Neil Brown5d ago
The idea that one should be forced to verify one's age or identity to use one's own computer absolutely baffles me.
Show threadJaneishly5d ago
@neil Every time I login to Windows using a stupid pin code it makes me fume. It's my fucking computer! I just want to switch it on and start work
Show threadPerkele5d ago

@janeishly @neil

theres no option to log in without password on windows these days?

Show threadTokyo Outsider (337ppm)
@ItsePerkele @janeishly @neil In Windows 10 it was still possible to set up a local account. On Windows 11 you can, but you might need to create one with a Microsoft Account first -- not 100% sure. But it is worth looking into whether you can. I *think* you can. The option is just not presented to you in a straightforward way in the setup dialogues.
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Show threadRonny Adsetts4d ago
@tokyo_0 @ItsePerkele @janeishly @neil at least with windows 11 pro, you can tell it you intend to join a domain and it will let you pass. Unless you get an enterprise license though, it will nag you to log in with a Microsoft account when logged in as a local user. You can get an enterprise licence for 15 quid or so if you look.
Show threadCassandrich4d ago
@RonnyAdsetts @tokyo_0 @ItsePerkele @janeishly @neil You can definitely setup any existing Windows with local account only, and no password. Just search for latest instructions at time of install.
Show threadErik4d ago

@dalias

@RonnyAdsetts @tokyo_0 @ItsePerkele @janeishly @neil

And you don't even have to buy a licence, you can just activate it using a script hosted on a Microsoft-owned service.

Show threadJaneishly4d ago
@dalias Pretty sure I would have looked for that at the time - then again I was setting this one up under massive time pressure as my previous laptop was stolen and I needed to deliver work!
Show threadPerkele4d ago

@tokyo_0 @janeishly @neil

My last windows was 10, I didn't have a password set up. I would wake up in the morning, turn on the computer, go make coffee and try to figure out how to wake up. Then I'd come back to the computer and it would have done its morning wake up routine and was ready to use. I had it set up so it opens the browser and audio player at start up. That way I came to a "ready to go" computer after getting my coffee.

These days with Debian I do have a password in the log in thing, but doesn't matter too much because it takes a fraction of the time to wake the thing up in the morning, compared to what windows did.