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What a joke, can't believe people still voluntarily use this OS
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Can confirm this is an actual issue from Microsoft impacting lots of normal system apps that update via the Microsoft Store and/or Windows Update.
I’ve seen it mess up Notepad, Snipping Tool to name a few.
It’s pretty egregious that a bug like this can mess up utilities already installed on your computer.
Windows is really feeling like a single-player video game that requires an always on connection.
Source: I’m an IT professional who has been helping people with this since yesterday.
More source: https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/answers/questions/5729246/how-to-fix-error-code-0x803f8001
What's the actual fuck Microsoft
They're preparing to rent people desktop access over the internet. Gotta trim up that you don't own shit store code.
Is that the same update that broke Windows App* authentication?
* their idiotic name for the new remote desktop