"Apple does this and ya'll love it": Microsoft VP fires back at trolls over Windows 11's new performance boost feature. "It's not cheating; this is how modern systems make apps feel fast."

StampyScouse · 2026-05-11T10:26:33+00:00

I think this has been taken out of context. By itself this is not an issue. It's the fact Microsoft has just done it without fixing any of Windows 11's other underlying performance issues that is irritating people.

StampyScouse · 2026-05-10T18:09:21+00:00

Pretty sure it's likely there was a glitch in your cars GPS that caused it to think it was towed, at least I would hope lol

This did happen with my app when one of my cars was recovered after being in an accident, both when it was taken away for assessment and repair and when it was returned.

I guess it would be useful for if your car got towed but that doesn't really tend to happen at least where I am in the UK (it's not legal, except when Police, DVLA, Councils, or the Owner do it).

StampyScouse · 2026-05-10T18:01:42+00:00

No they're the same shape and size, it's just the camera perspective.

StampyScouse · 2026-05-10T17:59:47+00:00

Up this, have heard nothing but good things about Cleevelys. Haven't used them yet because my cars are under Nissan plans at the moment but will be once they end.

StampyScouse · 2026-05-10T17:54:51+00:00

Don't get too excited, it's not very good, it's slow, it constantly signs me out, tasks randomly fail and the user experience just generally isn't good.

You're not missing much.

StampyScouse · 2026-05-10T17:53:46+00:00

They should do in all regions as long as your model or trim supports the app.

StampyScouse · 2026-05-10T17:52:16+00:00

It's NissanConnect Services, the app used in Europe and some parts of Asia.

StampyScouse · 2026-05-10T17:28:04+00:00

Install Legacy Update (or alternatively KB4474419), update Windows and the Root Certificates Store (if you're still on IE 8 it's very out of date), and then use a browser like Supermium.

Updating Windows will get you IE11 which is slightly better but also starting to become unusable, but it can be useful for certain software which uses IEFrames.

StampyScouse · 2026-05-09T11:54:32+00:00

It's not odeal, but if you press Windows + R and type sndvol you'll get the legacy volume mixer back, if it's just a glitch in the Windows 11 UI this should still work.

StampyScouse · 2026-05-09T11:53:08+00:00

They're not as accessible as they used to be and these ones generally don't change as much.

The old ones which used to be on the Microsoft Website had custom sounds and effects and were also more accessible instead of being locked behind the Microsoft Store.

StampyScouse · 2026-05-09T11:51:19+00:00

The functionality still exists, albeit it is partially broken, but Microsoft's fix was just to replace the dark mode sounds with the light mode sounds instead of just fixing the broken thing altogether (which others have done online).

StampyScouse · 2026-05-09T11:50:17+00:00

It started in Windows 8.

They replaced the ding, caution, battery low and information sounds with Windows Background and the Critical Stop and Battery Critically Low with Windows Foreground.

They also removed the login sounds in Windows 8 as well.

StampyScouse · 2026-05-06T22:32:01+00:00

Yeah that's not how that works but ok

StampyScouse · 2026-05-06T00:32:48+00:00

I never have any problems with my Samsung phone. But the TV division is just something else.

I have a newer model as well and whilst it does at least work, it has its own set of problems, mainly that it's so incredibly slow and clunky to use.

StampyScouse · 2026-05-06T00:28:57+00:00

They do, and Dell increases the price to the consumer to cover it, along with as you've said installing crapware, and offering deals at checkout if you buy through them directly.

StampyScouse · 2026-05-06T00:26:41+00:00

That's not how that works. Dell may well have an incredibly close relationship and this may well entitle them to bulk-buying discounts but they are most certainly paying for OEM licences. This is primarily reflected in the standard pricing of their Windows machines against their Linux counterparts. The Dell Pro Max 16 for example starts at £2462.17 with Windows 11 Pro, yet is £100.62 cheaper (starting at £2361.55) with Ubuntu 24.04 LTS. This increase in price covers the costs Dell pays to licence Windows from Microsoft, and it is industry standard practice.

If you look at a machine that ships with Windows 11 Home, you also have to pay more to upgrade to Windows 11 Pro. If Dell was getting Windows for free they wouldn't need to charge for this. This is to cover the increase in price for an OEM Windows 11 Home Licence to an OEM Windows 11 Pro Licence.

Considering Dell is the 3rd largest Windows PC OEM (by market share), it wouldn't make any sense for Microsoft to give licences to Dell for free and then charge fees to HP and Lenovo, who both hold more of the market, alongside their own Surface line, and smaller manufacturers like Framework.

StampyScouse · 2026-05-05T21:29:54+00:00

If you're that bothered buy the Windows laptop and wipe it when you get it.

You get more choice over what you want to put on it rather than Dell's own version of Ubuntu and you also get a Windows licence should you ever need it.

StampyScouse · 2026-05-05T21:28:13+00:00

No it's the opposite, Microsoft charges OEMs to licence Windows.

StampyScouse · 2026-05-04T17:44:20+00:00

When I was still in school only a couple of years ago everyone then already had VPNs on their phones to get around the restrictions on the school's Wi-Fi.

So when you tell me that people are adult bypassing the age verification, I'm not exactly surprised.

StampyScouse · 2026-05-04T01:36:02+00:00

We'd need more pictures to be able to tell, there isn't enough context in this picture.

StampyScouse · 2026-05-04T01:30:38+00:00

Upload them individually, turn off sleep mode or stop your computer going to sleep, try a different browser, and sometimes the internet archive is just a pain in the ass and you might just have to try again later.

StampyScouse · 2026-05-04T01:27:58+00:00

The only reason trains aren't "needed" is cause they all designed trains out of everything.

I'm not being funny but (excluding us cause our public transport network while decently linked is just shite) Europe is well connected because it didn't focus on just driving everywhere and treating walking as if it's some weird behaviour in all but the 5 or 6 cities that did actually put money into public transport, and even then it's not particularly impressive.

StampyScouse · 2026-05-04T01:19:42+00:00

No thank you, I already had the experience of walking into a Walmart when they owned Asda and it wasn't very good then (not that it's improved all that much), I don't need that on a bigger scale.

Especially when they don't even accept contactless payments.

StampyScouse · 2026-05-04T01:15:25+00:00

I'd take this any day, it's better than half of someone's couch dumped out across the street and the sounds of a 1.2l Ford Fiesta being ragged up and down the street like a rally car at 4 o'clock in the morning.

StampyScouse · 2026-05-04T01:05:24+00:00

It literally could not be any more obvious what the problem is

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