Sensitivezombie@lemmy.zip to Asklemmy@lemmy.ml • 10 months agoWhat are some things that Linux can't do, but Windows can?message-squaremessage-square92 fedilinkarrow-up1105
arrow-up1105message-squareWhat are some things that Linux can't do, but Windows can?Sensitivezombie@lemmy.zip to Asklemmy@lemmy.ml • 10 months agomessage-square92 Commentsfedilink
minus-squareemptiestplace@lemmy.mlhexbear24·10 months agoAnd then you're left searching for bullshit error messages and potentially unable to fix the problem regardless of your level of expertise. linkfedilink
minus-square𝙲𝚑𝚊𝚒𝚛𝚖𝚊𝚗 𝙼𝚎𝚘𝚠@programming.devhexbear4·10 months ago... No you just use Windows built-in rollback feature. Which I think even auto-recovers these days of it detects a failure to boot after an update. linkfedilink
minus-squareRiskable@programming.devhexbear7·edit-210 months agoHah! Can someone here chime in and tell me when the slow AF (as in, it can take hours) rollback feature actually worked‽ Who TF is that patient‽ You can reinstall Windows and all your apps in half the time required. linkfedilink
minus-square𝙲𝚑𝚊𝚒𝚛𝚖𝚊𝚗 𝙼𝚎𝚘𝚠@programming.devhexbear2·10 months agoI think it recovered my PC for me twice, and it took about ~10 minutes each time at most. Good luck reinstalling everything in that time lol. linkfedilink
minus-squareverdigris@lemmy.mlhexbear6·10 months agoWindows recovery fails in plenty of circumstances, it's not a magic bullet. Snapshots are like you can do with btrfs, but that's not exactly how Windows recovery works. linkfedilink
minus-square𝙲𝚑𝚊𝚒𝚛𝚖𝚊𝚗 𝙼𝚎𝚘𝚠@programming.devhexbear2·10 months agoOf course not, but it works 9/10 times for most people. Enough so that most people never have to deal with a faulty Windows update. linkfedilink
minus-squareAdemir@lemmy.eco.brhexbear2·10 months agoAnd Microsoft support that's in fact clueless fanboys. linkfedilink
minus-squaretwei@discuss.tchncs.dehexbear1·edit-210 months agosfc /scannow didn't work? Well too bad, cuz now you gotta reinstall your OS linkfedilink
And then you're left searching for bullshit error messages and potentially unable to fix the problem regardless of your level of expertise.
... No you just use Windows built-in rollback feature. Which I think even auto-recovers these days of it detects a failure to boot after an update.
Hah! Can someone here chime in and tell me when the slow AF (as in, it can take hours) rollback feature actually worked‽
Who TF is that patient‽ You can reinstall Windows and all your apps in half the time required.
I think it recovered my PC for me twice, and it took about ~10 minutes each time at most. Good luck reinstalling everything in that time lol.
Windows recovery fails in plenty of circumstances, it's not a magic bullet. Snapshots are like you can do with btrfs, but that's not exactly how Windows recovery works.
Of course not, but it works 9/10 times for most people. Enough so that most people never have to deal with a faulty Windows update.
And Microsoft support that's in fact clueless fanboys.
sfc /scannow didn't work? Well too bad, cuz now you gotta reinstall your OS