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The keyboard hasn't, not yet - but you can't have everything as my mother used to say...
And it's updated itself - I think - and I'm trying to get rid of the Office 365 trial.
Start with "Uninstall" from the start menu. That gets rid of teh Fisher-Price square, but that's about it. The Word icon on the task bar still bring up the damn thing. OK, "remove Apps".
Lok=ng list of 365 components "ar-sa" and so forth. "uninstall". UAE.  an uninstall dialog in Arabic ... 
Close it with the "X" and assume it's by countries. Try "US". Ah! It's the Pink button for "OK". Dump US.
Back to the first one - arabic dialog - tap the Pink Button. It's going, but this could take a while ...
Why make this so hard, Microsoft?
"I have no idea what I did, but I'm taking full credit for it." - ThisOldTony
"Common sense is so rare these days, it should be classified as a super power" - Random T-shirt
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Sounds like they DID give you an uninstall, it isn't their fault you can't read arabic.
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My BIL once installed a printer driver in Polish language (yes, even drivers had languages back then) instead of French on the PIL's laptop. This caused unbelievable harm to the installed French WinXP version, to the point that I even had to reinstall the computer anew. Lessons learned : Do not mess up with languages.
I truly believe that he probably did other things wrong on that computer that eventually caused havoc, but the Polish was the most obvious sign of mistreatment.
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The last entry on this page shows a few PowerShell commands to remove so-called store apps. I haven't yet tried to use them, but tinkering with those commands is probably the first step towards having the whole thing automated.
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Typical DoNotSolveMyProblemButSuggestsSomethingElseTotallyNotUseful answer : Get a tablet from another brand.
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I thought about it, but ... I wanted Win 10 rather than Android. I'm kinda used to having access to the same apps on desktop and Surface now, so ...
I wanted touch screen, I didn't want Chinese Electronics Syndrome.
It's really handy having a pull-off keyboard and a sketch pen that works smoothly - I'm surprised how used to both I got so quickly. To the point where I stab the screen on other peoples lappies to make things work and swear when it doesn't! 
"I have no idea what I did, but I'm taking full credit for it." - ThisOldTony
"Common sense is so rare these days, it should be classified as a super power" - Random T-shirt
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OriginalGriff wrote: Chinese Electronics Syndrome.
Is this a real thing ?  You are scaring me.
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I've bought quite a few things with Chinese Electronics in them over the years, and ... the number that are still working is ... one.
They can make things very cheap, but when they design and build them they seem to have a half-life measured in "guarantee months". Stuff designed outside but built (under I assume a lot of supervision) seems to work OK, but ... my car head unit, the WookieTab, ... all die far too quickly.
Chinese Electronics Syndrome.
"I have no idea what I did, but I'm taking full credit for it." - ThisOldTony
"Common sense is so rare these days, it should be classified as a super power" - Random T-shirt
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OriginalGriff wrote: Chinese Electronics Syndrome.
This applies even to simple appliances like light bulbs. I just bought some CFL light bulbs, and used three of them (I wanted brighter light in the lounge). One of the three burnt out in less than a week! 
OTOH, my daughter's Lenovo portable has lasted her almost 5 years. I replaced the HDD with an SSD, but otherwise - it's all original parts.
Freedom is the freedom to say that two plus two make four. If that is granted, all else follows.
-- 6079 Smith W.
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Windows to become emulation layer on top of Linux...
It already is for me: I run Ubuntu 18.04 exclusively and simply Remmina (RDP) to Windows OS only when I have to. MS Teams runs natively on Ubuntu as does VS Code. I have not missed the painful update cycle at all. Just hope no one screws up Linux.
modified 29-Sep-20 10:22am.
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raddevus wrote: I have not missed the painful update cycle at all
Is it just me that never has those problems?
Maybe because I always shut my computer before going home.
Wrong is evil and must be defeated. - Jeff Ello
Never stop dreaming - Freddie Kruger
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One of the absolutely stupidest things they do is they will start up a laptop with the lid closed and have it update itself and then stay on, even with the lid closed. Apparently the idiotic morons in Redmond think that is acceptable. IT IS NOT!
Stupid stuff like this makes me seriously question whether they know a damned thing about computers. That behavior indicates clearly
they do not.
"They have a consciousness, they have a life, they have a soul! Damn you! Let the rabbits wear glasses! Save our brothers! Can I get an amen?"
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11 months and counting since they tried an update with the lid closed and running on batteries and I chucked the SSD holding the POS that is Lose10 into a drawer. I bought the last laptop to avoid Lose8 and still its HDD lives on in this one..
You don't suck Microsoft. At all.
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Am I the only one that has a problem with that version of Ubuntu hosing GRUB on updates causing the machine to fail to boot?
This happens to me on every machine I've installed it on in the past 2 years, and the forums say NOTHING.
I can work around it - *every time* GRUB is updated I go back in and hand patch my boot record.
Real programmers use butterflies
modified 29-Sep-20 11:57am.
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Not seen that here. Running Mint and moving to LMDE (maybe they are setting up to move away from Ubuntu?). Run some Windows VM's for software maintenance. I think, but can't prove, that those VM's do better running under Linux.
If you can keep your head while those about you are losing theirs, perhaps you don't understand the situation.
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I'm considering moving to Mint. I picked Ubuntu because of the huge user base (makes it easier to find solutions to problems with it) but in the end it has left me very disappointed.
I'd rather run Win7 as my VM host because it just works.
Real programmers use butterflies
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Is it 18.04? I’m running it on a laptop & desktop with no problems with GRUB.
There was an issue but they recently patched it.
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Yes 18.04 - I've been avoiding updates on my machine because I got tired of manually patching after every update.
Probably the fix is in one of those.
The problem is if it doesn't work. I need to go find a USB stick i'm not using and put linux on it in case it hoses my boot record again.
I'll get around to it.
Thanks for letting me know they may have fixed it.
Real programmers use butterflies
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Check out the updates I saw today when I booted up my main Ubuntu 18.04 box...
https://i.stack.imgur.com/hoQ5Q.png[^]
There have been a lot of updates to the boot loader recently (due to some problems).
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raddevus wrote: Just hope no one screws up Linux.
I would not put my hand above fire on this one...
M.D.V. 
If something has a solution... Why do we have to worry about?. If it has no solution... For what reason do we have to worry about?
Help me to understand what I'm saying, and I'll explain it better to you
Rating helpful answers is nice, but saying thanks can be even nicer.
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At home, I didn't see Windows for years...
I used to have VMs for SQL and VS, but today I run SQL directly on Linux and use VS Code...
Those few games I have (5-6) are all running on Wine, or native Linux...
So I can't see why add any more layers to that...
"The only place where Success comes before Work is in the dictionary." Vidal Sassoon, 1928 - 2012
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Surely it makes best use of their core strengths. MS have never really cracked the nuts and bolts of an OS and there has never been mass acceptance of Linux on the desktop. And before anyone jumps down my throat - I have been on Kubuntu for circa 10 years.
Why not copy the MacOS model? They've done OK. 
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5teveH wrote: Why not copy the MacOS model? They've done OK
Because Apple controls both the hardware and the software, and maintains a tight grip on the walled garden.
I'm not sure I want to see that model extended to other systems.
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I really miss the downvote option because that is total nonsense.
"They have a consciousness, they have a life, they have a soul! Damn you! Let the rabbits wear glasses! Save our brothers! Can I get an amen?"
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