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Microsoft parody

I am a certified Linux user with almost 10 years of experience.

Please run the following command in a terminal:


<span style="color:#323232;">sudo apt update && sudo apt upgrade -y
</span>

Let me know if this fixes your issue

  • certified Linux expert

(I’m making fun of the 25 year Microsoft veterans on the support page that tell users to run SFC /scannow)

TheDarkQuark , 

<span style="color:#323232;">sudo: apt: command not found
</span>
tsl ,
@tsl@lemmy.stefanoprenna.com avatar

Very often sfc /scannow will ask for an installation media, which, in a corporate environment, means sending the machine to onsite support for either “fixing” or “reimaging”. It’s basically the command you should try first if you don’t want to help someone fixing the issue. “See? There is something wrong with your installation, you should fix that before doing anything else…”

I used that trick a few times myself to get rid of poorly behaving people.

maniel ,

And don’t forget to press kudos button if it fixes your problem

promitheas ,
@promitheas@programming.dev avatar

Yea, why are Microsoft forums so bad? I have to use them sometimes as I work in IT and all our PCs run windows. Googling often leads me to their forums. The forums rarely lead me to a solution however

Orbituary ,
@Orbituary@lemmy.world avatar

Because the market share is so big, everyone can use it, and everybody wants a fucking participation prize.

otter ,

I end up using some blog post when that happens because the forums make no sense

juergen ,

They are, however, aces at reiterating the problem.

jbk ,

maybe because a huge fraction of users wouldn’t understand more advanced tutorials, or it’d be just too much effort

slazer2au ,

It’s asking me for a password. OMG why doesn’t it know it’s me and do what I tell it.

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