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    GoodBytes reacted to Issac Zachary in Microsoft is "sunsetting" (aka, killing) Windows Subsystem for Android.   
    It kind of reminds me of Window's phone getting few, if any Google apps.
     
    The incompatability of platforms means you either have to choose one platform over another, emulate one if you can, or carry around several devices.
     
    There was one time my wife would carry around a Windows Phone, an Android phone and an iPhone and an iPad and a Windows laptop all in her purse. And believe me, she used them all and had sound reasons for carrying around so much tech.
     
    Me, I prefer having everything on one, maybe two devices, and I'd prefer it all on a tablet with a keyboard, or a two-in-one device. Jumping from phone, to tablet, to laptop drives me nuts.
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    GoodBytes got a reaction from wasab in Microsoft is "sunsetting" (aka, killing) Windows Subsystem for Android.   
    The biggest issue is the lack of Google Play Store support (not Microsoft fault). The problem is that even if you sideload apps, due to the deep integration of Google Play Store that apps have with it, most apps just crash when you do certain things, or just don't even start (crash at launch). The only thing one can do is side load a modified Pixel firmware where Google Play Store has been injected inside, and that means that Amazon isn't getting money from app sales (the little that already get), and that means that Amazon isn't interested anymore in supporting WSA. 
     
    So many Android apps are deeply tied to Google Play Store, and that is the big problem. Only the ones on Amazon App Stores (the very few they are), are coded in a way to support both APIs.

    Remember that Google Play Store is more than just the Store. They are Google Maps, Tools for Google Apps for telemetry, in-app purchases, Ads, and more. If any app uses any of these things (most does) and has no alternative behavior beside expecting that the device supports Google Play (which is most cases), then the app will just not run.
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    GoodBytes got a reaction from Issac Zachary in Microsoft is "sunsetting" (aka, killing) Windows Subsystem for Android.   
    The biggest issue is the lack of Google Play Store support (not Microsoft fault). The problem is that even if you sideload apps, due to the deep integration of Google Play Store that apps have with it, most apps just crash when you do certain things, or just don't even start (crash at launch). The only thing one can do is side load a modified Pixel firmware where Google Play Store has been injected inside, and that means that Amazon isn't getting money from app sales (the little that already get), and that means that Amazon isn't interested anymore in supporting WSA. 
     
    So many Android apps are deeply tied to Google Play Store, and that is the big problem. Only the ones on Amazon App Stores (the very few they are), are coded in a way to support both APIs.

    Remember that Google Play Store is more than just the Store. They are Google Maps, Tools for Google Apps for telemetry, in-app purchases, Ads, and more. If any app uses any of these things (most does) and has no alternative behavior beside expecting that the device supports Google Play (which is most cases), then the app will just not run.
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    GoodBytes reacted to GuiltySpark_ in Windows 11 24H2 goes from “unsupported” to “unbootable” on some older CPUs   
    Big nothingburger. 
     
    SSE4.2 is available way back to chips you really have no business putting 11 on anyway. 
     
     
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    GoodBytes got a reaction from Alan G in Balanced vs High Performance vs Ultimate power plan?   
    As everyone said but will add 3 actual benefits of High Performance mode and up, that is actually the most significant:
     
    Winter is coming (unless you are in Australia), and it will warm out your room at the same time as powering your PC. This will make it quite an efficient space heater, especially when you game or do something demanding. The added fan noise that your PC will make could potentially mask your neighborhood wonderful music taste/skill/party. This especially true with cheap fans Support your local economy, by paying more your electric company.  Bonus:
    In laptops or desktops which have only a basic cooling solutions, the added heat produced by your CPU will prevent it from boosting it's clock as much as before. If you find your PC too fast for you, where you feel like you are loosing control, this is a great way to slow it down a bit.  
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    GoodBytes reacted to Zando_ in Boot time getting longer and longer.   
    Read should be fine AFAIK, but yes writes will be hit when the drive is overly full. I don't recall if SSDs get grumpy about multiple partitions too, I've never split up drives that way so I can't speak from experience (I use separate physical drives as I've picked up a bunch over the years for cheap). From googling, looks like partitions should be a non-issue. It's likely just the low free space that's bogging the drive down. 
    BIOS fast boot skips initializing some devices until the OS is up, so since you've confirmed the SSD is what's slowing it down then it likely wouldn't make much of a difference. 
     
    It seems to be purely down to how full your drive is, the only real solution would be to keep more free space. The rule of thumb I've always seen is 10% free, so ~50GB on a 500GB drive. Windows itself will complain if it goes past that, I use 1TB drives so whenever they drop below 100GB free, Windows explorer marks them in red. 
     
