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canetoad

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6. Agree with your post

Reply to OAITW r.2.0 (Original post)

Tue May 23, 2023, 04:30 PM

May 2023

About MS pushing One Drive. It's part of a drive by big tech companies to corral you into their section of the internet and never have you leave.

For all sorts of reasons, myself being the only user being one of them, I don't want a password on my machine, neither do I want a microsoft account or bloody one drive. You have to install Windows and read the set-up screens until your eyes bleed to catch the tiny lettering that permits you to proceed without a MS account.

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Here's a weird change that arrived with the latest Windows update. [View all] OAITW r.2.0 May 2023 OP

Sounds like a cloud issue. Martin68 May 2023 #1

I think so, too. OAITW r.2.0 May 2023 #2

I had issues with Apple's iCloud, and stopped backing up all my photos and music there. Martin68 May 2023 #4

Check this out relayerbob May 2023 #3

Last week I had to fire up my old, unwebbed XP Pro machine yonder May 2023 #5

Agree with your post canetoad May 2023 #6