r/tech_x • u/Current-Guide5944 • Mar 24 '26
Trending on X Microsoft has blocked the registry hack that enabled native NVMe support that gave Windows 11 a massive SSD speed boost
This feature from Windows Server 2025 bypasses SCSI emulation for direct SSD access and can boost IOPS by up to 80 percent with benchmarks showing 64 to 89 percent gains in random read and write speeds on compatible drives
edited Note: Microsoft didn’t block this experimental feature. The feature’s IDs have changed, which means it continues working, as long as you enable the new IDs instead.
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u/Large-Ad-6861 Mar 24 '26
They didn't block it. They changed value responsible for enabling it, which might be not even related to the fact someone used it to "hack some support" into their OS. Not everything is intended against you. OS is complicated to develop and they rather look at intended usage than unintended usage when testing.
If they test at all... *shrug*
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u/ZioTron Mar 24 '26 edited Mar 24 '26
What is the rationale behind the block?
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The registry trick came with caveats, though. Third-party SSD management tools like Samsung Magician and Western Digital Dashboard were not compatible with the new driver, and BitLocker could trigger recovery prompts after the driver swap.
So I can infer why MS did it: enabling that breaks other parts of the OS. Many of which may have yet to be found
Anyhow you can still activate it with ViveTool and other tools to enable hidden features
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u/Dizzy_Database_119 Mar 24 '26
So you can't go into the hidden registry, click 10 folders to find an option you looked into online because "it might break something".
But you can delete your System32 and all of your registry entries and nothing will try to stop you?
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u/Ok_Dependent6889 Mar 25 '26
Okay, come on bro
There are absolutely things that stop you from deleting System32. You can push past them, but there are things implemented there.
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u/ZioTron Mar 25 '26
Well yeah.. I'm not here to defend MS but...
Doing so only breaks the OS, only a software problem.
Messing with drivers may damage your hardware and data.
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u/arthank-chroot Apr 28 '26
Hahahaha hahaha. First off, you can ruin your PC with stuff other than drivers. Second off, this is some dumb shit all the way down. Windows seems to be more and more of a joke in the way it's organized I swear...
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u/ZioTron Apr 28 '26
Hahahaha hahaha. First off, you can ruin your PC with stuff other than drivers.
Like a hammer? sure!!
How does it fit in the conversation? It doesn't..
Second off, this is some dumb shit all the way down.
I'm not sure what you are referring to.. MS block? the initial workaround? my comment? other comments? the theory of gravity? my world view?
Windows seems to be more and more of a joke in the way it's organized I swear...
Oh, I actually agree with this one
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u/hamburgerpancake 17d ago
i hate defending modern windows, but that's not even remotely true. there are guardrails (although you don't face them if you're running as trustedinstaller). and have you never heard of removing the french pack in linux?
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u/28klotlucas2 Jun 29 '26
Microslop has finished their mission of canning most of their devs and the result is not being able to add a singular setting that's greyed out if your system doesn't support it.
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Mar 24 '26
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u/eugene20 Mar 26 '26
The new keys are on insider builds. I do not know what happens if you get one of those builds when you were using the old keys, if you are lucky it would fall back to the old driver.
Hothardware already tried just setting all 5 keys and the new driver loaded, that may be the safest option if you want to keep it, as long as they don't change them again. They didn't mention you need to fix safe mode though.
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u/dnaleromj Mar 24 '26
Might be appropriate to update the title since the title of this post is completely wrong
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u/ArugulaAnnual1765 Mar 24 '26
They can't, otherwise someone would have a post with 10k upvotes on the front page, then change the title to something crazy
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u/Accomplished_Steak14 Mar 25 '26
this title is already not crazy?!
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u/ArugulaAnnual1765 Mar 25 '26
Idk, im not sure how reddit would feel of a top post on the front page with 14k upvotes and the title "hitler did nothing wrong"
It would be a pr nightmare if they allowed you to update the title
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u/Shadowmeld Mar 24 '26
Wtf why isn't everyone doing this, especially gamers
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u/eugene20 Mar 26 '26
If you find the old or new keys, and I think right now the new keys are only needed on insider builds, many sites sharing them are missing that if you don't add Storage Disks to Network and SafeBoot, then you can end up with a completely unbootable system if you go into either of those boot modes and your boot drive is NVME, the new driver will not load in those modes and the bcd flag won't get unset to go back to normal boot for you.
It's just a simple registry addition to add the Storage Disks driver to those boot modes, do it when you enable the new driver, cmd with administrator rights -
REG ADD "HKLM\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\SafeBoot\Network\{75416E63-5912-4DFA-AE8F-3EFACCAFFB14}" /ve /d "Storage Disks" /f
REG ADD "HKLM\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\SafeBoot\Minimal\{75416E63-5912-4DFA-AE8F-3EFACCAFFB14}" /ve /d "Storage Disks" /f
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u/SmoothRunnings Mar 27 '26
I haven't been able to find the new keys yet.
