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                             Twiddling my thumbs

I use The Corporate Overlord's mandated Windows Laptop [1] only for a few
things, like submitting my time card [2] and to check how much PTO (Paid Time
Off) I have left for the year. So I turn on The Corporate Overlord's mandated
Windows Laptop (hereafter named “Satan”) and immediately, my Internet
connection is swamped. It's completely unusable. I check, and yes, Satan is
sucking up as much bandwidth as computerly possible for doing Bill knows
what. It certainly can't be malware, because it's already filled to the brim
with anti-virus, anti-malware, anti-anything programs constantly running in
the background that I can't do anything about because Satan is completely
managed by the Corporate Overlords.

Okay, I think to myself. While I'm waiting, maybe I can see if this thing has
Solitaire on it. I always liked playing Solitaire. And yes, it has Solitaire,
only now it has ads, (only $14.95 a year to remove ads).

Really, Microsoft? Good lord.

It's been an hour so far, and Satan is still downloading Bill knows what.

I think come January, I'll ship Satan back to the Corporate Overlords. Bill
knows I certainly don't use it.

Update just prior to publication

I turned off Satan, and immediately, the network was usable. Not only that,
but I was able to log onto the enterprise application from a non-Windows
system, so there is no reason I need Satan here anymore.

I'll definitely look into shipping Satan back to where it belongs.


[1] gopher://gopher.conman.org/0Phlog:2019/08/22.1
[2] gopher://gopher.conman.org/0Phlog:2020/10/28.1

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