Windows 10: Why is Windows 11 so terrible. And Microsoft support

TDLR: Don't get windows 11. It sucks and microsoft doesnt provide any support.So I recently got windows 11. It sucked. Easily the worst thing I could have done to my computer short of dropping it into the pool. When I got it, my ping skyrocketed, an unknown firewall blocked any and all apps from connecting to the internet such as Spotify and steam, the new interface looks like trash, and my computer ran slower in general keep in mind I have a gaming pc so I shouldn't even notice.After trying to troubleshoot, upgrading drivers, checking firewalls and eventually disabling them, removing Ma

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Microsoft Botches Up UEFI Support for Windows 7 on ASUS Motherboards



Microsoft suggests updating to Windows 10 to patch Windows 7

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• Chris Merriman
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• 05 May 2016

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MICROSOFT HAS confirmed a potentially lappy-borking problem that it won't be fixing, because Windows 7.

Woody Leonhard, the respected Windows columnist, points to a problem involving Asus motherboards, which also appear rebadged in a variety of other manufacturers' machines, and the activation of UEFI Secure Boot for Windows 7 in a patch KB3133977.

Short version: install update, welcome to Borksville, population you.

Both Asus and Microsoft acknowledged the problem. Microsoft entitled the article "BitLocker can't encrypt drives because of service crashes in svchost.exe process in Windows 7 or Windows Server 2008 R2", but we prefer to just call it "Trevor for brevity."

The firm's advice was that it's an optional update, leave well alone, you'll be fine, or alternatively turn secure boot off.

Then Microsoft did a silly, silly thing.

It moved the update from 'optional' to 'recommended' and anyone who reads this site regularly will know what happens when Microsoft does this. That's right boys and girls - it makes it automatically install, unless you've specifically told your machine not to.

So now, if you have one of the affected motherboard and you keep your security updates automatic like wot Microsoft recommends, then your machine will stop working properly.

We should add it's not permanently bricked, but it will take some mucking about in the BIOS to fix and that's a pain even for an experienced computer user.

Microsoft has, by offering a workaround, suggested heavily that it won't be fixing the problem, though we have asked the question, so expect a response in about a fortnight.

But the real kicker is this piece of advice: "Note The Secure Boot feature is supported in Windows 10. To learn more about the security advantages of this feature and about the upgrade path from Windows 7 to Windows 10, go to the following Windows website"

Holy toledo, this company really knows how to rub people up the wrong way.

After all - if the advice is to manually avoid the update or move to a version of the operating system where there's virtually no control over updates, then Microsoft is dealing in massive contradictions.

A more cynical site would suggest that it's yet another example of Microsoft running Windows 7 into the ground and adding built in obsolescence to encourage quicker updates. But we're not that sort of site.

Its the patching to force secure boot that is the problem win 7 does not support secure boot
hence it borks systems and well microsofts answer is Cactus >your Asshole > insert

from the inquirer

 

Terrible Technical Support By Microsoft

I wanted to share my recent
TERRIBLE experience with a Microsoft Windows 10 update and my subsequent interaction with Microsoft technical support.

• On Friday, May 11th, I was notified that I needed to do an update to Windows 10 (update Version 1803). I installed the update and immediately started having problems with my internet connection.
  
• Monday, May 14th:
  
  • I called Microsoft technical support (800-642-7676). After going through the phone tree and sitting on hold I was finally connected to an agent. He took down my e-mail address and phone number. We were just starting
    to discuss the problem when we got disconnected. Even though he had my phone number he did not call back and I was forced to start over.
    
  • I called back and spoke to someone named Dhiraj. He was not interested in my suggestion that we try uninstalling the update. He had me perform a “network restore”. As a result my internet connection went from problematic to nonexistent.
    He informed me that this issue needed to be raised to a “level 2”. A case number was assigned and he scheduled a call back for the following day between 9 and 11 AM U.S. central time.
    
  • So, at this point Windows Technical Support had made my problem worse and indicated that I had to wait another day for resolution.
    
• Tuesday, May 15th, I got a call back at approx. 10:45 AM from Aman.
  
  • After reviewing several things he indicates that we needed to do a system restore but that I needed to run a full back-up first as the system restore might cause me to lose data / programs.
    
  • I asked him how to do a back-up and he said that he could not tell me. He encouraged me to watch tutorial videos on the internet (which I don’t have access to on this computer). I was very frustrated but he said this was the only
    option. I do have another computer so I went through an online tutorial and performed the back-up.
    
  • Aman indicated that the back up would take time and that we would need to schedule a follow-up call for the following day. We scheduled the follow-up call for between 9 and 11 AM the following day.
    
• Wednesday, May 16th:
  
  • I waited for the call from Aman that was supposed to occur between 9 and 11 AM. I never got the call.
    
  • While waiting I started thinking that I couldn’t imagine uninstalling the update would cause any harm since I had a back-up and Microsoft was planning to perform a system restore anyway. So, I uninstalled the 1803 update and the problem
    with my internet connection vanished! I fixed the problem myself but I was now concerned about whether I could accept any future updates and how I could avoid having this problem in the future.
    
  • At 3:30 PM (almost 5 hours late) Aman called back. I explained what I had done and that it appeared to address the immediate problem. However, I did have additional concerns to go through but was not available to review them at the
    time he had finally called back. Aman apologized for the delayed call back and we rescheduled a call for 8:30 AM the following morning. I specifically asked him to commit to a time rather than a 2 hour window. Aman promised that he would call me at 8:30
    AM sharp.
    
• Thursday, May 17th:
  
  • I doubt you will be surprised to find out that Aman did not call me at 8:30.
    
  • At 11:15 AM I decided that I was going to call Microsoft technical support back and file a complaint with a supervisor. After sitting on hold I finally got connected to an individual named Sumeet. I told him that I had a complaint
    and wanted to speak with a supervisor.
    
  • At 11:30 AM I was connected to a supervisor named Mohammed. I shared my whole saga. He said that he wanted to have a level 2 support person call me back to review my case and that this call would be within 30 minutes. I have no idea
    why a supervisor wasn’t skilled enough to address my needs but I agreed to the call back.
    
  • It is now 1:30 PM and, big surprise, no call back.
    

I can't even find a e-mail address where I can lodge a complaint.

Suaccm

 

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