XPost: comp.os.linux.advocacy, alt.comp.os.windows-11   
   From: robin_listas@es.invalid   
      
   On 2025-10-11 16:57, Frank Slootweg wrote:   
   > Paul  wrote:   
   > [...]   
   >> An Operating System, is a layer present on a computer as an   
   >> "enabler for user-executed programs", a kind of Executive.   
   >>   
   >> It's not an end unto itself. It is not a FlappyBirds/Netflix/DisneyPlus Box.   
   >> It's not a Commercial HitchARide And Screw You End User box either.   
   >>   
   >> *******   
   >>   
   >> The reason for *starting* with a Local Account after installation, is   
   >> so you control the name used on your profile folder.   
   >>   
   >> I want to be C:\Users\Paul and I want to control that directly, not be   
   >> sleigh of hand. The Microsoft way, I present an email address such   
   >> as CrazyClown@gmail.com and Microsoft carves off the first five   
   >> characters of the email, and my profile on first usage becomes   
   >>   
   >>     C:\Users\crazy    # And I'm crazy forever   
   >>   
   >> which is "not attractive" as I didn't have the control. If my email   
   >> was PaulWatson@gmail.com, my profile becomes   
   >>   
   >>     C:\Users\paulw   
   >>   
   >> which may not entirely please me either.   
      
   Aye. Same feelings here.   
      
   >   
   >    I also prefer a local account and sofar have been able to create one   
   > during every new installation, also on Windows 11.   
      
   I read the other day that they are removing local users completely, and   
   installation must have Internet.   
      
   How on earth are people like the military going to install and run   
   Windows in machines that are completely disconnected from internet?   
      
   --   
   Cheers, Carlos.   
   ES🇪🇸, EU🇪🇺;   
      
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