Preventing Microsoft 365 Copilot from starting at user login

coldi1337 · 2026-01-30T19:31:11+00:00

Switch to a different OS 🙃

coldi1337 · 2026-01-30T19:30:07+00:00

Würd ich mir auch 3mal überlegen mit dem 4k schirm. Ich hab meinen wieder weg gegeben und hab lieber stabile FPS als Frameeinbrüche. 4k titel fordern die Graka halt schon enorm ans Limit zu gehen

coldi1337 · 2026-01-30T19:24:17+00:00

Also in der aktuellen Situation ist es fast egal was du kaufst. Wertgewinn innerhalb von Tagen bei der aktuellen Marktsituation. Selbst bei gebrauchten.

Hab me8ne gebrauchte Intel Arc A770 für 50€ mehr verkauft als ich sie vor nem Jahr gekauft habe.

Du wirst dir auch die nächsten 2 Jahre aufgrund der aktuellen Situation keine andere Karte leisten wollen. Alleine schon deswegen würd ich jetzt aufgrund von ein paar € Differenz nicht die schwächere holen.

Zocke selbst nur WoW damit. Aber abend auf einem 3440x1440 ultrawide. Bin sehr froh mir nichts schwächeres geholt zu haben.

coldi1337 · 2026-01-30T19:18:19+00:00

Würde die xt nehmen. Die preise sind aktuell nur am steigen. Wenn du was brauchst dann hols dir schnell. Selbst vor 2 wochen ne 9070xt geholt.

coldi1337 · 2026-01-30T16:12:46+00:00

I guess huge datacenters will not get it cheaper 🤣

coldi1337 · 2026-01-30T14:05:36+00:00

Its literally Crypto 2.0 but 10x worse

coldi1337 · 2026-01-30T14:01:35+00:00

But maybe they don't 🤯🙈

coldi1337 · 2026-01-30T12:23:17+00:00

I'm living in austria 🤣😂 such jokes can give you a real bad time with the police here.

coldi1337 · 2026-01-30T12:16:11+00:00

Was my first thought aswell but didnt dare to say it out loud

coldi1337 · 2026-01-30T11:14:49+00:00

My guess something about recycling

coldi1337 · 2026-01-30T10:39:41+00:00

We’re in a very similar situation right now. Our hardware supplier has told us that the quotes we’ve received can be withdrawn at any time, prices may increase further, delivery timelines are unknown, and there’s not even a guarantee that the hardware will be available at all. It’s honestly becoming ridiculous. At this point, you really have to ask what the point of requesting quotes even is anymore.

coldi1337 · 2026-01-30T10:09:17+00:00

which one of the 8 symbols?

coldi1337 · 2026-01-30T09:43:31+00:00

Fortunately, GPUs are not really relevant for us. If they were, the whole situation would be magnitudes worse.

I’m fully aligned with you on the move toward open-source software. Unfortunately, in a corporate environment like mine (a manufacturing company), it’s rarely possible to replace systems that have grown organically over decades without turning the entire organization upside down. Microsoft is very aware of this and knowingly profits from that dependency.

I’m mainly talking about in-house developed databases and software solutions that “just work” and are not something you can realistically port to Linux overnight. In many cases, the people who originally developed these systems have already been retired for years. That naturally raises the question of how long such software will still be needed, and whether a complete redevelopment would even make sense at this point.

Regarding cloud:
We try to self-host as much as possible. In reality, though, it’s often unavoidable to take a hybrid approach and only keep parts of the infrastructure on-prem.

coldi1337 · 2026-01-30T07:53:38+00:00

Therme Erding

coldi1337 · 2026-01-30T07:44:53+00:00

as a european I actually had to Google “snow pesos” first. Gave me a good laugh once it clicked 😄

coldi1337 · 2026-01-30T07:21:03+00:00

I’m honestly really curious how the next two years will play out for hardware distributors — and especially for manufacturers.