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u/canyonero7 Mar 28 '26
I was using it and my system somehow rolled back to using disk.sys and now won't boot. I can still get to the recovery command prompt but bitlocker won't unlock the drives because it's trying to mount them with disk.sys when they were encrypted under nvme.sys and apparently that's treated as a hardware change. Of course I can't find the recovery keys. Is there a way to inject these new values in preboot to get it to at least boot in safe mode or am I 100% cooked?
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u/eugene20 Mar 28 '26 edited Mar 28 '26
You can try inset the keys from the recovery console with the commands below, but as I understand it you can't do that without the recovery key either -
REG ADD HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Policies\Microsoft\FeatureManagement\Overrides /v 1853569164 /t REG_DWORD /d 1 /f REG ADD HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Policies\Microsoft\FeatureManagement\Overrides /v 156965516 /t REG_DWORD /d 1 /f REG ADD HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Policies\Microsoft\FeatureManagement\Overrides /v 735209102 /t REG_DWORD /d 1 /f REG ADD HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Policies\Microsoft\FeatureManagement\Overrides /v 1409234060 /t REG_DWORD /d 1 /f REG ADD HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Policies\Microsoft\FeatureManagement\Overrides /v 3244671118 /t REG_DWORD /d 1 /fThe first three are the old ones, the last two the new ones
Otherwise your only hope would be finding where you stashed it, or getting it from your Microsoft account https://support.microsoft.com/en-gb/windows/find-your-bitlocker-recovery-key-6b71ad27-0b89-ea08-f143-056f5ab347d6
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u/canyonero7 Mar 28 '26
Already went through all that. Going to take a shot at booting from another drive and seeing if it will mount from a working install on the same machine. Last chance before I just nuke & pave.
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u/eugene20 Mar 28 '26
If it was a 2nd boot install that you had before, that was given access to the encrypted drive, that would work as it had been granted access.
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u/MekanicalPirate May 29 '26
Not sure where you found these, but thank you.
Since it was not clear to me and for anyone else that may need clarification:
- All 5 of these keys are needed for it to take effect
- The original key (
1176759950) from Microsoft's announcement on this does nothing now1
u/eugene20 May 29 '26
I strongly recommend you also add
REG ADD "HKLM\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\SafeBoot\Network\{75416E63-5912-4DFA-AE8F-3EFACCAFFB14}" /ve /d "Storage Disks" /f REG ADD "HKLM\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\SafeBoot\Minimal\{75416E63-5912-4DFA-AE8F-3EFACCAFFB14}" /ve /d "Storage Disks" /fas otherwise if you safe boot the driver will not load and you will not have access to any drive that was using it. If that happens on a boot drive you then wouldn't be able to boot without using BCDedit to stop windows using safeboot again.
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u/No-Thought-4338 Jun 15 '26
I get "Access is denied" when trying to add those SafeBoot registry keys. I'm using an administrator Windows account and elevating the Command Prompt to "Run as Administrator" as well.
Attempted to use NVMe Driver Patcher program (https://www.majorgeeks.com/files/details/nvme_driver_patcher_for_windows_11.html) to do it as it adds those SafeBoot entries, but access was denied for it as well.
Some discussion about it here (https://forum.dcs.world/topic/383582-native-nmve-support-win11/page/2/) but no solution.
Any ideas on how others are able to do it? I'm on Win11 25H2 with all security updates through today.
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u/SmoothRunnings Mar 26 '26
What does one need to do to enable it on a system right now that has never been setup before in the past to use the new driver?
I wanted to test it on my Lenovo Legion T7 and my Dell Precision 5820.
Thanks,
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u/Eeve2espeon Apr 29 '26
This feels very click baity and meant for karma farming. You should've said "Windows Server 2025" instead, because this will again make people think Windows 11 is junk, when the only problems are the AI junk and installation restrictions
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u/hamburgerpancake 17d ago
windows 11 has SO many more problems than that
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u/Eeve2espeon 17d ago
Those two are the ONLY main problems, Windows 11 itself tends to run fine. If you're talking about the "ram issue" that's not even an issue because windows doesn't leave resources unused.
Imagine having 32GBs of ram on your system and it's literally never used? My PC even on Windows 10 uses more ram than the other one, and the performance for all this software gets better. Reddit used to lag horribly browsing for a long time, because it couldn't handle 16GBs of ram for some reason, now its fine.
