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Busy week, but at least the next one will be much more lenient.
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James, and thus our family, might be invited to move to Switzerland. This would be roughly ten years from now, however.
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Well, Windows 8.1, the somewhat anticipated update to Windows 8 was released on Thursday, and I just got done upgrading Audrey. Installation took about 45 minutes, but the download took about two hours. Windows 8.1 is nearly a 4gb download.
So far, so good. Only thing that doesn't work is the DFX Audio Enhancer, which I was wanting to buy soon.
However, there was one issue that came up during initial setup. At one point, it wants you to sign in to your local account. It seems logical to do this, but once you do sign in, you are then asked to create a Microsoft Account which will then be linked to your PC account. I don't want this personally, and it took awhile to find out how to skip it. Turns out, when the Account list appears during setup, you need to click "I'm not <username>", and then Windows will continue setup without that Microsoft Account.
Seeing as how I had to find that cryptic way to get past this screen, this is a stealth way to make people sign up for Microsoft Accounts. Most people will be fine with one, but I don't need a Microsoft Account as I prefer to have unique, separate accounts for all my PCs. I'm also concerned about the potential security risks that these types of accounts provide since they are linked to your personal accounts on your computers. It's supposed to make things easier for people, but I don't entirely trust it yet.
At least in Windows 8, there was an option to skip this, albeit very small and not very noticeable.
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Damnit, why won't it just die?!?
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