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.”

  • 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?