[HN Gopher] Microsoft is force installing PC Health Check in Win...
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       Microsoft is force installing PC Health Check in Windows 10
        
       Author : Fervicus
       Score  : 51 points
       Date   : 2021-10-26 20:07 UTC (2 hours ago)
        
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       | jsight wrote:
       | I'm much more bothered that it has obsoleted some relatively new-
       | ish CPUs. Why was the i7-7700 left out, for example?
        
         | DerpyBaby123 wrote:
         | I think you're referring to a different piece of software,
         | Windows 11
        
           | k8sToGo wrote:
           | This tool that is being installed is used to check upgrade
           | compatibility
        
           | mesofile wrote:
           | As noted in the article, PC Health Check's "primary use has
           | been to analyze a device's hardware to check if it's
           | compatible with Windows 11." A wide range of Windows 10 users
           | will see this check permanently and uselessly 'failing' for
           | them whenever they open Windows Update.
        
       | RedShift1 wrote:
       | Microsoft basically does what it wants up to the point where
       | enough backlash starts occuring. "It's easier to ask forgiveness
       | than it is to get permission".
        
       | JustSomeNobody wrote:
       | Don't get mad, just stop using Windows.
        
         | Kye wrote:
         | Just as soon as the tools I use run on Linux or Macs come down
         | in price.
        
           | tartoran wrote:
           | I get the best of both worlds and use both. Windows has no
           | place on my home computer. Im not gaming so Im good
        
             | Kye wrote:
             | I'm not sure how that addresses the comment you replied to.
        
           | CarelessExpert wrote:
           | Wine? Virtual machines?
        
             | Kye wrote:
             | Nope.
        
               | CarelessExpert wrote:
               | Just curious, why? Performance reasons? Compatibility?
               | Something else?
               | 
               | Speaking for myself, I run Linux on the desktop and
               | Windows in a VM for office applications and so forth and
               | it works fine. But obviously I'm not running Photoshop or
               | gaming or anything like that (though in the case of the
               | latter, Proton is already great and is poised to get even
               | better)...
        
       | llimos wrote:
       | Is this really a problem? It's not like it runs in the
       | background. How is this different to adding, say, a new tab in
       | the Settings app or a new screenshot tool (which they did a while
       | back)?
        
         | p1necone wrote:
         | Agreed - the negative tone in this article confuses me. All
         | operating systems have a bunch of settings UIs, applications
         | etc (except maybe like a bare arch install, or Alpine linux or
         | something).
         | 
         | If this was some game app full of ads or something I'd
         | understand, but it's not.
        
           | jbj wrote:
           | I automatically got candy crush from win 10. not sure if I
           | should laugh or cry
        
       | outside1234 wrote:
       | Since you have to upgrade, might as well head over to
       | www.apple.com
        
         | jszymborski wrote:
         | Also https://distrochooser.de/ or
         | https://ubuntu.com/download/desktop
        
       | theknocker wrote:
       | It continues to be astonishing that they will so eagerly piss
       | away what little good will they accumulated while Google was
       | being the bad guy.
        
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