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    GoodBytes reacted to Zando_ in Boot time getting longer and longer.   
    What programs? Check the startup programs tab in Task Manager, a lot of apps like setting themselves to automatically open at boot, that's the main slow-down for boot/login times. 
     
    Or it's just overly full. Most SSDs slow down as they get much above 80% full, AFAIK it's something to do with multilayer flash cells and the drive having to shuffle bits in and out to fit new ones in, with less space to just dump things and shuffle them back it has to search around more, slowing down the drive. 
    Nah, Windows is fine with an SSD and a decent CPU. Both 10 and 11 remain pretty consistently quick so long as you keep on top of startup programs. 
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    GoodBytes reacted to Yua in Universal dark mode on Win11?   
    Not really; developers aren't required to create a dark mode, and even if they do, even fewer take the time to request the system theme to change it automatically.
     
    There are web browser plugins that can do this for web pages. But for programs, you are stuck with what developers designed.
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    GoodBytes got a reaction from Xii-Nyth in Enable LargeSystemCache or not?   
    You do whatever you want. Microsoft says its deprecated and does nothing;
    https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/win32/cimwin32prov/win32-operatingsystem
     
    If you wonder what it used to do back in XP/Server 2003 days:
    https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/win32/memory/memory-limits-for-windows-releases
     
    And here is the doc of the registry:
    https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/previous-versions/windows/it-pro/windows-server-2003/cc784562(v=ws.10)
     
     
    I'll let you decide what to do... Trust Microsoft documentation or some shit site who couldn't be bother to read the doc, let alone test themselves. But the clicks! it get clicks! And that is all that matter. More than the actual effect it does to your system or if whatever they say is actually related to the topic, that is for sure. And, well, too late at this point you clicked on their link.
     
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    GoodBytes reacted to TetraSky in When will Windows 10 version 23H2 be released?   
    Never. There won't be any more big updates for Windows 10 now that Windows 11 is out. You'll get cumulative updates and security updates. That's about it. No new features will be added.
     
    https://www.windowscentral.com/software-apps/windows-10/windows-10-is-finished-microsoft-confirms-version-22h2-is-the-last
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    GoodBytes reacted to Dedayog in Windows 10 or 11?   
    That really explains nothing about why 11 is bad.
     
    May as well say you just wanted to switch cuz your mom made cookies.
     
    Besides, the op is asking about 10 to 11.
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    GoodBytes reacted to StDragon in Microsoft might want to be making Windows 12 a subscription OS   
    I seriously doubt this would be for the consumer market. Almost certainly to be rolled into the Microsoft 365 Enterprise subscription as a Windows Enterprise license paid annually. 
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    GoodBytes reacted to BlueChinchillaEatingDorito in New CoPilot software speaks against cheating in games then serves ads for cheating software   
    To be fair, I don't think those are ads. It is what is says it is. Here are links to learn more about the thing you just asked. 


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    GoodBytes reacted to Alan G in Not worth it, and no point to upgrade to Win 11.   
    Why do these threads reappear every month or so?  If people don't like Windows 11 don't use it.  If people want to use Linux, go right ahead.  I've upgraded all three of our home PCs to Windows 11 several months ago and there were no issues at all.  Even my techno-phobe wife is fine with Windows 11. 
     
    for those of us who run Adobe photo editing software, Linux is not an option at all as Adobe has not ported it over.
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    GoodBytes got a reaction from Lurking in Got an old laptop, says not compatible with windows 11. Should I use a workaround, or is linux a better option?   
    Factually incorrect. Office is easier to use than LibreOffce/OpenOffice. The UI that Microsoft built and perfected is back by research, and still stands strong today for Office. Small buttons and menus with sub-menus isn't the solution. Heck, when the ribbon bar was first introduced, people mentioned several "new" Office features that already existed in past versions. Highlighting it's successfulness, despite a vocal minority claiming otherwise.
     
    Office uses open format, and support ODF as well. LibreOffce still has trouble with docx file format. Attempts to switch by companies and governments was attempted, and only been a disaster and quickly rolled back to Office.
     
    While LibreOffce has evolved a lot since many years, it still ages behind Office suit basic apps (Word, Excel and PowerPoint)
     
    Thinking that the average users are all idiots who only uses Bold/Italic/Underline in a word processor is foolish, not to mention completely outdated thaught.
     
