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This is not true, or maybe I have a different version. The default location USED to be documents, but Microsoft now pushes you to the cloud. You have to watch for it.
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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Syntax error: Missing </rant>
…or have you not calmed down yet?
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I had it in there  but CP ate it. I've calmed down a bit, it is a rant after all.
The last 20 years, I developed embedded systems. You NEVER changed a user defaults. I think I made a coding error or slight change and ran into this. Got taken to the wood shed, but more importantly, there is a huge support train that is impacted. unless you're microsoft, then you just don't give a $hit.
I'm working on a spreadsheet now in LibreOffice. Why I pay for Office in the past, I cannot explain other than "it's a standard." Yuck. 
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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I'll hold them while you're doing it.... as long as I get to kick them in the nu*s when you've knocked them down.... 
Who the f*** is General Failure, and why is he reading my harddisk?
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This kind of behaviour is why outside work I haven't touched MS software for decades now. If I could find a convenient way to avoid Apple & Google I would too, but by the time I twigged what they are up to I was too far in; what they don't know about me isn't worth knowing, and adverts go right over my head anyway. 😉
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I would switch to Linux in a heartbeat and Ubuntu installed with Virtual Box on my workstation-laptop.
However, nothing compares to working with Visual Studio. Even JetBrains Rider feels like a half-baked product...
Steve Naidamast
Sr. Software Engineer
Black Falcon Software, Inc.
blackfalconsoftware@outlook.com
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charlieg wrote: they decided to change the default save locations to OneDrive
...the default of save locations of what, exactly? Browser download location? Notepad's Save As?
My browser came with some default Download location - undoubtedly the OS's Downloads folder. It seems to remember whatever it is I used last time, and always suggest that until you change your download location again. Seems reasonable, I'd do that in my own apps.
I believe the default Save location of Notepad works the same say. Whatever it last saved to, that's what comes up next time.
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I cannot speak for notepad, but in this case, Office changed the default save location. I open a doc in My Documents on my system, and it defaults to saving it in one drive. Having used office for the last 25 years, I never picked up on it until I realized I had two copies.
This has nothing to do with browsers and downloads. I refuse to use Edge, and so far Opera has behaved itself. There was another MS application that started this crap. Oh yeah, Outlook. In another example of scum baggery, Microsoft changed outlook to default to Edge. You know the defaults you set up for your system? Well MS added a specific setting to Outlook that overrode the system wide setting.
Fair admission - this might have been related to Enterprise settings though I don't see how. My past customer allowed us to use Office under their corporate license. Even so, I refused to allow them to add my laptop to the domain, so I'm not sure how enterprise settings would make it to my PC.
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: Office changed the default save location. I open a doc in My Documents on my system, and it defaults to saving it in one drive.
Given the online version of Office, and that MS is pushing people hard to use OneDrive, I can't say I would be entirely surprised if that was the default suggested when saving new files written from scratch...but opening an existing file from a local folder, but saving into another (creating a separate copy, as you say)? That's just nasty. And downright evil, given most people have a hard time wrapping their heads around the concept (and they know it).
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Back in the day when you bought a computer it was called a "Personal Computer"
ONLY because the only people who owned computers were corporations.
Being called Personal we believed we owned it and controlled said machine.
Then we connected our PC to the internet and bought software from companies who would
offer FREE updates.
Then they started asking for Personal information for updates.
Next they figured out they did not need to ask just take it when you interacted with them.
None of this is a News Flash to anyone on this forum
I wanted to ask help with a issue with Visual Studio 2019 but it seemed like a programming
question so I will post a question.
My latest issue with MS is the update says it failed and when I close my computer the
updated is installed twice. The other issue is if I step away from the computer for
5 min the update gets down loaded and installed with no authorization from me.
YES I have the setting "Check for updates let me choose to download and install"
Here is a gem that gets sent every time I start my computer of if I walk away for 10 min
it installs 5 of these messages.
Warning: Failed to get value SOFTWARE\Microsoft\VisualStudio\16.11\ExtensionManager/ExtensionsAutoUpdated: Object reference not set to an instance of an object.
[13d0:0001][2024-08-19T10:13:50] No update since last run. Skipping current operation.
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OneDrive MANY issues  .
When I discovered that, I googled how to get rid of OneDrive. Now gone for good.
I don't know what hit Microsoft, they just do everything wrong  .
Gilles Plante
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It's not so that everything is backed up - it's so they can access it without you knowing about it.
".45 ACP - because shooting twice is just silly" - JSOP, 2010
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You can never have too much ammo - unless you're swimming, or on fire. - JSOP, 2010
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When you pry the gun from my cold dead hands, be careful - the barrel will be very hot. - JSOP, 2013
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"A little time, a little trouble, your better day"
Badfinger
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Q: Is reusing passwords ok?
A: Oh hell no, you n00b. My grandma didn't even do that. You'll get so hax0red and pwned on every website like ever, bro. Don't do it.
Q: Is reusing ssh keys ok?
A: Of course. You can spread that junk all over the Internet like peanut butter. I mean... sure if someone gets your private key they'd have access to everything. But, omg lolz like whatever... make that key rain up in here.
I wish I could use the joke icon. 
Jeremy Falcon
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In my junior year of college, I was hired by the university's IT department to develop and maintain all the public websites. A bit later on, I was assigned responsibility for the the development and maintenance of the school's intranet website. I lived on campus for 16 hours a day working my way through school and getting the best experience I could. It was a really fun job. The people who also worked there were interesting and fun.
What I remember most about my experience in IT is the running joke we had conjured up. The phrase was, "Welcome to the University's IT department. We have a big rack."
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we are so wide open, we don't even know it. If you really want to know how bad it is, you'll need a TSEC clearance.
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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