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Microsoft accidentally lists the benefits of not using a Microsoft account on Windows 11 (www.windowscentral.com)

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Microsoft inadvertently highlighted the benefits of using a local account over a Microsoft account on Windows 11 in a recent support page update.
Using a local account allows for offline sign-in, is independent of cloud services, and limits settings, files, and applications to a single device, enhancing privacy.
Despite these benefits, Microsoft requires internet access or workarounds for the initial setup of Windows 11, making it challenging to use a local account from the start.

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[-] dan@upvote.au 6 points 5 months ago

. A lot of laptops and keyboards ship out with media keys as the default on the top row now

That's always the first setting I disable in the UEFI. I hate it.

[-] kilgore_trout@feddit.it 4 points 5 months ago

I use the media keys much more frequently than I need Function keys.

[-] dan@upvote.au 4 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago)

In that case, it makes sense. I guess it differs depending on use case.

I'm a developer and am stepping through code in a debugger pretty frequently, which makes heavy use of the F keys. I use the F keys far more often than the media keys.

[-] Appoxo@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 points 5 months ago

Usually notebooks ship with a fn lock function.
On our hp notebooks its fn + shift.
Now the keys work like regular Fx keys and for the function you need to press the fn key first.

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