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Caps-lock button stuck huh?

>FALSEFLAGGING GAMES AS VIRUSES
which games ?
Always make sure to get games or programs from a reputable source like a program repository or the programmers website or github/gitlab, don't use random download sites.
program repository on windows would be something like winget or chocolatey

>TELLING ME MY DOCUMENT IS/ISN'T CORRUPTED BASED ON THE TEXT EDITOR I OPEN IT WITH
So libre office gets a file corrupted error while MS OFFICE doesn't ?
Have you tried making a copy of the file and opening that instead ?

>MY COPY OF MTPAINT HAS TOTALLY DISAPPEARED BUT RE-APPEARS SOMETIMES.
I haven't used windows in a very long time but while on the desktop can't you just type the name of the program and press enter to start it?

>MY PROPERIETARY PROGRAMS ARE ALWAYS OFFERED TO ME AHEAD OF FOSS AS CHOICES
you mean the default programs for opening a file ?

>PROPEITARY PROGRAMS WORKING SUSPICIOUSLY FASTER THAN THEY SHOULD BE AS IF THEY ARE BEING PUSHED TO BE FASTER
faster how, is the program loading quicker or is it faster at doing stuff while open.

>THERE ARE NEFARIOUS FORCES TRYING TO MANIPULATE ME TOWARDS ANTI-FOSS OPINIONS BY SABOTAGING/IMPROVING PERFORMANCE. DOCUMENT SAVES BETTER AFTER REMOVING MENTIONS OF NUKES TYPE SHIT.
What does "removing mentions of nukes type shit" mean ?

Obviously if you switch to Linux Microsoft can't fuck with your programs
If you are considering this, you need a USB stick
Download a linux ISO and burn it on the USB stick using a program like balenaEtcher
https://etcher.balena.io

There are loads of linux distributions: recommended for newbies usually are
Linux Mint or Ubuntu

You will be able to try it out in a live system that runs off the USB stick without making any changes on your computer.
You would burn a linux iso on the USB stick, then insert it in your computer, reboot your computer enter the bios to select booting from the USB stick or use the boot-select button if your bios has that.

If you really have to use Windows and can't switch to Linux.
maybe try using a debloat-tool like the Chris Titus winutil

You can get it for free if you run it as a script from github in a powershell
https://github.com/ChrisTitusTech/winutil

If you want a exe you have to pay 10 bucks
https://christitus.com/downloads/

This might help with some of the shitfuckery like windows messing with your default-programs.
I recommend watching the tutorial videos on his youtube channel
https://youtube.com/@christitustech

>>13328
It's time to stop being a faggot and switch to Linux. What do you use your computer for mainly? Gayming might be harder to set up, but I hear a lot of popular games run well these days.

To be honest Linux has it's own set of problems, but I have yet to run into any that I wasn't able to overcome with the help of the internet and by not giving up. With Windows you don't know wtf is going on and you can either clean install and hope it doesn't happen again or wait for Microsoft to fix it.

>>13329

NOT MUCH OF A GAMER BUT TELLING THIS COMPUTER TO CALM IT'S ASS DOWN EVERYTIME I OPEN STEAM IS ANNOYING. I TOLD IT TO REMEMBER STEAM AS "FRIEND/OK/UNINFECTED" MULTIPLE TIMES.

I MANAGED TO SAVE THAT DOCUMENT AS THE LAST MINUTE BY CONVERTING IT TO A PDF.

I HAVE BOTH MTPAINT AND MSPAINT (MARK TYLER PAINT) I SOMETIMES KNOW IT IS SOMETIMES NOT. LAUNCHES WHEN I ASK MTPAINT TO EDIT MY IMAGE SOMETIMES NOT, SO FORCED TO USE MS-PAINT TO SAVE TIME.

THERE IS A DEFINITE MICROSOFT CONSPIRACY TO KEEP ME ON THE NON-MS AND MS PROPIETARY STUFF 100% MAYBE IT HASN'T BEEN DISCOVERED OR REACHED THE NEWS YET AS A HIDDEN THING THEY HAVE BUT'S ITS THERE.

TONING DOWN THE ANTIAMERICANISM INTO FRIENDLY SOUNDING THINGS OR BLANK SPACES. MAYBE THAT ONE I AM HALLUICINATING.

I ACTUALLY HAVE LINUX MINT 19.2 ""XFCE"" ON A CURRENTLY-BROKEN LAPTOP BUT IT ISN'T RUNNING XFCE TECHNICACLLY BECAUSE THAT INSTALL IS RICED AND RUNNING LXDE ISNTEAD. I CAN'T USE THAT NOW I AM WAITING FOR A BATTERY THAT WILL ARRIVE IN JANUARY. NOT THAT LONG AWAY.

I ALSO HAVE A PC WITHOUT A SCREEN AND MISSING CORDS WITH A FAULTY INSTALL OF EIHTER ARTIX OR NETBSD I THINK IT WAS. CAN'T USE THAT EITHER. FASTEST ROUTE TO USING A LINUX IMMEDIATELY IS SOMETHING LIKE LINUX FOR THE PS2. THIS COMPUTER IS MY FATHERS, HE LETS ME, IT IS JUST, NOT DONE, TO FUCK WITH SOMEBODY'S PC "OH HEY THIS IS NOW LINUX" . HIS BELOVED/IRREPLACABLE VIRTUDALDJ IS WINDOWS ONLY.

I HATE REGULAR UNUNTU THAT IS ADWARE STUFF.

YOUR SENTENCE THERE REMINDED ME THAT I ALSO HAVE KNOPPIX ON A MEMORYSTICK SOMEWHERE IN THE HOUSE. I THINK I WILL GO WITH THAT CHOICE, AND IF I CAN'T FIND IT, WILL INSTALL KNOPPIX ON NEW MEMORYSTICK.

WILL CHECKOUT "WINDOWS DEBLOAT TOOLS" ON YANDEX, I REMEMBER USING MENTAL OUTLAW'S ONE YEARS AGO IN A DIFFERENT COUNTRY.

THANK YOU.

>>13330
>With Windows you don't know wtf is going on
Looking back in retrospect, back when I used to be a Windows wizard and was really into tweaking things to run run well, I would say most of my Windows skills and knowledge really did revolve around mitigating the lack of information from Windows' various obscure and arcane functions. Getting good at Windows means trying to the best of your ability to reduce or subject to regular audits these various processes. What other operating system needs a third party tool like CCleaner to be run regularly just to deal with the tendency of its stupid fucking Registry to accumulate a bunch of crap over time?

then stop using windows retard

>>13330
>>13334
this
and stop using caps for gods sake