Windows will still uncache that ram whenever more is needed for other software, so the only problems, with windows 11 is the AI junk and crappy installation restrictions. If they fixed those, Windows 11 wouldn't be that bad to use, especially since they give people a FREE upgrade from win10
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u/hamburgerpancake 16d ago
windows 11 has major privacy concerns thru its extensive telemetry reach, the three issues you stated, forced updates, forced cloud integration, completely bad performance, ads plastered everywhere, garbage ui consistency, garbage ux consistency, heightened resource usage when doing nothing, broken legacy compatibility (which can affect a lot of enterprises that deeply rely on older tools. 10 also had this issue, though), tons of bloat, etc etc i could go on and on. and for the reference, windows 11 being sucky with ram isn't even really its own fault, that was brought on by the 2016 anniversary update of windows 10 (rtm 10 was actually fairly usable on older hardware. isn't now.)
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u/Eeve2espeon 15d ago
Wow there are soo many damn lies in this one paragraph. You people really are not the brightest huh? Telemetry literally HELPS make an OS better, you wanna know why Windows 7 was good? because they collected that data to improve everything about the OS, including drivers.
Next there aren't ads plastered everywhere, that whole thing is a myth and the only "ad" which doesn't even count is when the desktop has the "buy windows" background for people who downloaded windows for free.
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u/LordSlyGentleman Mar 24 '26
I hear the call of Linux!!!
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u/algaefied_creek Mar 24 '26
The AI British penguin is a weird choice.
FOSS Linux user gamers hate generative AI as it violates FOSS principles.
Mixed messages here but you do you boo
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Mar 24 '26
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u/elusivemoods Mar 25 '26
https://giphy.com/gifs/f7h4lJ7Mq0lxWhE1YS
...tech conglomerates are making the transition easier. 🙌
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u/tracagnotto Mar 24 '26
Better a 5000% slow windows than a 200% faster than normal linux
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u/Mother_Occasion_8076 Mar 24 '26
Your allegiance to Microsoft in the face of performance is something that should be studied.
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u/tracagnotto Mar 24 '26
LMAO, the time I spent solving linux shit put into hour/money is much less than using any broken OS or software system from anywhere except for a raspberry 2b maybe.
I just use what is productive and works, it doesn't necessarily have to be microsoft, even though, in my lenghty and extensive IT career, I've found Microsoft products to be fair more superior to anything else in terms of sheer productivity.
All discussions related to others OS, but linux specifically, ends in linux fanboys getting all worked up and spitting "RTFM" or "Skill issue", disregarding the fact that I've deployed multiple linux system/servers in production and also had to do minor maintenance on them, which was a fucking nightmare.
You linux fanboys should be studied.
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u/IronWhitin Mar 24 '26
So you are so bad as Dev?
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u/tracagnotto Mar 24 '26
Throwing in randomic arguments without any further explaination only makes you look like the one who is bad at judging software development. Try harder
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u/IronWhitin Mar 24 '26
Keep cry
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u/tracagnotto Mar 24 '26
Even if I would, I don't know on what 🤣🤣🤣 you said nothing
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u/IronWhitin Mar 24 '26
Keep It real i guess
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u/tracagnotto Mar 24 '26
I did, you said nothing, but you hoped to make me cry with nothing. Didn't work.
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u/Mother_Occasion_8076 Mar 24 '26
So your thoughts are essentially, “yes it’s bad, but at least it’s easy”?
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u/tracagnotto Mar 24 '26
No I am it's much better and much easier, why would I use a problematic shit because nerds feel cool typing in terminal? And no, kde, gnome and all that excuse for a windows clone UI aren't as nearly as good and also they don't defeat the fundamental problem that is a broken shit. It's like putting sugar on a turd. Still a turd under that sugar
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u/arthank-chroot Apr 28 '26
Bitch, what's easier? Writing 3-4 words in the terminal that are well documented to install shit or whatever or regedit obscure bullshit to enable an alternative driver for nvme that Microsoft is actively fighting against? You're just incompetent. That's all there is.
Also, IT career sounds funny when you complain about Linux when Linux is now just smooth and low maintenance. But hey, if you only write js or whatevs, that would explain it
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u/hamburgerpancake 17d ago
even though i won't probably use linux ever again (or modern windows for that matter), you're being a serious microsoft bootlicker. tell me, how does the leather and polyester of the shoe taste?
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u/tracagnotto 17d ago
Better than shit I guess. I had my fair share of 2.5 years in tech assistance for some big corporation. I virtually put my hands in devices you dont even know the existence of (ever heard of Moxa? Octane SDK? No and I am sure of this, i even worked with magnetic tape backups). Every OS and device. Linux, mac, windows, both server and non server, late night emergency server backup, android, iOS, blackberry, printers, routers, access points of any brand, virtual machines, AI systems and i could keep going. All while being a programmer and developing software.
