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I just got my new win 11 custom built workstation and I frigging love it. I was very afraid at first having horrible upgrade experiences in the past. So far I like the fact that the start button in the center and everything is pin able either to task bar or start bar. I am now at the large single monitor and having start in the center rather than bottom left removes strain from me eye balling it. VS 2022 installed seamlessly and Office 2021 64 bit installed and works great.
I was able to pull down few older Git Hub projects, for test purposes, and rebuilding them nearly without a glitch with a single modification to an environment variable.
I am still somewhat confused to the Account Settings though. I prefer to run on a non admin account as it lowers my chances of executing a malicious downloaded code. However what I see now is either full Admin account settings or non Admin account (denied of any installations privileges) settings. On Win 10 I was able to tweak a standard user account to install but still be under non admin privilege. But all in all I did not see any show stopping items and even with current setup I can do what needs to be done.
modified 10-Jun-22 17:11pm.
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Be patience, rants I assume will come soon(er or later)  
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I had heard so many that had posted about their bad experiences with wIN11 that I held off upgrading for the longest time.
But once I did upgrade I really like it and so far it's been a pleasant experience.
The most expensive tool is a cheap tool. Gareth Branwyn
JaxCoder.com
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what is the brand of your workstation?
diligent hands rule....
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I ordered it from the Build Redux.
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I bought a Dell XPS 17 at the start of this year. It had Win 10 installed, but came with the Win 11 image as well. I figured eventually I would need to install it, so did the upgrade right off the bat.
I find that Win 11 works smoothly, and seems to run faster overall. The only thing I am not fond of is the redesigned Start Menu - I liked having my favorites set up in clear groups, and room enough to show all the items I need without paging. I'll have to see what I can do about that...
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It's the same product just different quantities.
The most expensive tool is a cheap tool. Gareth Branwyn
JaxCoder.com
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I've run into this myself a time or two, but never to this extreme. The worst I'd seen was the cost for 2 items triple that of 1 and the increase for 3 and beyond to track more or less linearly from there.
Sometimes a different vendor in the Amazon Marketplace has different pricing options too.
The last one I saw was single item $6, bundle of 4 $32. Ok, I'll take 4 singles please. Nope - quantity limited to 3 per order. Fine, I'll take 3 then. A month later and the bundles are slightly cheaper than 4 singles.
It's definitely Caveat Emptor out there!
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So the parent corporate company is requiring us to install this stuff.
From their website:
Quote: Device Idle Time
-Checks the device for any mouse or keyboard activity, and the idle time is reported on Device Overview.
I'm installing it on the actual laptop owned by the company, which I hardly ever use, as I have a much more powerful laptop.
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If they have a keystroke monitor you could employ your cat (or borrow OG's cat) to mess with their statistics even more 
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Craig Robbins wrote: you could employ your cat (or borrow OG's cat)
I have a cat, and he's a good typist. For a cat!
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Already ordered - but the one with the on/off button.
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Since you're not using their laptop to monitor your idle time will they require you to wear a water cooler proximity sensor?
The most expensive tool is a cheap tool. Gareth Branwyn
JaxCoder.com
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True story:
Back when I wrote vessel navigation software we had a request to detect when the captain/pilots left the chair. A few months after we implemented it we heard that most of the ships had oscillating fans on the bridge.
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The connection between an oscillating fan and someone seated or leaving a seat is lost on me
“That which can be asserted without evidence, can be dismissed without evidence.”
― Christopher Hitchens
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We were detecting motion, after a length of time without motion an alarm would sound.
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Thanks, so the fan would rustle papers and trigger motion or rather the fan being in frame and moving would trigger motion detection?
“That which can be asserted without evidence, can be dismissed without evidence.”
― Christopher Hitchens
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GuyThiebaut wrote: fan being in frame and moving would trigger motion
This.
There was an idea put forward to detect heat but we figured they would find a way to get around that so never bothered. This was decades ago, I'm sure the young engineers today are using something more modern.
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I have written some motion detection software that works with webcams that I wrote around 14 years ago.
I think modern cpu power has made detecting people, over other moving objects, much easier and more reliable.
“That which can be asserted without evidence, can be dismissed without evidence.”
― Christopher Hitchens
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Honestly think about the fact that they need to know you are "moving your mouse & typing".
It absolutely means that they have no idea what you actually produce. It means that they only want to prove that you are sitting at your desk, not producing quality work.
However, the most important thing it proves is :
How terrible their project planning, understanding of resource usage & what it actually takes to do any real work is.
The fact that they want this software is actually proof that Upper Management through middle management (who plan & provide work) actually have no idea if you are :
1) lazy, doing nothing
2) getting results
This would never work in my company, because our managers are so daft that I send them a project plan, requirements analysis & show them how we can build the actual product...
...and then I wait weeks or months before they ever answer. What would I be typing in the mean time?
For fox sake!!! 🦊
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Marc Clifton wrote: parent corporate company
So this is a one shoe fits all effort, you will now be assessed on the same standards as the office drone!
Just ignore it, if they ever query you on it point to your output and the endorsement of your immediate manager (and your salary package).
Never underestimate the power of human stupidity -
RAH
I'm old. I know stuff - JSOP
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