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Windows 11 vs Boomer

submitted by anon to AnonWhatever 2 weeksApr 14, 2025 14:29:17 ago (+10/-2)     (AnonWhatever)

So I set this boomer up with a new Windows 11 PC last week.

transferred all his data from his 15 year old clunker. Set him up with a local account. Made sure everything works.

Today he calls me and he can't log in. Now he has a Microsoft™ Account and its asking for a pin. But it never sends him the pin.

I asked him why he did that. He said he was trying to get a 2FA code from stripe.

He also uninstalled my remote support.

I don't think he's going to make his meeting.


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[ - ] xmasskull 1 point 2 weeksApr 14, 2025 14:33:52 ago (+1/-0)

fuk you!

[ - ] anon 3955365 1 point 2 weeksApr 14, 2025 15:00:22 ago (+1/-0)

Reminds me of my first time interacting with a computer with my siblings. We somehow managed to install a whole different operating system by mistake, wiping all the data on it.

[ - ] anon 4138905 -1 points 2 weeksApr 14, 2025 15:14:36 ago (+0/-1)

Euthanize him

[ - ] anon 1855120 3 points 2 weeksApr 14, 2025 15:50:00 ago (+3/-0)

did you ask him if he turned it off then on again?

[ - ] anon 3979809 4 points 2 weeksApr 14, 2025 16:19:15 ago (+4/-0)

Microsoft's MFA system is totally fucked. I have to deal with that broken shit every day. Every single Windows 11 machine in our environment constantly harasses you for a Microsoft account. I hate all of it. I need a change of career.

[ - ] puremadness 2 points 2 weeksApr 14, 2025 20:12:32 ago (+2/-0)

Linux exists.

[ - ] anon 3979809 0 points 2 weeksApr 14, 2025 20:37:51 ago (+0/-0)

I'm not autistic. Also this miserable bullshit is my job.

[ - ] anon 1221192 0 points 2 weeksApr 14, 2025 17:18:15 ago (+0/-0)

It is indeed the absolute worst.

[ - ] anon 3662640 0 points 2 weeksApr 14, 2025 22:14:18 ago (+0/-0)

This.

[ - ] big_fat_dangus 0 points 2 weeksApr 14, 2025 16:31:08 ago (+0/-0)

What about muh linux tho

[ - ] anon 6934903 2 points 2 weeksApr 14, 2025 16:55:04 ago (+2/-0)

How much curry do you reek off shit skin

[ - ] anon 4092217 [op] 0 points 2 weeksApr 14, 2025 16:56:07 ago (+0/-0)

White independent IT contractor

last of my kind

[ - ] anon 6934903 0 points 2 weeksApr 14, 2025 17:04:35 ago (+0/-0)

My curry farts bring all the pajeets to the yard
You’re damn right it’s smellier than yours

[ - ] anon 4092217 [op] 0 points 2 weeksApr 14, 2025 17:08:42 ago (+0/-0)

One time I posted on craigslist about needing a subcontractor.

Every fucking person that replied was a jeet. Every one.

[ - ] puremadness 0 points 2 weeksApr 14, 2025 20:13:04 ago (+0/-0)

Yea, the rest of us learned to code ;P

[ - ] anon 4092217 [op] 0 points 2 weeksApr 14, 2025 23:15:57 ago (+0/-0)

Hey man, I charge $100-200/h

[ - ] puremadness 0 points 2 weeksApr 15, 2025 23:22:39 ago (+0/-0)

I work everyday.

[ - ] anon 4092217 [op] 0 points 2 weeksApr 16, 2025 18:09:01 ago (+0/-0)

Sometimes I don't even work.

I just send another tech and pay him $60/h. Then I take $40-140 from the client.

[ - ] anon 1866707 3 points 2 weeksApr 14, 2025 17:52:12 ago (+3/-0)

I stopped doing home support years ago. One of the last customers wanted to go wireless. Turns out she didn’t want all the cables plugged into the back.

[ - ] beece 2 points 2 weeksApr 14, 2025 19:10:01 ago (+2/-0)

Simple As:

1) Backup his windows data to an ssd drive.

2) Install Linux Mint.

3 Setup an auto backup for linux. Done

[ - ] anon 4092217 [op] 0 points 2 weeksApr 14, 2025 19:22:40 ago (+0/-0)

that would require going outside

I did the work while drinking beer at home hes like 2 hours away

I do have an appointment 30 minutes from him tomorrow, he'll have to pay $200 for his mistake

[ - ] drhitler 0 points 2 weeksApr 14, 2025 19:52:49 ago (+0/-0)

fuck touching other peoples PC problems, they will break it again but this time it will be your fault because you "fixed" it earlier.

[ - ] anon 4092217 [op] 1 point 2 weeksApr 14, 2025 23:14:12 ago (+1/-0)

if you're doing it for free, that's true

if you're doing it for money, bring the problems!

[ - ] CasualObserver 1 point 1 weekApr 19, 2025 07:27:34 ago (+1/-0)

when you setup an ms account you also set a pin to log into your computer.

instead of blaming your customer, learn to computer better.

[ - ] anon 4092217 [op] 0 points 1 weekApr 19, 2025 19:28:41 ago (+0/-0)

local account

[ - ] CasualObserver 0 points 1 weekApr 20, 2025 03:19:33 ago (+0/-0)

Now he has a Microsoft™ Account and its asking for a pin. But it never sends him the pin

[ - ] anon 4092217 [op] 0 points 1 weekApr 20, 2025 06:50:27 ago (+0/-0)

Through his efforts to obtain a 2factor SMS pin for Stripe had changed his local Windows account to an online account and logging in to his microsoft account that had a landline as the 2FA method and Microsoft kept trying to send 2factor SMS requests to the landline

[ - ] anon 1262076 0 points 1 weekApr 20, 2025 03:26:53 ago (+0/-0)

Windows 11 is the start of the change. Whatever those demons release will be worse and more Orwellian by the update.

Linux will be the supreme OS in 10 years time. I'd bet about anything on it.

If it isn't Linux, it'll be a company that uses Linux to make a clean, user friendly OS at the base.

People just get freaked out by the terminal. You could easily make a UI with buttons you push to do terminal commands in the background without the stupid user being wise to it.