After connecting to the internet, it suddenly stopped letting me open any "3rd party apps" before updating the system. It literally won't let me run anything that isn't from the windows app store or whatever it's called. This includes rufus which I need to make a new bootable USB for reinstalling linux.

Updates do not work. There's a link that says click here if you want to run 3rd party apps anyway, but the link is dead.

:trump-anguish: Thank you planned obsolescence, very cool. (I managed to install linux again via a different computer so now I'm back posting shit :PIGPOOPBALLS: )