Windows 11's big 2024 update leaves behind ~9GB of undeletable files (www.pcworld.com)
from kid@sh.itjust.works to cybersecurity@sh.itjust.works on 11 Oct 2024 10:59
https://sh.itjust.works/post/26467657

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sun_is_ra@sh.itjust.works on 11 Oct 2024 11:25 next collapse

Good article but not really cybersecurity related

Nougat@fedia.io on 11 Oct 2024 12:57 next collapse

"ooo something I can post to shit on Microsoft about, where should I put it ... CYBERSECURITY!"

sunzu2@thebrainbin.org on 11 Oct 2024 13:39 next collapse

microshit and its products are a huge attack surface and looks like it just got bigger ;)

Nightweb@lemm.ee on 11 Oct 2024 17:51 collapse

See what you did there

umbrella@lemmy.ml on 11 Oct 2024 20:28 collapse

always great to have a good excuse to shit on windows

Buelldozer@lemmy.today on 11 Oct 2024 14:23 collapse

It’s actually a shit article that doesn’t do anything to explain why this is happening, because once you know WHY you realize this is NBD and will be going away when 24H2 is actually released.

This article isn’t great but at the bottom it does explain what’s going on.

Zedd_Prophecy@lemmy.world on 11 Oct 2024 11:28 next collapse

Boot with a Linux live CD and delete it. No?

UnrefinedChihuahua@lemmy.dbzer0.com on 11 Oct 2024 11:32 next collapse

Boot with a Linux live CD, and then delete Windows. I agree.

Buelldozer@lemmy.today on 11 Oct 2024 14:21 collapse

I wouldn’t. This isn’t a real problem but you’ll probably make one if you force delete things marked as necessary for Checkpoint Updates. This 8.5gig of “stuff” is only there because 24H2 is still in Beta and it has incorrectly marked some things from the 23H update as required for future updates.

Appoxo@lemmy.dbzer0.com on 11 Oct 2024 18:53 collapse

Is 24H2 still “beta” because I am surely not in the technology preview ring and not in any other preview program?
Because my PC got it installed and it looks to me as it’s right now becoming GA status.

TheIvoryTower@lemmy.world on 11 Oct 2024 11:49 next collapse

Windows is becoming malware

baduhai@sopuli.xyz on 11 Oct 2024 11:53 next collapse

Becoming?

zcd@lemmy.ca on 11 Oct 2024 13:59 collapse

🌎🧑‍🚀🔫👨‍🚀

Shameless@lemmy.world on 11 Oct 2024 11:56 next collapse

Other than for work purposes, I will never go back to using Windows

ogeist@lemmy.world on 11 Oct 2024 11:57 next collapse

Have you heard of our lord and saviour, GNU+Linux?

crazyminner@lemmy.ml on 11 Oct 2024 14:34 next collapse

Too bad I can’t force my business to go to Linux. I would love if all our labs were just Nix OS config files or something like that.

ogeist@lemmy.world on 11 Oct 2024 15:22 collapse

Technically you can use Nix in windows systems.

TrickDacy@lemmy.world on 11 Oct 2024 17:47 collapse

…?

Nexy@lemmy.sdf.org on 13 Oct 2024 09:49 collapse

If only there was any professional competitive design software for it…

CapitalType@moist.catsweat.com on 11 Oct 2024 12:13 next collapse

Just windows being windows.

zurohki@aussie.zone on 11 Oct 2024 15:43 collapse

It’s been 30 years and jokes about Windows expanding to fill available space still work.

ShadowRam@fedia.io on 11 Oct 2024 12:13 next collapse

WTF is up with this 24H2 update I keep hearing about?

It appears to have a ton of issues, from this to permanently BSOD's people's computers?

Buelldozer@lemmy.today on 11 Oct 2024 14:18 collapse

WTF is up with this 24H2 update I keep hearing about?

The first thing you have to know is that it hasn’t been released yet! That’s right, every one of these articles screaming about 24H2 bugs is based on Preview, commonly called Beta, software.

This particular issue being caused because Microsoft is moving to “Checkpoint Updates” so that updates will install faster and be smaller in size.

Right now 24H2 is marking parts of 23H3 as necessary for future updates so they can’t be deleted. This will 100% be fixed before 24H4 goes RTM.

Basically this one is a non-issue. It’s being used as an outrage generator.

LordCrom@lemmy.world on 11 Oct 2024 14:17 next collapse

Welcome to your daily “windows sucks” post.

Monstrosity@lemm.ee on 11 Oct 2024 15:50 next collapse

They should be a tad more frequent, imo.

Spaceinv8er@sh.itjust.works on 11 Oct 2024 15:58 next collapse

Followed by how Linux is so amazing

[deleted] on 11 Oct 2024 19:28 collapse

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1984@lemmy.today on 11 Oct 2024 14:38 next collapse

Lols. Just a few days I got an update to Plasma 6.2 on Linux, and it’s stunningly beautiful and fast.

One makes the computer better and is free. The other… Well…

BearOfaTime@lemm.ee on 11 Oct 2024 16:23 next collapse

Yawn.

Let’s see you run AutoDesk or Catia.

Also, this is a beta.

umbrella@lemmy.ml on 11 Oct 2024 20:27 collapse

catia runs no problems.

autodesk runs on wine (despite better software existing)

HackerJoe@sh.itjust.works on 12 Oct 2024 00:54 collapse

Plasma 6.2

This is a really great release. Since the KDE Gear and Framework update yesterday all gripes I experienced with the Plasma 6 Megarelease are fixed.

Everytime I get a KDE update I am looking forward to trying new cool stuff.
Every Patch Tuesday I get an overwhelming feeling of dread.

Matriks404@lemmy.world on 11 Oct 2024 14:57 next collapse

Today at work I have noticed that on one user’s computer there were 22 GB of some Windows Update files remaining in C:\WINDOWS\CSC that don’t show up in Disk Cleanup tool. That’s typical Windows bullshit.

dukatos@lemm.ee on 11 Oct 2024 17:16 next collapse

The patch will remove the cache and all the files Windows don’t need.

YeetPics@mander.xyz on 11 Oct 2024 19:03 collapse

It’s fine because Microsoft is shipping out 10gb drives with every W11 license purchase, right?