Did you say “update and shutdown while also rebooting?”
Coming back to my PC and it being on when I expect it off, along with the notification that I hadn’t used notifications in a while, is what pushed me over the edge to running linux for everything.
No it won’t be changing until Win11 actually breaks or dassault scraps PDM(actually as much or more of a trashfire as windows). I’ll just find a new career eventually.
It took me a bit to figure out, but winapps might work for you. A couple of applications I use at work require me to have a windows VM, which is still way less of a headache than straight windows.
Technically, it’s not live booting. It’s normally installed, just on an external drive. The OS doesn’t feel the difference. You just chose to boot to it from the BIOS. I set it to always boot to Linux by default and Windows as a fallback.
This right here is exclusively why I had a scheduled event on my windows system, where if the computer was still on at 4 in the morning, it would turn itself off.
I never had this issue prior to Windows 10, but update and shutdown felt like an update and maybe shut down because there was a good 20 or 30% chance that when it rebooted to apply the changes, it didn’t turn itself back off again.
I must have had rotten luck because whenever I updated Windows, it would never shut down for me. Eventually, I just stopped using ‘update and shut down’.
Yeah, I had more issues with Windows deciding to shut down without updating than having it not shut down after updating.
Like that would drive me crazy to have checked for updates, have it say your updates are ready to install, press the reboot now button, and it decides that for whatever reason it didn’t want to install the pending updates.
That’s apparently fixed now. I have to use windows for work and they finally fixed that stupid issue in one of the last couple of updates. It’s still extremely painful to use though.
Updating. Do not turn of computer.
100% complete
Also: “Update and shut down”
Did you say “update and shutdown while also rebooting?”
Coming back to my PC and it being on when I expect it off, along with the notification that I hadn’t used notifications in a while, is what pushed me over the edge to running linux for everything.
I believe they have fixed it but it was way too many times I had to click Update and shutdown and it would update and restart. Both home and work.
Solidworks/PDM at work. 🙄
No it won’t be changing until Win11 actually breaks or dassault scraps PDM(actually as much or more of a trashfire as windows). I’ll just find a new career eventually.
It took me a bit to figure out, but winapps might work for you. A couple of applications I use at work require me to have a windows VM, which is still way less of a headache than straight windows.
Thanks for looking out but sadly it’s a company owned laptop administered by IT.
On my work laptop I boot to Aurora Linux from an USBC caddy with an M2 SSD inside. The laptop’s internal drive is still factory fresh.
Ask your IT guy, he might be cool with that. The laptop itself is unchanged. Windows OEM license untouched.
I guess i haven’t thought much about live booting. I guess that could be nice for travel. Bring one fewer devices.
Technically, it’s not live booting. It’s normally installed, just on an external drive. The OS doesn’t feel the difference. You just chose to boot to it from the BIOS. I set it to always boot to Linux by default and Windows as a fallback.
Glad you have a cool IT team. As an IT guy, I also want to remind people that if you don’t ask, the answer is automatically no.
This right here is exclusively why I had a scheduled event on my windows system, where if the computer was still on at 4 in the morning, it would turn itself off.
I never had this issue prior to Windows 10, but update and shutdown felt like an update and maybe shut down because there was a good 20 or 30% chance that when it rebooted to apply the changes, it didn’t turn itself back off again.
I must have had rotten luck because whenever I updated Windows, it would never shut down for me. Eventually, I just stopped using ‘update and shut down’.
Yeah, I had more issues with Windows deciding to shut down without updating than having it not shut down after updating.
Like that would drive me crazy to have checked for updates, have it say your updates are ready to install, press the reboot now button, and it decides that for whatever reason it didn’t want to install the pending updates.
That’s apparently fixed now. I have to use windows for work and they finally fixed that stupid issue in one of the last couple of updates. It’s still extremely painful to use though.
Everytime I setup a fresh install for whatever reason, I am reminded about how terrible the experience is😂
I use win only at work anymore, no choice. Update and shut down is the biggest fucking lie. I press it every time, it never did shut down.
Every. Time.