Patch Tuesday update makes Windows PCs refuse to shut down
www.theregister.com
: Microsoft claims it's a Secure Launch bug

“On systems with Secure Launch enabled, attempts to shut down, restart, or hibernate after applying the January patches may fail to complete.”

  • artyom@piefed.socialEnglish
    222·
    5 hours ago

    LOL this response triggers me on MacOS when I tell it to install “unknown” software or turn off Bluetooth.

    “WHAT THE FUCK DO YOU MEAN YOU CANT DO THAT, I AM YOUR OWNER AND IM TELLING YOU TO DO IT SO JUST FUCKING DO IT”

    • PhobosAnomaly@feddit.ukEnglish
      24·
      4 hours ago

      Jesus, my son wanted to add a classmate as a friend on Xbox Live last night. It should have been a two step process from a parent perspective: Authenticate, then authorise (though the lad was delegated the task of the latter technically).

      When he tried to add the friend, I had to:

      1. Enter my parental code (fair enough);
      2. Enter my Microsoft Account password because it was apparently a transaction involving personal data;
      3. Scan the QR code to do this on another device (admittedly optional);
      4. Enter the email address of my MS account;
      5. Enter the 2FA code emailed to me;
      6. Stop the passkey creation process;
      7. Confirm that I didn’t want a passkey;
      8. Skip the age verification;
      9. Turn off the personalised ads

      Just so he could get to the point where he could select “add as a friend”, what the actual fuck

      • artyom@piefed.socialEnglish
        19·
        1 hour ago

        Sounds like a process that would be greatly simplified by adding a passkey…

        E: I don’t understand why I’m being downvoted. Adding a passkey would eliminate steps 2-7.

        • PhobosAnomaly@feddit.ukEnglish
          91·
          4 hours ago

          Would it? If I’m already a user on a local device, surely my parental code would suffice and turn a ludicrous process into a one (and a half) step process?