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[-] Zerush@lemmy.ml 1 points 2 hours ago

M$ Support? Better asking in TikTok. M$ don't have a real support more than a prefab possible issue list where for sure isn't what you are looking for.

[-] Scrollone@feddit.it 36 points 7 hours ago

And then the back button in your browser can't take you back anymore.

[-] gerbler@lemmy.world 16 points 5 hours ago

If you right click the back button you can select the page before they click-jacked you

[-] breakcore@discuss.tchncs.de 7 points 6 hours ago

Haha, hundred percent, I just experienced this for the first time like an hour ago!

[-] ComradeMiao@lemmy.dbzer0.com 6 points 6 hours ago

Got to hit it 2-3 times quickly

[-] ikidd@lemmy.world 26 points 7 hours ago

Have you tried sfc /scannow?

Thank you for your valuable question, please be sure to rate my answer as "solved".

Your Microsoft Community Support Specialist

[-] umbrella@lemmy.ml 5 points 5 hours ago* (last edited 4 hours ago)

these "advisors" might be mostly bots anyway, pair it with a forum thats probably heavily moderated to keep unapproved stuff off it.

append site:reddit.com or something and you may find actual people talking about the issue, much more useful.

[-] Loce@lemmy.world 2 points 4 hours ago

For some reason I've read that with an indian accent

[-] jqubed@lemmy.world 67 points 10 hours ago

Once a long time ago I had some problems after upgrading a computer from Windows 7 to Windows 8. I got on a chat with someone from Microsoft support and eventually started a remote session with them. The first thing he did was go into the chat app from my side and give himself 5-star ratings across the board and pasted in some feedback about being diligent and responsive. That whole part took less than 30 seconds.

At the end of the day he couldn’t resolve the issues and we ultimately downgraded back to Windows 7.

[-] yuri@pawb.social 17 points 8 hours ago

oh my god i would’ve flipped my shit.

[-] NeatoBuilds@mander.xyz 3 points 7 hours ago

You know you would flip it regardless, you just can't stop

[-] yuri@pawb.social 3 points 7 hours ago

shit-flipper-insatiable they used to call me

[-] Imgonnatrythis@sh.itjust.works 16 points 9 hours ago

That's a little hilarious. I especially like the part that that took 30s, but you stuck it out with the rogue until the end of the day.

[-] bassomitron@lemmy.world 17 points 9 hours ago

That's super messed. Hope he eventually helped someone who happened to be screen recording and reported him for rating himself without permission.

[-] samus12345@lemm.ee 3 points 6 hours ago

Wow, that link apparently went down in 1982!

[-] Ephera@lemmy.ml 15 points 9 hours ago* (last edited 9 hours ago)

Goddamn, I realized this was referencing the Microsoft forum just from reading the first paragraph and I've hardly used Windows in the last decade...

I guess, this is why they think the incessant rambling from ChatGPT is in any way acceptable.

[-] Quadrexium@sopuli.xyz 25 points 10 hours ago

have you tried reinstalling windows:)

[-] perishthethought@lemm.ee 2 points 5 hours ago

My corporate IT's answer to every Windows issue as well.

[-] Fubarberry@sopuli.xyz 23 points 10 hours ago

have you tried uninstalling windows:)

[-] Imgonnatrythis@sh.itjust.works 5 points 9 hours ago

Every Goddamm time. Notably this still tends to be a painful experience in my hands, and I find crap that the reinstall screwed up for months.

[-] morrowind@lemmy.ml 8 points 8 hours ago

Ok, but one time I had this maddening problem that the rest of the internet claimed I needed windows pro and the group policy editor to solve, and I ran upon some"windows independent advisor" who just posted a bunch of powershell commands, that I ran blindly, and holy shit it magically solved EVERYTHING!

[-] perishthethought@lemm.ee 5 points 5 hours ago

MicroSloth hiding the facts about what works in Home versions versus Pro : reason #459 why a profit driven OS is bad for all consumers.

[-] ironhydroxide@sh.itjust.works 16 points 10 hours ago

Missing the post script where they plead for you to mark their post as the solution.

[-] Psaldorn@lemmy.world 10 points 9 hours ago* (last edited 9 hours ago)

Don't forget a paragraph about how they have helped hundreds of people and have some forum award they've named to sound like a real certificate.

Just so they can tell you to do the thing that was first on your "things I've tried" list.

[-] corsicanguppy@lemmy.ca 3 points 7 hours ago

And here, last night, I was stressing over an issue with distributing the version of an app that I knew would solve the problem caused by this other app being only a facsimile of the one it replaced, and is there for missing some important compatibility.

But new is shiny so fuck 'usable'.

So I was grabbing this other app to do the thing I knew it could, but this app was first built 18 years ago, and last major update - security not feature - was 9-10 years ago. The app is feature-complete and it's not fucking systemd so it can stop at being perfect for its primary use.

But then its python interpreter has left it behind, like "fuck you this can't even run", because they fucked wit the api without thinking. And now this app is just abandonware.

I think that's two sides of the same coin: you have inept answers from people practicing robotic responses, and my thing was killed by eager-beaver devs who cut off features they don't understand or value, just like a civil war surgeon treating athletes foot. Similar, my shit won't ever run again either.

(No I don't know python yet. Too busy working to learn it; and also indentation disco sucks)

[-] serenissi@lemmy.world 3 points 8 hours ago

In 2002 20 years old dead link? hmmm

[-] Cerothen@lemmy.ca 2 points 8 hours ago

That makes sense the post is from 2002 and the link was good for 2-3 years after since it would be 20 years before today.

[-] ynthrepic@lemmy.world 2 points 8 hours ago* (last edited 8 hours ago)

In fairness if you're a total technology troglodyte they can supply basic answers. But the moment there's a real glitch for which actual programmers are needed....

DISM SFC

Good luck!

[-] nul9o9@lemmy.world 2 points 8 hours ago

This is a big plus for Linux to me. If I have a specific problem, with a specific error code. I can usually find useful information to fix it online. Not some useless generic garbage fix from that forum.

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