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Somehow the EFI partition doesn't mount and it's impossible to troubleshoot via phone, she asked me to put back the old system 😞
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People complain about all the invasive controlling bullshit Windows does. I haven't seen any kind of failure to boot issue with windows in a long time and I work in IT. Last thing I really remember being common in our organization was bitlocker getting triggered and people having to call in to get the key to unlock it, and that was back in the windows 7 days.
Windows can boot and still be fucked. User can login and still be fucked.
Explorer crash and respawn loop. Taskbar not responding. Windows failing to update and still hogging every reboot. Networking settings get fucked up.
Also booting and even logging in does not mean a person can actually use his computer for his purposes. OneDrive deleting your work files from your laptop can fuck up a guy on the go.
Of course these people are not part of a bigger organization that managed their machines, just like OP's mom. If anything I would say your experiences in IT out you out of touch with most PC and even Windows users.