>>>> canrCOt be upgraded to Windows 11"

https://tinyurl.com/mph698fp

M$ can get stuffed!

Hilariously, after last update, my HP laptop with fully charged
battery,
and perfect condition battery, it goes from charging to charged to on
battery to charging to full, to on battery all in constant rapid
succession... repeat... over and over... annoying when it (allegedly)
goes on battery as the screen brightness drops, its like a fucking
disco
light...

Funny thing is, when I boot into slackware, its perfectly fine,

so many things work so much better on Linux

Like what specifically ?

-a back to
win10 and shit be disco'n again, back to slackware, perfect
again... Ahh
well, I only need to use two proprietary softwares on win10, nothing
else,

yep. I still need my win10 box for some things. but it has an
annoying habit of disarranging the desktop icons on every boot. it
would be good if there was a way to fix that.

I'm using an app to rearrange them, but I have to run it every time
I boot.

Bet that's the reason you have to do it every time you
boot, the app isnt saving the arrangement properly

so I tried a different app. same thing. I have to run it after each
boot to reset the desktop icons

Now that I think about it.. Those apps just save a record of the icon placement. It's not their job to keep the icons in place, windows is
supposed to do that. So if windows isn't doing so, it stands to reason
the app has to be run to reset them.

This problem of-a windows not saving icon positions has persisted for
ages, and I've seen comments that it's still an issue with win11!
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Mighty Mouse <squeak!@thecheesefactory.com> wrote

Rod Speed wrote

Felix <none@not.here> wrote

noel wrote

Felix wrote

"Microsoft wants you to recycle or trade-in your Windows 10 PC if it >>>>> canrCOt be upgraded to Windows 11"
https://tinyurl.com/mph698fp
M$ can get stuffed!

Hilariously, after last update, my HP laptop with fully charged >>>> battery,
and perfect condition battery, it goes from charging to charged to on
battery to charging to full, to on battery all in constant rapid
succession... repeat... over and over... annoying when it (allegedly)
goes on battery as the screen brightness drops, its like a fucking >>>> disco
light...
Funny thing is, when I boot into slackware, its perfectly fine,

so many things work so much better on Linux

Like what specifically ?

back to
win10 and shit be disco'n again, back to slackware, perfect again... >>>> Ahh
well, I only need to use two proprietary softwares on win10, nothing
else,

yep. I still need my win10 box for some things. but it has an annoying >>> habit of disarranging the desktop icons on every boot. it would be >>> good if there was a way to fix that.
I'm using an app to rearrange them, but I have to run it every time I >>> boot.

Bet that's the reason you have to do it every time you
boot, the app isnt saving the arrangement properly

so I tried a different app. same thing.

So you must have stuffed up the Win10 config since
no one else is getting that result with Win10

I have to run it after each boot to reset the desktop icons

thankfully my desktop (daily driver) doesnt dual boot so its happy
on slackware, just wish 15.1 would be released, somethings are a pain
in an aging 15.0

there seems to be no mention of that happening anytime soon

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Felix <none@not.here> wrote

Mighty Mouse wrote

Rod Speed wrote

Felix <none@not.here> wrote

noel wrote

Felix wrote

"Microsoft wants you to recycle or trade-in your Windows 10 PC if it >>>>>> canrCOt be upgraded to Windows 11"
https://tinyurl.com/mph698fp
M$ can get stuffed!

Hilariously, after last update, my HP laptop with fully charged >>>>> battery,
and perfect condition battery, it goes from charging to charged to on >>>>> battery to charging to full, to on battery all in constant rapid
succession... repeat... over and over... annoying when it (allegedly) >>>>> goes on battery as the screen brightness drops, its like a fucking >>>>> disco
light...
Funny thing is, when I boot into slackware, its perfectly fine,

so many things work so much better on Linux

Like what specifically ?

back to
win10 and shit be disco'n again, back to slackware, perfect again... >>>>> Ahh
well, I only need to use two proprietary softwares on win10, nothing >>>>> else,

yep. I still need my win10 box for some things. but it has an >>>> annoying habit of disarranging the desktop icons on every boot. it >>>> would be good if there was a way to fix that.
I'm using an app to rearrange them, but I have to run it every time I >>>> boot.

