In that case, you’ve got some work to do to cripple telemetry on your PC. If you’re on Windows 11 (new 24H2 build) you’d better also disable Recall, because it’s on. https://pureinfotech.com/uninstall-recall-windows-11/

I hate Windows but I don’t hate you- protect yourself

OOSU10 and OFGB should also be run on it.

I DO NOT want to be forced to use a terminal

I challenge you to fresh install any version of Windows and never use CMD Prompt, Powershell, or Regedit for any reason, ever.

Very helpful thank you.

Yeah was standard pro I saw it on.

Good, it’s been my experience, at least on fully updated 10.

So all that effort to spare 1 watt of “suspend” power? Running home assistant all day long probably burns 500x that power.

I have to be missing some detail because that sounds absolutely insane in my head.

Hate to be “that guy”, and maybe OP’s no updates since 2019 exempt them from this, but modern 10/11 both immediately auto-restart the Windows update service when it’s manually stopped.

I haven’t had anything beyond a hug from my mother in 10 years.

A boss of mine some time ago would sneak up and pat me on the back, scaring me most of the time. Back then I hated it.

These days something like that would make my whole week.

Normal people (idiots) would rather spend 4 years of their overall life “hacking” with Windows to avoid 30 minutes learning to use a forward slash.

That switches you to a phone app platform that hides the ads but records everything about you from your telemetry and sells it.

Alot less convenient than synergy but do-able. I may take the time to try to understand it in the future, appreciente the info.
I tweeted @synergy and they say a wayland-compatible version is due later this year, so there’s a good chance I’ll just wait and be lazy.

Quite interesting- found it on github, so switching appears to be keybound with rkvm, huh?

Yeah Wayland rules- problem for me is I’m hopelessly addicted to Synergy for mouse and keyboard sharing, and it doesn’t work on Wayland yet>< I’m 100% team red and my fancy new display won’t do 4k@144hz on X11 so that’s frustrating. 144 and no Synergy or 1440p 144hz and Synergy

Independant my aching ass. Haier US is Haier corporate’s (Qindao) b*tch and everyone knows it.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Haier

The only “smart” appliance to own is an offline appliance.

Carlin’s giving a thumbs up from his grave

Sounds like a “you” problem, like you have a VPN connected.

The SMART thing to do is to buy a DUMB TV. Pay a little more and get a real TV- you know. A display, with speakers and HDMI inputs. Nothing else.

You pirate Windows server at work? We got a badass over here :D

When using Microsoft products and accepting their incomprehensible terms and conditions, you have no say and your opinion doesn’t matter.

Group policy doesn’t matter, domain administrator, GPO rules, all of it- none of it matters.

You’ll get dogshit and you will like it. (Friendly reminder that it was extremely overpriced also) That’s the tax you pay for being in their horrible, horrible “ecosystem” from hell. Enjoy! Grease up or take it dry, you’re “taking it” either way.

For the same reason Audi didn’t sell the Audi “5”, Pontiac never sold a “6LE”. and Saab didn’t try to sell the “9 turbo”. It sounds more impressive with the zeros added.