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"The threat service has stopped. Restart it now."
No, Windows, how about *you* restart it? That's something a computer can very easily do, and I shouldn't have to be bothered about. Also, please tell me why my computer should be running a "threat service". Hopefully it's just badly named and is actually an anti-threat service. …Unless it's a service running on Microsoft's behalf whose job is to threaten me if I don't allow upgrades when they want me to. 🤷
I really ought to stop running Windows on this laptop. I never meant to, just didn't get round to replacing it with something better when I bought it back in 2018, then came to rely on, so the window of opportunity to wipe and reinstall is gone.
I just realised, the line
"The threat service has stopped. Restart it now."
actually sounds vaguely threatening.
You know, the crazy thing is "threat service" from Microsoft I could totally see going either way.
For the last few years, the first thing I do with a PC laptop when I get it is to specifically remove Windows if it's installed. But I have the good fortune of being in a position where I don't need it for anything. All the things I could / would ever use Windows for are totally voluntary.
But my burning hate for what Microsoft has done to Windows pushes it to a priority for me anymore. The OS is basically spyware you can browse the internet on at this point.
I hate it honestly. Windows 11 in and of its self I actually kinda' liked at first, back before they went and actively started to enshitify it with "AI" and spyware.