Windows isn’t ready for daily driving imo, it’s risky to use such an unstable OS for high importance tasks.
It’s fine if you want to tinker and experiment with a different OS, but for day to day usage I think you should really be using something more stable.
Sorry you were at least half an hour late to your presentation.
Bold of you to think anyone will be listening after the first slide.
“YOUR COMPUTER FAILED TO START AFTER A RECENT UPDATE. WOULD YOU LIKE TO EXPLORE RECOVERY OPTIONS?”
Windows isn’t ready for the desktop.
You shouldnt put a window on your desk top. A penguin would fit nicely, though…
Time to give a speach about how Windows is not as reliable as it used to be SeemsGood
This is why anything I need to do serious work on does not get Windows installed on it. Even OSX doesn’t pull this.
I remember during the last big win11 update i defined active hours which was recommended by Microsoft to do so it only updates outside of work hours.
Only for it to get reset without notification so all workstations started updating in the middle of work when left idle
I’ve been trying to get off PP for presentations, but everything else I’ve used has it’s issues
- LaTeX Beamer: My alternative go-to; but it requires Tex to be installed to make changes; so it’s locked to your computer. Plus most people don’t know how to write LaTeX (let alone program), so just for solo presentations
- LibreOffice Impress: A close alternative, but I find theming breaks a lot between systems (background / font colors primarily IIRC)
- Web-based presentation software: requires you to be online, and you generally can’t download the presentations for offline use / archiving
Any recommendations?
I showcase PDFs, there’s less compatibility issues and more ways to open it. Animations are out of fashion anyways.
Always have a jump drive or some other backup of your presentation ready to drop on another computer. I have had this exact thing happen during an important presentation.
Do you have a few minutes to talk about our Lord and Saviour, Linus Torvalds?
Didn’t he jump on the AI bandwagon?
Me with my media library laptop on 58 days of uptime, chugging along like nothing is wrong
Just opened the thread to make sure someone was spreading the good word.
Would you look at the time! Tux o’clock already!
It’s mad how many times I’ve seen people fail their tests in uni because of windows updates
And how many?
In rooms of 70 students, at least one would lose half their test time to an update. There were 8 of these sessions per day
Mad.
Too late now but grab a live Linux USB, boot into it to access your presentation and run it in an emergency.
When it happened to one of my students at least I was able to play it off and make fun of Windows instead of embarrassing them. But I also give full credit on presentations regardless of how bad they go.
That said, woe is you if it’s literally anything else, like a conference or a business meeting. Lol
How is this only midly infuriating.
Stockholm syndrome.
