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Microsoft breaks Windows reset and recovery (www.theregister.com)
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[–] PattyMcB@lemmy.world 48 points 4 days ago (3 children)

Linux!

[–] Nougat@fedia.io 15 points 4 days ago (1 children)

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[–] some_kind_of_guy@lemmy.world 26 points 4 days ago* (last edited 4 days ago) (1 children)

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[–] kescusay@lemmy.world 15 points 4 days ago (3 children)

Dunno why you're being downvoted, that there was a solid reference.

[–] DosDude@retrolemmy.com 16 points 4 days ago (1 children)

For people that don't know the reference: here

[–] 0x0@lemmy.zip 2 points 4 days ago (1 children)

Gives of joecartoon vibes.

[–] ripcord@lemmy.world 4 points 4 days ago

Gives off weeblstuff vibes

[–] Sidhean@lemmy.world 6 points 4 days ago

Pogbably because it looks like they're spamming. someone linked the thing they're referencing and I'm back to switch my vote because now I get it and its funny.

[–] a_wild_mimic_appears@lemmy.dbzer0.com 7 points 4 days ago* (last edited 4 days ago) (1 children)

we're too old it seems

@some_kind_of_guy@lemmy.world

[–] azimir@lemmy.ml 6 points 4 days ago (1 children)

Since 1998, baby! Found my RedHat 3.0.3 install CD recently. It's been such a long road, but it keeps getting better.

[–] addie@feddit.uk 5 points 4 days ago

A CD with RedHat on it? Pretty fancy. My first RH installation came on about three boxes of floppy disks, took hours to unpack it all. And damn right, been all uphill since.

[–] Kbobabob@lemmy.world 3 points 4 days ago (1 children)

Linux has reset and recovery?

[–] jbaber@lemmy.sdf.org 3 points 4 days ago

Does "reset and recovery" mean "wipe the hard disk and put a fresh licensed Windows install on"?

Not needing a license for a Linux distro means that's straightforward without a special tool.