• Katana314@lemmy.world
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    14 hours ago

    One great tip for Windows: If you have an annoying issue that tends to be solved by restarting, a lot of the time you can achieve the same result by logging out, then logging in. Even many drivers run at user level, so they shut off that way.

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      10 hours ago

      What’s the benefit? On SSDs, it’s like 3 seconds longer to do a full reboot, maybe 15 if it has updates to finish.

      Don’t half ass it, whole ass it.

      Get Zorin or any other flavor of Linux instead! Windows 11 has unbelievable performance issues, not to mention tracking, ads, AI shit crammed down your throat.

      • randint@lemmy.frozeninferno.xyz
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        59 minutes ago

        a reboot on your computer only takes 3 seconds longer than a logout and login?! I don’t reboot often, but on my computer, during a startup from powered off state, even just getting the Grub menu to show up takes 3 seconds.

        My laptop is 4 years old and I remember startup being much faster when it was newer though.