Bet that's the reason you have to do it every time you
boot, the app isnt saving the arrangement properly

so I tried a different app. same thing. I have to run it after each >> boot to reset the desktop icons

Now that I think about it.. Those apps just save a record of the icon > placement. It's not their job to keep the icons in place,

It ia there job to save the config so that Win uses the new arrangent
so you don't have to run the app every time you reboot.

windows is supposed to do that.

And it does if you dont fuck up Win10

So if windows isn't doing so,

It does

it stands to reason the app has to be run to reset them.

Bullshit

This problem of windows not saving icon positions has persisted for > ages, and I've seen comments that it's still an issue with win11!

How odd that I have never seen either of them do that
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Rod Speed wrote:

Felix <none@not.here> wrote

Mighty Mouse wrote

Rod Speed wrote

Felix <none@not.here> wrote

noel wrote

Felix wrote

"Microsoft wants you to recycle or trade-in your Windows 10 PC
if it
canrCOt be upgraded to Windows 11"

https://tinyurl.com/mph698fp

M$ can get stuffed!

Hilariously, after last update, my HP laptop with fully charged
battery,
and perfect condition battery, it goes from charging to charged
to on
battery to charging to full, to on battery all in constant rapid
succession... repeat... over and over... annoying when it
(allegedly)
goes on battery as the screen brightness drops, its like a
fucking disco
light...

Funny thing is, when I boot into slackware, its perfectly fine,

so many things work so much better on Linux

Like what specifically ?

-a back to
win10 and shit be disco'n again, back to slackware, perfect
again... Ahh
well, I only need to use two proprietary softwares on win10, nothing >>>>>> else,

yep. I still need my win10 box for some things. but it has an
annoying habit of disarranging the desktop icons on every boot. it
would be good if there was a way to fix that.

I'm using an app to rearrange them, but I have to run it every
time I boot.

Bet that's the reason you have to do it every time you
boot, the app isnt saving the arrangement properly

so I tried a different app. same thing. I have to run it after each
boot to reset the desktop icons

Now that I think about it.. Those apps just save a record of the icon
placement. It's not their job to keep the icons in place,

It ia there job to save the config so that Win uses the new arrangent
so you don't have to run the app every time you reboot.

windows is-a supposed to do that.

And it does if you dont fuck up Win10

So if windows isn't doing so,

It does

it stands to reason-a the app has to be run to reset them.

Bullshit

yeah, your comments usually are. It's a common problem that has existed
in windows as long as I can remember, and STILL persists in windows 11.

https://www.google.com/search?q=windows+doesn%27t+save+desktop+icon+positions

This problem of-a windows not saving icon positions has persisted for
ages, and I've seen comments that it's still an issue with win11!

How odd that I have never seen either of them do that

a sample of one proves nothing

EOD
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Q: What's the difference between Linux and Windows?
A: You rule Linux, Microsoft Windows rules you

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Felix <none@not.here> wrote

Rod Speed wrote

Felix <none@not.here> wrote

Mighty Mouse wrote

Rod Speed wrote

Felix <none@not.here> wrote

yep. I still need my win10 box for some things. but it has an
annoying habit of disarranging the desktop icons on every boot. it >>>>>> would be good if there was a way to fix that.

I'm using an app to rearrange them, but I have to run it every time >>>>>> I boot.

Bet that's the reason you have to do it every time you
boot, the app isnt saving the arrangement properly

so I tried a different app. same thing. I have to run it after each
boot to reset the desktop icons

Now that I think about it.. Those apps just save a record of the icon
placement. It's not their job to keep the icons in place,

It is their job to save the config so that Win uses the new arrangment
so you don't have to run the app every time you reboot.

windows is supposed to do that.

And it does if you dont fuck up Win10

So if windows isn't doing so,

It does

it stands to reason the app has to be run to reset them.

Bullshit

yeah, your comments usually are. It's a common problem that has existed
in windows as long as I can remember, and STILL persists in windows 11.