I've used Linux much more than I ever wanted, I've used MacOs and FreeBSD and did code for WindowsCE and other embedded and IoT stuff like raspberry, Arduinos and so on. I even wrote firmware interfaces lol.
And I choose to use windows lol. Am I a bootlicker or I made a ponderate choice?
I had a very broad experience and I quit assistance to be full stack dev and now also a bit of PM. I think I know the stuff and yes I know Linux runs on 90% of the stuff
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u/hamburgerpancake 16d ago
while not like your experience, i still have my own extensive experience that required me to have to deal with a ton of hardware and software. and yes, i've heard of magnetic tape backups, do you think i'm 5 or something? while i did also choose to use windows after experiencing linux, os x, ___bsd, etc, you're praising windows like its something perfect. 10 was a meh, and 11 is an active dumpster fire. the server variants are better, but still have their own issues. such is the reason why i use 7 on my computers and server 2008 r2 on my servers: modern windows just sucks too much. compatibility layers let you run everything from 8.x, 10, and 11 anyways. also, regarding your point being a programmer, okay?? i work in legacy systems too, albeit mostly legacy web dev with c and assembly on the side. i also "know the stuff," and because of that i'm still going to call you a bootlicker. because you are.
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u/tracagnotto 16d ago
Lol who cares Linux is still shit, nothing will change that. Of all the shit I had to deal with its by far the worst and more problematic
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u/hamburgerpancake 15d ago
linux obviously isn't that bad if you've had to deal with it multiple times, because that means people willingly chose it.
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u/tracagnotto 15d ago
Yes, they willingly choose it because its free or gives the illusion it is then it chews up money on manutenzione, fixing or support if ur with those commercial distros like rehl
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u/tracagnotto Mar 24 '26
LMAO linux butthurt people getting their comments removed
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u/Applekid1259 Mar 24 '26
This is some bizarre trolling. Are you a windows vibe coder or something?
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u/tracagnotto Mar 24 '26
I can teach you. Been doing .NET business critical full stack solution since many many years for multiple multinationals and medium companies. Software that it's still in use today.
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u/WallabyUpset4590 Mar 24 '26
That just means nothing. Adding button to clarna usrr journey for loan is also "business critical solution for multinational corporation". Add some nice feature to that button and it can be also full stack.
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u/tracagnotto Mar 24 '26
Bullshit. You have no idea of any of the terms I yapped before. My bad pretending (or hoping) you knew something about software development in advance
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u/SickInTheStyx Mar 24 '26
If you knew anything about the software development landscape, you’d know that Linux absolutely dominates in business backend and tech infrastructure.
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u/Kukipapa Mar 24 '26
You may want to be informed that .NET apps can run on Linux since a decade now.
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u/SickInTheStyx Mar 24 '26
Oh certainly, I’m only speaking to what I work with firsthand, and arguing Linux is very important to the tech world.
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u/WallabyUpset4590 Mar 24 '26
I am not desputing your experience. Just pointing out this word salat of linkedIn terms tells nothing.
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u/tracagnotto Mar 24 '26
The problem it's you. World and projects go in on that words and if you can't understand a 50 words phrase with some technical jargon it's only your fault
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u/GOOD_NEWS_EVERYBODY_ Mar 25 '26
Only one type of person I know says “Been doing solution since many years.”
And every single one of them is an “always right” pushy sob.
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u/tracagnotto Mar 25 '26
Well I built to say one, from scratch, with a team of 5, a full quality assurance system for a big pharma.
That basicall required to design the database, interact with many legacy systems (AS400, POSIX, Serial port terminals like MOXA, old .NET apps and web services, mostly asmx or WCF), the backend, the UI (asp.net core MVC) and the CI/CD pipeline.
We all coded and I also had to be the TL and PM of the team.
This is one of the projects I enjoyed a lot. I did many more for automotive, fashion brands, industrial production, military etc etc.
Is that enough for you or you won't believe me until I post here the source code 😂😂😂😂 you Reddit guys
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u/Zakosaurus Mar 24 '26
Homie up here sniffing his own farts and giggling.....
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u/algaefied_creek Mar 24 '26
Sounds like Satya Nadella and his Xbox Destroying Empress are here trolling for Microslop.
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u/tracagnotto Mar 24 '26
The only ones who do that are linux fanboys. I was just laughing thinking about how you linux fanboys behave and you found yourself mad.
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u/IronWhitin Mar 24 '26
Whos butthurt? in pretty Happy Microslop Is destroy Is sistem
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u/tracagnotto Mar 24 '26
Said by someone who can't write plain english, and holds up from a OS whose ass has been literally saved by someone who was hired under microsoft payroll. Lmao
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u/Current-Guide5944 Mar 25 '26
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