OSNewsSep 18, 2025

Dark patterns killed my wife’s Windows 11 installation

Last night, my wife looks up from her computer, troubled. She tells me she can't log into her computer running Windows 11, as every time she enters the PIN code to her account, the login screen throws up a cryptic error: "Your credentials could not be verified". She's using the correct PIN code, so that surely isn't it. We opt

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Dark patterns killed my wife’s Windows 11 installation – OSnews

Show threadThomas Traynor
@osnews I am not even going to try upgrading from win10 to win11. I will upgrade to Linux and extend my middle finger at MS.
Sep 18, 2025 at 11:11pmWeb
Show threadConnor CadellinSep 19, 2025
@thomastraynor @osnews we did that at the weekend, four of the family's computers now run Linux Mint. Cannot recommend enough.
Show threadThomas TraynorSep 19, 2025
@cadellin @osnews we use Mx here. I had the win10 laptop for software that I needed for taxes, and I won't need that next year as they offer a web app now.