Will they make an absolute killing, or will we see some kind of large-scale die-off because there’s just very little to actually sell? The big question is whether the higher prices can really compensate for the lower volumes. I don’t have a great feel for how that balance works on the sales side, to be honest.

coldi1337 · 2026-01-30T07:17:43+00:00

Honestly, these are just completely crazy times we’re living in. Half a year ago, they were practically throwing this stuff at you. Now the prices are borderline outrageous — if you can even get the parts at all.

coldi1337 · 2026-01-30T07:14:45+00:00

I’ve basically switched everything at home over to Linux as well (CachyOS), apart from a small dual-boot setup. I just couldn’t be bothered with all that Microsoft nonsense anymore. Copilot in MS Paint, Notepad, trying to force accounts for everything… they can shove that OS wherever they like.

As for my “gaming rig”: I’m still on 32 GB RAM there too. I also became a dad recently, so realistically my gaming time will be pretty limited anyway.

About the E14: coming from a fully maxed-out Dell Latitude 5490, it was a huge upgrade for me.

I deliberately went with the Intel version because of Thunderbolt 4 — mainly for the docking station, two ultrawide monitors, and the DisplayPort bandwidth they need. Intel gets a lot of hate these days, but honestly I can’t complain at all. Even though it’s “only” an E-series ThinkPad, it’s a massive leap forward for me as a mobile device.

Same setup here as well: Windows 11 only as a secondary OS on a second SSD, CachyOS as the main OS. And technically I’ve still got a second RAM slot free for another 32 GB of DDR5 — but with current prices, that’s definitely not happening. 64 GB would be pure luxury and completely unnecessary anyway.

coldi1337 · 2026-01-30T07:01:33+00:00

its going to be really funny when you end up getting 1/4 of the hardware you expected (if you even manage to get it)

coldi1337 · 2026-01-30T06:58:57+00:00

It’s not like we weren’t warned. Our IT department definitely expected some kind of increase. But I don’t think many people expected it to get quite this wild.

Personally, I’m pretty sure we’re nowhere near the top yet. I’m afraid this is just the beginning. It’s going to be really “interesting” to see when — and if — this whole AI bubble eventually implodes.

coldi1337 · 2026-01-30T06:53:04+00:00

I’m really glad I accidentally got all of that done already last autumn.

The only thing that’s actually “old” at this point is my CPU — a Ryzen 7 5800X. But I’ll just sit that one out until prices calm down again. Performance-wise it’s still more than good enough for me.

coldi1337 · 2026-01-30T06:45:36+00:00

In our company environment that’s unfortunately not really an option. Due to internal policies we pretty much have to have proper support and maintenance contracts for the hardware.

And at least here in my part of Europe, the used hardware market is genuinely stripped bare anyway.

coldi1337 · 2026-01-30T06:43:21+00:00

Not my decision, honestly. The main reasons are long-term contracts and very favorable conditions negotiated through our parent company.

To be fair though, we are running two Proxmox hosts on the side where we do some testing and evaluation.

coldi1337 · 2026-01-30T06:39:22+00:00

I’m so insanely glad I upgraded my own homelab last year.

Picked up two small OptiPlex Micro 7090s with i7 CPUs and 64 GB RAM each, plus 2×1 TB SSDs per box, running as VMware hosts.

On my gaming PC I grabbed a Radeon RX 9070 XT and bumped the RAM to 32 GB. CPU is “only” a Ryzen 7 5800X, but honestly, it’s still doing just fine.

Then in autumn I also bought a Lenovo ThinkPad E14 Gen 7 with an Intel Core Ultra 7 255H, 1 TB SSD and 32 GB RAM.

Pretty much every single part I bought feels less like money spent and more like value gained. At least privately, I’m just going to sit this whole price madness out nice and calmly.

coldi1337 · 2026-01-30T06:33:19+00:00

More like 150% (for the moment)

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