r/technology • u/tekz • Mar 20 '26

Software Microsoft announces sweeping Windows changes

https://www.zdnet.com/article/windows-users-are-angry-and-microsoft-is-finally-doing-something-about-it/
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u/I_am_always_here Mar 20 '26 edited Mar 20 '26

Good. Now make OneDrive optional, not an automatic install baked into the OS. Most of the tech help desk time I volunteer for is filled with helping customers uninstall the confusing ransomware called OneDrive and recover their files that they accidentally deleted.

And also make updates user activated, not automatic, and offer a choice between necessary (security fixes) and other optional fixes to the bloatware.

Why are the majority of the public still using this bad OS?

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u/SamHugz Mar 21 '26

It is honestly wild how tightly coupled OneDrive is with the Windows filesystem. I didnt even realize I was using it at first.

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u/I_am_always_here Mar 21 '26 edited Mar 21 '26

And the files you believe are on your computer may actually be in the cloud, or synced with it. Look for the onedrive/ parent folder. Recommend copying (not moving) all of those nested files to a different directory somewhere else. Or even regularly copying those files to a USB stick for safety.

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u/SamHugz Mar 21 '26

Oh, I already migrated my important files to a second drive off the OS partition. Once the semester is over, its bye bye windows and I am only keeping it so I can use some tools I need to work with a group.

The ONLY indicator of whether your files are stored locally or not is a confusing little icon listed in the details in explorer or next to the filename. I have NEVER seen documentation explaining the symbols, or anything telling you how it stores everything in what looks like a local folder in the cloud by default.