Comment Re:Is windows 11 optional? (Score 2) 187

by BobSwi on Thursday June 24, 2021 @11:43PM (#61518932) Attached to: Windows 11 Requires an Internet Connection and Microsoft Account At Setup

Turn off TPM in the bios and your system won't pass the 'can it run Windows 11' check.

Comment Re:Welp... (Score 1) 235

by BobSwi on Wednesday March 13, 2019 @06:27PM (#58269712) Attached to: Vizio Wants Next-Generation Smart TVs To Target Ads To Households

Look mom, I've privoxied my pi-hole!

Submission + - Microsoft to disable policies in Windows 10 Pro with Anniversary Update (ghacks.net)

Submitted by BobSwi on Thursday July 28, 2016 @12:50PM

BobSwi writes: More changes in the Windows Anniversary update, due August 2nd, are being discovered. After yesterday's news about Cortana not able to be turned off in the Windows Anniversary update, certain registry entries and group policies have been found to be updated with a note stating that they only apply to Enterprise and Education editions. Win 10 Pro users will no longer be able to turn off policies such as the Microsoft Consumer Experience, Show Windows Tips, Do not display the lock screen, and Disable all apps from the Windows Store.

Comment Life finds a way (Score 1) 492

by BobSwi on Wednesday March 30, 2016 @09:23AM (#51807175) Attached to: Confirmed: Microsoft and Canonical Partner To Bring Ubuntu To Windows 10

They were so preoccupied with whether they could, that they didn’t stop to think if they should

Comment Re:Chattanooga. (Score 1) 264

by BobSwi on Friday November 06, 2015 @12:21PM (#50878045) Attached to: Comcast Expanding Data Cap Locations, Training Reps To Avoid Subject

Also, most of the places where the data-cap trial is running is where Google Fiber is coming or already there.

Comment Ca'ts out of the bag (Score 1) 236

by BobSwi on Friday September 18, 2015 @03:11PM (#50551541) Attached to: Creator of Top iOS Ad Blocker Pulls App After Two Days

Cut off one, two more shall take it's place

Comment The Goonies (Score 1) 167

by BobSwi on Friday September 11, 2015 @09:48AM (#50502557) Attached to: TSR's Lost 1980s Dungeons and Dragons Movie Script, Reviewed

Something along the lines of the Goonies movie is how you should go about making a D&D film!

Comment Hold on! (Score 1) 552

by BobSwi on Tuesday July 28, 2015 @02:13PM (#50198587) Attached to: DHI Group Inc. Announces Plans to Sell Slashdot Media

Can't handle this roller coaster, almost as much drama as reddit. /s

Comment Silicon Valley (Score 1) 86

by BobSwi on Wednesday July 08, 2015 @05:02PM (#50072357) Attached to: Open Compute Project Comes Under Fire

Sounds like Hooli XYZ! Where's Nelson Big Head Bighetti?

Comment Roll your own (Score 1) 107

by BobSwi on Tuesday June 23, 2015 @12:53PM (#49971441) Attached to: Ask Slashdot: Keeping Cloud Data Encrypted Without Cross-Platform Pain?

with ownCloud or SeaFile, a Raspberry Pi 2, and whatever size USB you want.

Comment Re: Windows Tax will still apply, and nobody wants (Score 1) 277

by BobSwi on Monday June 22, 2015 @01:06AM (#49959993) Attached to: The Unintended Consequences of Free Windows 10 For Everyone

System76 and Dell's project sputnik are available.

Comment Hacks (Score 1) 78

by BobSwi on Wednesday June 17, 2015 @10:05AM (#49929373) Attached to: Researchers Find Major Keychain Vulnerability in iOS and OS X

So that's how that hacker 4chan did it! /s

Comment Re:Toomb (Score 2) 133

by BobSwi on Thursday June 04, 2015 @02:25PM (#49841517) Attached to: Microsoft To Release Low-Cost Windows 10 With Bing Branding

Waiting on Microsoft Pay to round it out.

Comment Price (Score 2) 134

by BobSwi on Thursday May 21, 2015 @10:11AM (#49743813) Attached to: Pre-Orders Start For Neo900 Open Source Phone

Seems the site was slashdotted, the price is around $1000 EU though from what I've read on http://talk.maemo.org/

Comment Re: well... (Score 2) 135

by BobSwi on Friday May 08, 2015 @07:23PM (#49651123) Attached to: Dropbox Moves Accounts Outside North America To Ireland

Pff, its a NSLetter away from Dropbox having to grant unfettered access to the non-USA data. If you want privacy, roll your own with owncloud or seafile.

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