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  • Yet another bungled update

    https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/microsoft/microsoft-warns-of-reboot-loops-affecting-some-domain-controllers/ It’s funny to see people react as if this is a “recent” problem, or that it hasn’t been “since Windows NT SP2”, when even cursory searching will show that practically every update contains a serious problem like this, and has done so for many years running. THIS is why admins wait to deploy updates.

  • Steps into a better IT future?

    Today I want to tell the community about the steps I’ve taken as an individual customer to become less dependent on large tech companies. Windows: I only log into Windows using a local user account. OneDrive is blocked in Group Policy and uninstalled. The same goes for the Windows Store. I currently only have one…

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  • Outlook.com and Copilot

    Microsoft, what’s going on? I’ve disabled the Copilot button in outlook.com settings at least 10 times now. Every time I open Outlook, Copilot is enabled again. It doesn’t matter whether I use Firefox or Chrome. Is this how you’re going to make Copilot less annoying, Microsoft? Can’t you just respect your customers’ preferences? Do you…

  • New Xbox Boss Is Having ‘Very Big Discussions’ About Exclusivity, Says Reporter

    https://www.purexbox.com/news/2026/04/xbox-is-having-very-big-discussions-about-exclusivity-says-reporter “There are very very very big discussions about the exclusivity stuff going on right now. They do recognise the value – it’s just about what kind of company you want to be, at the end of the day. Do you want to be an ecosystem company first, or do you want to be a…

  • MS Exec Suggests AI Agents Will Need to Buy Software Licenses, just like employees

    “Microsoft just laid out a new way to keep enterprise software growing in an AI-heavy workplace: charge AI agents for software seats the same way companies pay for human employees. The old SaaS model was easy, a company buys 1 license for 1 worker, so revenue rises when headcount rises. AI agents threaten that model…

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