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... whether I should go there to the toilet, or at the station.
 
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So, months ago Microsoft decided to update my wife's laptop with Windows 11. All seemed to be well until she decided to try Audacity (Free, open source, cross-platform audio software). Won't work - really weird error messages, etc. Works fine on Windows 10 (of course).
So, being the IT guy in the house, I told her to just go back to Windows 10.
Elephant!
Did you know that Windows 11 DELETES it's reversion path after a period of time? 10 days in fact? What elephanting retard came up with the idea of deleting a user's backup without telling them? I swear, you have to wonder what group of idiots came up with that one.
Charlie Gilley
“They who can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary safety deserve neither liberty nor safety.” BF, 1759
Has never been more appropriate.
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You also have to ask yourself who installs a new OS without a good solid disk image backup before starting? 
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"Common sense is so rare these days, it should be classified as a super power" - Random T-shirt
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You might have a point - EXCEPT - you neglect to realize that with Windows 10, Microsoft been aggressively doing crap to users' machines without approval. I cite my previous rants on the previous set of idiots that deciding to forcibly reboot users' machines to update them.
I suppose I can go in and edit the registry to turn off some behavior, but most users? My wife came down one morning to find Windows 11 installed on her machine. AUTOMATICALLY.
Nah, going to stick with my "Microsoft developers are DICKS" characterization.
Charlie Gilley
“They who can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary safety deserve neither liberty nor safety.” BF, 1759
Has never been more appropriate.
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charlieg wrote: Nah, going to stick with my "Microsoft developers are DICKS" characterization.
You mean, some project manager requested/approved this. The devs just do what they're told (and I'll imagine some have protested and warned about exactly your scenario).
Let's place attribution where it belongs. We're all devs here, and we know how these things work.
modified 30-Oct-22 12:21pm.
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Okay, I can do that. What ever program manager decided this is a DICK. 
Charlie Gilley
“They who can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary safety deserve neither liberty nor safety.” BF, 1759
Has never been more appropriate.
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Now we're talkin'
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Oh they're not idiots, this is on purpose. The 10 days is only to cover their butts if anyone calls them on the 11 without consent policy. They can say well, they had 10 days to revert. Now why they wanted us on 10 so badly and now 11 should give us pause.
This was composed on windows 7.
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Pinging here to talk about Audacity, I was using Audacity on Windows 10, and I am using it on Windows 11 as well. Works like a charm.
As an IT guy, if the software doesn't work on Windows 11: have you tried turning it off and on, again? 
The sh*t I complain about
It's like there ain't a cloud in the sky and it's raining out - Eminem
~! Firewall !~
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I just checked (I don't need Audacity often) and it's working on Win 11 for me as well - and that's V2.2.2, which is copyright 1999-2018, so probably 4 years out of date ...
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"Common sense is so rare these days, it should be classified as a super power" - Random T-shirt
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Update: the version I was running was the x86 version 2.2.2, so I installed the later 3.2.1 64 bit version.
It works fine as well.
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"Common sense is so rare these days, it should be classified as a super power" - Random T-shirt
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I'll have to check what she installed.
Charlie Gilley
“They who can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary safety deserve neither liberty nor safety.” BF, 1759
Has never been more appropriate.
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Agreed, same for me.
Due to a "very interesting" legal step by Audacity's parent company with version 3 onwards, I have to (often) use both versions, and they both work fine on Windows 11. 
The sh*t I complain about
It's like there ain't a cloud in the sky and it's raining out - Eminem
~! Firewall !~
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just get the iso? from net?
Caveat Emptor.
"Progress doesn't come from early risers – progress is made by lazy men looking for easier ways to do things." Lazarus Long
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Audacity works fine on Windows 11 for me. What problem(s) is she having?
Paul Sanders.
If I had more time, I would have written a shorter letter - Blaise Pascal.
Some of my best work is in the undo buffer.
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Windows 10 has been deleting the reversion path after 30 days since the very beginning. This isn't new.
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It's still criminal in my book. Why don't they just scan for all zip files with backup in their names? Ridiculous.
Charlie Gilley
“They who can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary safety deserve neither liberty nor safety.” BF, 1759
Has never been more appropriate.
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charlieg wrote: What elephanting retard came up with the idea of...
You could preface a lot things with that phrase these days.
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"Fireproof doesn't mean the fire will never come. It means when the fire comes that you will be able to withstand it." - Michael Simmons
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Just to close out the Audacity portion of the discussion, it appears the issue is the microphone and not the software (SWMBO did further research, and it's a common gripe).
I have some additional research to do.
Charlie Gilley
“They who can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary safety deserve neither liberty nor safety.” BF, 1759
Has never been more appropriate.
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This summer I bought a small, cheap motor scooter (EU small motorcycle class) for local journeys, as a contribution towards slowing climate change. My 4x4 Vogon constructor ship* sits unmolested in the driveway most of the time now. The problem is that the scooter speedometer is both wildly inaccurate and inconsistence, and it has no trip meter, and the fuel gauge equally useless, and there is no clock. The fuel gauge shows full when the tank is full, but half full after using less than a third of a tank, and then empty when there is a good 40% left.
No problem! Out with the Android 'phone, wake up the brain, and roll my own dashboard - GPS for speed and distance, and with fuel consumption calculated from distance and time to cover it, logging starts, stops, and acceleration after stops to determine the type of driving - urban traffic, normal urban or open road. On testing, it worked well, and the calculated fuel consumption was within 1% of actual consumption.
The problem is - in Cyprus sunshine, no matter how I orientate the 'phone holder, it is impossible to read it from reflections and glare - and if I am wearing light coloured clothing it gets worse. Now, some time ago a cyclist was telling me that the latest bike computers consisted of an Android program using Bluetooth to update an LCD display on the handlebars - and LCD screens are easily visible, having tested it with a handlebar mounted clock and thermometer on the scooter.
What I want is to get hold of these Bluetooth LCD display device, together with the appropriate API so I can drive it with the functionality I have already built. I have Googled, Bingled and DuckDuckGoed to my heart's content, but so far no joy.
Can anybody source one of these things? I would really like to get a reliable dashboard before I start getting speeding tickets and/or running out of petrol miles from anywhere. It just needs four lines for speed, time, trip and fuel %.
Pretty please!
* Vogon constructor fleets were tasked with destroying planets - ostensibly that obstructed a new space highway, but I think they just did it for fun.
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Check out waveshare.com - lots of cool stuff.
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Thanks for the link. I how just spent a cool hour browsing their multiple goodies, but unfortunately not what I am looking for, which is the old style LCD where characters are made up from dark grey bars on a light grey background.
https://www.sencor.com/getmedia/96c58684-6859-4398-bb9a-63ae8c54f13f/SWS25BS.jpg.aspx[^]
Comme ça!
I have one of those sitting on my desk right now, and it is the only type of display readable in bright sunlight.
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Purchase an anti glare screen protector for your phone?
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Tried it! I even bought a non-reflecting case, but it was a bust - it just glared enough to obscure the screen, although it did reduce the reflections.
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