Bullshit it does

https://www.google.com/search?q=windows+doesn%27t+save+desktop+icon+positions

Doesnt say its a common problem

This problem of windows not saving icon positions has persisted for
ages, and I've seen comments that it's still an issue with win11!

How odd that I have never seen either of them do that

a sample of one proves nothing

Neither does what some fool claims that google finds

EOD

Wrong, as always
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On 27/9/2025 7:08 pm, Rod Speed wrote:

Felix <none@not.here> wrote

Rod Speed wrote

Felix <none@not.here> wrote

Mighty Mouse wrote

Rod Speed wrote

Felix <none@not.here> wrote

yep. I still need my win10 box for some things. but it has an
annoying habit of disarranging the desktop icons on every boot. >>>>>>> it would be good if there was a way to fix that.

I'm using an app to rearrange them, but I have to run it every
time I boot.

Bet that's the reason you have to do it every time you
boot, the app isnt saving the arrangement properly

so I tried a different app. same thing. I have to run it after each >>>>> boot to reset the desktop icons

Now that I think about it.. Those apps just save a record of the
icon placement. It's not their job to keep the icons in place,

It is their job to save the config so that Win uses the new arrangment
so you don't have to run the app every time you reboot.

windows is-a supposed to do that.

And it does if you dont fuck up Win10

So if windows isn't doing so,

It does

it stands to reason-a the app has to be run to reset them.

Bullshit

yeah, your comments usually are. It's a common problem that has
existed in windows as long as I can remember, and STILL persists in
windows 11.

Bullshit it does

https://www.google.com/search?
q=windows+doesn%27t+save+desktop+icon+positions

Doesnt say its a common problem

Well, it does say that.

For more advanced issues or a persistent problem, updating
graphics drivers or checking for Windows updates can also
help, as corrupted or outdated drivers can interfere with
icon positioning.

Corrupted or outdated drivers aren't exactly rare issues in Window xx.

This problem of-a windows not saving icon positions has persisted for >>>> ages, and I've seen comments that it's still an issue with win11!

How odd that I have never seen either of them do that

a sample of one proves nothing

Neither does what some fool claims that google finds

EOD

Wrong, as always

--
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Nothing astonishes Noddy so much as common sense and plain dealing.
(with apologies to Ralph Waldo Emerson)
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Xeno <xenolith@optusnet.com.au> wrote

Rod Speed wrote

Felix <none@not.here> wrote

Rod Speed wrote

Felix <none@not.here> wrote

Mighty Mouse wrote

Rod Speed wrote

Felix <none@not.here> wrote

yep. I still need my win10 box for some things. but it has an >>>>>>>> annoying habit of disarranging the desktop icons on every boot. >>>>>>>> it would be good if there was a way to fix that.

I'm using an app to rearrange them, but I have to run it every >>>>>>>> time I boot.

Bet that's the reason you have to do it every time you
boot, the app isnt saving the arrangement properly

so I tried a different app. same thing. I have to run it after each >>>>>> boot to reset the desktop icons

Now that I think about it.. Those apps just save a record of the
icon placement. It's not their job to keep the icons in place,

It is their job to save the config so that Win uses the new arrangment >>>> so you don't have to run the app every time you reboot.

windows is supposed to do that.

And it does if you dont fuck up Win10

So if windows isn't doing so,

It does

it stands to reason the app has to be run to reset them.

Bullshit

yeah, your comments usually are. It's a common problem that has
existed in windows as long as I can remember, and STILL persists in
windows 11.

Bullshit it does

https://www.google.com/search?
q=windows+doesn%27t+save+desktop+icon+positions

Doesnt say its a common problem

Well, it does say that.

Bullshit it does

For more advanced issues or a persistent problem, updating
graphics drivers or checking for Windows updates can also
help, as corrupted or outdated drivers can interfere with
icon positioning.

Corrupted or outdated drivers aren't exactly rare issues in Window xx.

It can't be due to a driver

This problem of windows not saving icon positions has persisted for >>>>> ages, and I've seen comments that it's still an issue with win11!

How odd that I have never seen either of them do that

a sample of one proves nothing

Neither does what some fool claims that google finds

EOD

Wrong, as always

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