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Windows 11's second-chance setup dialogs hurt IT, drain productivity

https://www.theregister.com/2026/04/26/windows_second_chance_setup/
28•geekinchief•1h ago

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perryizgr8•23m ago
This is so extremely annoying when paired with the forced auto restarts. Here is how it works:

1. I walk away from the computer with a bunch of my tabs and programs running. I also have a couple of servers running (docker compose).

2. Microsoft decides my work is worthless and restarts the PC to install updates to fix their own shoddy programming.

3. After 3-4 restarts, it finally drops back into the login screen. So my open apps, tabs, servers are all gone, and will not be running. Basically means I cannot rely on the PC being online if I am outside.

4. And on top of that, even when I enter the password, it will pretend to login, but stops on this spam screen with the anti-pattern "remind me later" button. Every single time. I've told them no for at least 50 times. Oh and this screen blocks every startup program from loading, even though I have signed in. So I have to clear it before docker will load.

throw1234567891•10m ago
Windows 11 is for video games and Excel, not running docker compose and servers. Windows Server is for running servers.
steveBK123•7m ago
Linux is for running servers
throw1234567891•5m ago
Windows Server is for running Windows servers.
yxhuvud•7m ago
Do you think gamers want any of that?
bsuvc•5m ago
Except developers run docker compose locally all the time.

And even if I am just using Excel, my work still deserves to be respected by the operating system.

throw1234567891•1m ago
Excel stores unsaved data in temp files on disk, just like your vim. Many Windows apps do because of the described behaviour. Use the right tool for the right job.
BiteCode_dev•4m ago
My clients didn't get the memo
massel•8m ago
Don't Windows Services run behind the login window (when configured to do so)?

Could you set up Docker that way?

stargrazer•5m ago
Docker runs better on Linux. And Linux doesn't reboot unless told to do so. And you can SSH into it rather than run some sort of long winded GUI. Oh, and it doesn't phone home all the time with 'telemetry'.
lousken•10m ago
One of the reasons I no longer work on windows

1. Log onto a server

2. Need a browser to run some stupid tool, everything besides edge is removed

3. Edge shows "setting up profile" with multiple steps (cant be skipped ofc) and after setup it goes to new tab showing shit ton of ads and stuff lagging the RDP session

explain that, macroslop

burnte•5m ago
My favorite part of that dance is, "Do you want to import from Chrome? [no] Should we import your data from chrome? [no] Ok, time to import your data from Chrome. [skip]" It asks you three times right in a row. Really weird.
everdrive•4m ago
If I were a multi-billionaire, I'd pay people to follow around Microsoft executives with a megaphone. They'd just shout "Do you want to save that to OneDrive?!" every few seconds right near their ears. Indefinitely, all day long, all night long. Forever. Of course, there would be no relief. My request wouldn't make sense and there would be nothing they could do to make them cease

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