Tag: Windows 11

Windows 11 Annoying Beep

Recently, Windows 11 has started to Beep at various times. Nobody online seems to really have a handle on what is going on, or how to fix it. But I had a thought that nobody I saw discuss this topic has mentioned. The various sources indicate that it seems to be coming from USB Device Connects / Disconnects and talks about looking at the event managers to see this. I looked and I could not see any events.

There is a control panel to set what sounds play on certain events.

So I had the bright idea of changing the sounds for Connect and Disconnect to see which one was occurring. The sounds I heard did not sound exactly like these, but here’s what I did.

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Microsoft Account Required? Who Cares?

These folks at Bleeping Computer seem to be on the bandwagon warning us that Microsoft is going to shut all the workarounds to avoid using a Microsoft Account for Windows 11.

Did anyone mention that you can just make a bogus email that you never use for anything and then call that a Microsoft account? That seems like a pretty obvious work around to maintain your privacy while satisfying the bogus requirement that Microsoft has created to allow you to use Windows 11.

Is Microsoft really so brain-dead that they don’t realize that folks will do that? And if we do that, what does Microsoft gain by harvesting an email that I never use for anything? I suppose they assume that somehow they can make money off of the email that they harvest when they require me to make a Microsoft Account. But I’m not required to ever look at whatever email they send me there – Except maybe once when they check that it’s a valid email.

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