    Linux based OSs, isn't always the best solution. Usability on a desktop front still lacks behind Windows, has no backup and restore solutions, no update fallback system, and many more things. In addition, you not only need drivers for every part of your system, but sometimes even software to get everything working especially on laptops. And on top of that, you need well developed drivers. Battery life and performance could be worse if proper support isn't there.
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    GoodBytes reacted to thevictor390 in Got an old laptop, says not compatible with windows 11. Should I use a workaround, or is linux a better option?   
    Microsoft Office can read and save Open Document Format since 2007.
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    GoodBytes got a reaction from Oddvar Ashborn in All windows move to the other screen   
    You need Windows 11. It tracks and restores everything.
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    GoodBytes reacted to PcBeExpensive in No free win 11 update?   
    Secure boot and TPM are both enabled. Windows is up to date but I will do the PC health test thingy. I think I have already done it but I'm not sure so I will do it again.

    EDIT: It finally showed up! Downloading it now. Thanks for the help guys.
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    GoodBytes got a reaction from jaslion in Problem with operating system. (I guess...)   
    Everything points to the fact that you have malware on your system.
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    GoodBytes got a reaction from PcBeExpensive in Windows 11 worth it?   
    Yea so it looks like your UEFI is missed configured. Make sure your BIOS is updated and set the options mentioned. 
     
    Please note that if CSM was set to Enabled, then your UEFI emulates the legacy BIOS, for old OSs. That means that the main drive was formatted as MBR instead of GPT. This means that your system won't boot, because UEFI can only work with drive formatted as GPT, and legacy BIOS works with MBR only. There is a guide here on how to to convert the drive from MBR to GPT via a Windows built-in utility that Microsoft included in Windows 10.
     
     
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    GoodBytes reacted to Poinkachu in Do i need DP cable or HDMI is ok   
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    GoodBytes reacted to Brooksie359 in Do i need DP cable or HDMI is ok   
    That's not how that works. First would be that freesync isn't always available over both connections and there have been many cases where the HDMI or displayport standards technically should support the refreshrate of the monitor but for some reason the monitor does not support it. I know that was the case with a couple of the monitors I have had in the past which was annoying and why I remembered it. That why I typically look at the specific monitor model to see what it supports. 
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    GoodBytes got a reaction from Poinkachu in Do i need DP cable or HDMI is ok   
    Correct, Brookie is also correct. It depends on the monitor. Usually, the monitor manual will clarify this. Usually, premium monitors has everything, but doesn't hurt to do a quick check
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    GoodBytes got a reaction from Tan3l6 in Windows 11 - Insider Program - Master Thread   
    So, this is sadly where you'll need to get your hands dirty and check the actual logs of Windows Update.
    https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/deployment/update/windows-update-logs
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    GoodBytes got a reaction from MarcoXIIX in GPU passtrough to Hyper-V failed because of "Old Style PCI device"   
    Yes, WSL2. You have Windows 11, which is even better with WSL2/g technology. This basically means WSL2 + Audio + GPU support.
    Nvidia: https://developer.nvidia.com/cuda/wsl
    AMD: https://www.amd.com/en/support/kb/release-notes/rn-rad-win-wsl-support
    Intel GPU: https://downloadcenter.intel.com/download/29526
     
    More info: https://devblogs.microsoft.com/commandline/wslg-architecture/
     
    WSL2 has Ubuntu (latest), Ubuntu 18.04.6 LTS, Ubuntu 20.04.6 LTS, and Ubuntu 22.04.2 LTS, as well as many other distro's.
    (and yes, if you have the time and patience, you can make your own WSL distro, it's all open. I am specifically mentioning Ubuntu, as you mentioned it)
     
    I never used WSL2 with GPU support. However, at work, we do use WSL2, and it works perfectly, with impressive performance (that said, for the best disk activity performance, it's best to keep you whole project under WSL environment, to avoid jumping around). You can access your Linux distro files through Windows.  Once WSL2 is installed, you'll notice under the File Explorer, this item will show up: 

     
    That is how you can easily access your files under your distro. From WSL, you can also fire up explorer.exe via: the command:
    explorer.exe . Yes, you can run Windows executable from WSL2, and it will open natively under Windows. Another cool thing about WSL.
    The dot at the end, means to open the File Explorer, where you are in right now in WSL. I have setup an alias in my case.
     
    For development, if you are into that, check your IDE help doc on how to connect it from Windows to WSL2. Many supports that, for a proper, seamless experience, as if everything was native under Windows (or Linux, depending on how you want to see it).
     
    Anyways, I can talk hours on this. If you look at resources online, just be sure to check the date of the post or article. WSL2 has been evolving rapidly. Many things such as guides, and even limitations mentioned, aren't valid anymore. Microsoft is very active on this feature.
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