Once a long time ago I had some problems after upgrading a computer from Windows 7 to Windows 8. I got on a chat with someone from Microsoft support and eventually started a remote session with them. The first thing he did was go into the chat app from my side and give himself 5-star ratings across the board and pasted in some feedback about being diligent and responsive. That whole part took less than 30 seconds.
At the end of the day he couldn’t resolve the issues and we ultimately downgraded back to Windows 7.
That’s a little hilarious. I especially like the part that that took 30s, but you stuck it out with the rogue until the end of the day.
That’s super messed. Hope he eventually helped someone who happened to be screen recording and reported him for rating himself without permission.
oh my god i would’ve flipped my shit.
And then the back button in your browser can’t take you back anymore.
Yes fuck Microsoft answers or any website that does this
And if you venture forth into their support pages you can take a tour through different Microsoft design phases of the last two decades. When everything looks Windows XP/Xbox360… you have gone too far.
Haha, hundred percent, I just experienced this for the first time like an hour ago!
Got to hit it 2-3 times quickly
Goddamn, I realized this was referencing the Microsoft forum just from reading the first paragraph and I’ve hardly used Windows in the last decade…
I guess, this is why they think the incessant rambling from ChatGPT is in any way acceptable.
Ok, but one time I had this maddening problem that the rest of the internet claimed I needed windows pro and the group policy editor to solve, and I ran upon some"windows independent advisor" who just posted a bunch of powershell commands, that I ran blindly, and holy shit it magically solved EVERYTHING!
MicroSloth hiding the facts about what works in Home versions versus Pro : reason #459 why a profit driven OS is bad for all consumers.
Have you tried
sfc /scannow?Thank you for your valuable question, please be sure to rate my answer as “solved”.
Your Microsoft Community Support Specialist
This is a big plus for Linux to me. If I have a specific problem, with a specific error code. I can usually find useful information to fix it online. Not some useless generic garbage fix from that forum.
The, “link that went down 20 years ago” is a great touch.
these “advisors” might be mostly bots anyway, pair it with a forum thats probably heavily moderated to keep unapproved stuff off it.
append site:reddit.com or something and you may find actual people talking about the issue, much more useful.
In 2002 20 years old dead link? hmmm
That makes sense the post is from 2002 and the link was good for 2-3 years after since it would be 20 years before today.
