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Marcus Vinicus · Jul 11, 2025

antspants said:
Yes, it’s a Troll attack.

From a poster who started a thread in the General Support subforum who had no intention of reading any of the replies and didn't want any help to start with.

Marcus Vinicus · Jul 11, 2025

Yes, I'm sure he is reading this thread while logged off and laughing his gluteus maximus off.

antspants · Jul 11, 2025

Marcus Vinicus said:
From a poster who started a thread in the General Support subforum who had no intention of reading any of the replies and didn't want any help to start with.

We see this on a non regular basis. A Troll post that ends up 15 pages in size. It’s inevitable that people will respond, this is the way of the Troll.

They’re funny for a while until @z3r010 decides that enough’s enough, boots the member or locks/deletes the thread.
Not trying to be a suck up, but I find admin here to be incredibly patient and tolerating. In my opinion, it is in fact the best run forum I have ever been a member of (This of course includes the sister sites)

Winuser · Jul 11, 2025

Wynona said:
Dunno what he's trying to accomplish.

For me, with the exception of 8.0 and 8.1, I have no problem using Windows, be it all the way back to 3.0 up to and including 11. And I'm not going to bash Microsoft just for the bashing! That's dumb.

You started with Windows 3.0? My first Windows computer was a Packard Bell 386 running Windows 3.11 for Workgroups. My first computers were the Atari computers. The very first was the Atari 800XL. Eventually I moved up to a Tandy 1200RLX running Deskmate. When I decided to move up from the Tandy computers I was debating if I should go with Windows or Apple. Because of the larger selection of software for Windows I went with Windows. Looking back, I'm glad I did.

Winuser · Jul 11, 2025

z3r010 said:
Hold on, the next few years are going to be something else!!!

That's if some power hunger leader of a country doesn't decide to hit the Red Button first and make the survivors start civilization all over again.

gunrunnerjohn · Jul 11, 2025

Winuser said:
You started with Windows 3.0? My first Windows computer was a Packard Bell 386 running Windows 3.11 for Workgroups. My first computers were the Atari computers. The very first was the Atari 800XL. Eventually I moved up to a Tandy 1200RLX running Deskmate. When I decided to move up from the Tandy computers I was debating if I should go with Windows or Apple. Because of the larger selection of software for Windows I went with Windows. Looking back, I'm glad I did.

My first computer was a home-brew 8080 computer in an S100 chassis. I wire-wrapped the memory and I/O boards and bought one of the first available processor boards. I wrote my own BIOS so I could run CP/M and interface to my custom I/O board.

Winuser · Jul 11, 2025

antspants said:
We see this on a non regular basis. A Troll post that ends up 15 pages in size. It’s inevitable that people will respond, this is the way of the Troll.

IMO, threads like this belong in the Chillout Room or removed . It's only purpose is to see user's reactions so the OP can sit back and laugh.

antspants · Jul 11, 2025

Winuser said:
It's only purpose is to see user's reactions so the OP can sit back and laugh.

Yes. That’s the literal definition of TROLL.

Winuser · Jul 11, 2025

gunrunnerjohn said:
My first computer was a home-brew 8080 computer in an S100 chassis. I wire-wrapped the memory and I/O boards and bought one of the first available processor boards. I wrote my own BIOS so I could run CP/M and interface to my custom I/O board.

My best friend that got me into computers started out with a computer from Radio Shack that was about the size of a handheld calculator. He had to type in his own programming. I forget how he saved his programming. I'm going to do a search and see what I can find.

Edit: Here's a pic.

Winuser · Jul 11, 2025

antspants said:
Yes. That’s the literal definition of TROLL.

There's another member who I think only post because they want to troll. I won't mention their user name but they keep asking the same questions over and over. Then they wait awhile and start asking the same questions all over again. I'm surprised that they weren't told to stop it or been banned. I think you may know who I'm talking about. If you do please don't mention their name. To not insult or offend anyone I'll PM you.

antspants · Jul 12, 2025

Now that I know who you’re referring to, you may be right. But since many of us are quite old—or at least getting older—there’s a good chance some just forget they already asked a question. There are a couple of regular posters where it’s obvious they forget a lot and even admit to it. Then, like you said, there are others—trolls.

P.S.
I know some people who resort to CoPilot to better explain themselves because they struggle to articulate things these days. I do it sometimes myself. I know what I want to say in response to help, but I also know the post will take me more time than I’d rather spend on it. So... I cheat.

BrianInEngland · Jul 12, 2025

krism said:
I booted to win11 yesterday for the first time in I think months ( to update my VZW payment method because I was too lazy to add Chrome to Mint for this once every 5 years thing).
Been happily running Mint Cinn 22.1 .
I was just reading a Will Fastie article on AskWoody (I am no longer a member there) about how adobie had "let down users again"(my paraphrase) and thought about how much time and energy AskWoody (and elevenforum)(and many others) puts into complaining about win and trying to get win to work.
What if all that energy were instead put in to helping folks move to, say, linux Mint?
Just a thought.
I won't follow this so flaming me will accomplish nothing.

Edition Windows 11 Pro
Version 24H2
Installed on ‎Sat ‎10/‎5/‎2024
OS build 26100.4061
Experience Windows Feature Experience Pack 1000.26100.84.0

The point of this post is what exactly?

antspants · Jul 12, 2025

Self gratifying entertainment.

garlin · Jul 12, 2025

Mint ~~Linux~~ Mobile is a better wireless option compared to Verizon.

Stigg · Jul 12, 2025

pseymour said:
Linux people are just like vegans and runners. They can’t shut up about it.

Question: How can you tell if someone is a Linux user?
Answer: Don't worry, they'll tell you, again and again and again.

garlin · Jul 12, 2025

Stigg said:
Question: How can you tell if someone is a Linux user?
Answer: Don't worry, they'll tell you, again and again and again.

Like the people who don't have SSE 4.2 support on their PC's...

Hazel123 · Sunday at 7:13 AM

z3r010 said:
He should embrace that this is the last OS before ASI, in five years' time Windows and most of what we do today will be irrelevant.

There is a change coming that is monumental as the internet was to us that lived before........hold on the ride is going to be fun.

Well if it can make a 10" laptop that runs core i7 and has 16 bg ram and is 1" thick with superior key travel, then I'm all for it! Because such a thing doesn't exist these days!

Hazel123 · Sunday at 7:23 AM

antspants said:
Just getting to the demo, female voice talking to the hosts. Scary stuff. 24min mark (video below at demo point)

The voices are very realistic now - I had a phone call from an AI bot trying to sell me solar heating panels the other day. Nearly fooled me into thinking it was a real person.

antspants · Sunday at 8:08 AM

Hazel123 said:
The voices are very realistic now - I had a phone call from an AI bot trying to sell me solar heating panels the other day. Nearly fooled me into thinking it was a real person.

I know, right. There should actually be a law against it.

cereberus · Sunday at 9:32 AM

I was on a site where the asinine bot kept going in circles unable to answer a simple question and it started being sarcastic when I asked it to answer my exact question where a yes or no answer was needed. lt started asking what part of its reply was unclear!

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