NauticalGent
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The ChromeOS Flex option is intriguing. Has anyone here used this?
No, and don't intend to for the following reasons:The ChromeOS Flex option is intriguing. Has anyone here used this?
I think you have to go to One Drive Settings and disable syncing Office files.I am running Windows 10 with Office 2016 Pro and since reaching EOL (officially for both now), I've noticed strange behavior whenever I am connected to the Internet. First, the MS Upload Center kept popping up telling me I had no files to upload - okay, I've never used this nor worked with any MS files online where I would need the Upload Center to sync for me; I don't have an MS account connected to my PC and no One Drive. Now just today whenever I unlock my PC, I get Office trying to configure itself (Please wait while Windows configures ... [MS Office]). I've had this PC for 7+ years with Office 2016 and neither of these things has ever happened until now.
Which is to say, these products haven't simply reached end of life in the sense of being forevermore neglected by MS but that they have been specifically targeted for assassination. With whatever final updates MS sent out, it clearly included some little poison pills here and there meant to actively disable proper functioning of any software that isn't could-based, AI-integrated, all-seeing-eye MS account monitored.
There are no One Drive settings... I have One Drive completely tuned off. Besides, this just started happening after Win10 went EOL; that is not a coincidence.I think you have to go to One Drive Settings and disable syncing Office files.
As for Office reconfiguring itself, I would remove Office and re-install it.
Umm, that's what Google AI said when I described your symptoms. I also said OneDrive was turned off.There are no One Drive settings... I have One Drive completely tuned off. Besides, this just started happening after Win10 went EOL; that is not a coincidence.
I strongly suspect OneDrive mirrors PC storage even if it appears to be "turned off".I'm on Win11 but my wife's machine is Win10. I'll watch for any odd behavior, but I'm pretty sure I have knocked out OneDrive and I'm pretty sure she doesn't have any MS account.
There are no One Drive settings... I have One Drive completely tuned off. Besides, this just started happening after Win10 went EOL; that is not a coincidence.
Been using it since 2011, it works! Also been using ProcExp (Sysinternals), Revo Uninstaller, and SyncToy since then.Autoruns = Sysinternals Suite, which is Microsoft just sayin
I use ProcExp a lot to see what Windows is really doing behind the scenes.Yeah, I put these products in the same category as virus detection they kinda work.![]()
Windows 10 support ended 10/14/2025 and Windows 11 was made to trash millions of computers, as most users don't need the fancy hardware features Windows 11 demands to install.
Luckily for anyone who just wants email, web browsing, word processing, spreadsheets, access apps, instead of ditching your computer, you can continue using it "as is" until its wheels fall off. Just make sure you don't accidentally click on something that causes Win11 to be installed.
Another option is to backup your personal files, ditch Windows, and go with one of the many free Linux versions. Pro versions of Windows can have lots of bits of Linux lurking in it anyway, so you can go the whole way and ditch Windows completely.
It's kind of like everyone used to think you had to have a landline, then mobiles came along and had to have a keypad, then iPhones came along...Could phone numbers and Windows be next on the chopping block?
Beware if that update didn't undo your registry setting. Check it again. There's a Windows service called "Remote Registry" which essentially allows Microsoft to make changes to your registry settings without notifying you.Fixed my problem with a registry edit. Despite pausing my latest update until mid-November, it pushed itself through anyway when I restarted so that the update center can proudly tell me the OS is EOL. Hopefully it stays that way.
Actually, an Access BE runs fine when on an ext4 partition with Samba authentication running on Linux. I did it for years. An Access BE doesn't run in place, it's opened by the FE.No, Access BE's don't run natively in Linux. You would have to put them in a Windows hosted KVM. However, SQL Server runs natively in Linux, although I've never tried the Linux version.
There are plenty of db servers that run natively in Linux, e.g. Oracle, MySQL, MariaDB, PostgreSQL, Informix, ... I have linked Access FE's to all of those. On Linux, you typically want to isolate db servers in a KVM. That's the recommended config for hybrid Access/Web applications. Web server also has its own KVM. It's a lot easier to backup/restore KVM's, plus that isolation provides increased security. The Linux server essentially acts as VM hypervisor.
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FE's can link to BE's on Linux and NAS, however if you try to directly open them it throws a memory fault, core dumped error. I tested it over 10 years ago. BE's and FE's are Windows accdb file types. If accdb's were able to natively run on Linux, then Excel and all other Office components would also, but MS has never ported it to Linux, with the exception of Office without Access on MacOS. An accdb requires DLL's, display, I/O drivers, and a runtime to launch.Actually, an Access BE runs fine when on an ext4 partition with Samba authentication running on Linux. I did it for years. An Access BE doesn't run in place, it's opened by the FE.
My development machine for years was a Win10 VM running on VMWare Workstation on Ubuntu Linux. All files were on Samba shares on an ext4 partition on the same machine. I never encountered even a hiccup with an Access back end file. In fact, the machine had no NTFS partitions at all. Even the Windows VM files themselves resided on the same Samba shares on the Linux host system. I can't say what you tested but Access back end files, both MDBs and ACCDBs, can and do reside and operate without complaint on Linux Samba shares. No Linux application that I know of can open an ACCDB but that's obvious and beside the point.FE's can link to BE's on Linux and NAS, however if you try to directly open them it throws a memory fault, core dumped error. I tested it over 10 years ago. BE's and FE's are Windows accdb file types. If accdb's were able to natively run on Linux, then Excel and all other Office components would also, but MS has never ported it to Linux, with the exception of Office without Access on MacOS. An accdb requires DLL's, display, I/O drivers, and a runtime to launch.
We're running around in circles saying the same thing. However, there are drawbacks to hosting an accdb BE in non-Windows environments. You cannot directly open the BE to do things like Compact/Repair, alter tables, etc. I have built several hybrid Access/Web applications where Access FE's on Windows Workstations link to db servers, such as Oracle, MariaDB, MySQL, hosted in Linux KVM's. These db servers are also linked to customer web portal apps. My customers and I have never had a desire or need for hosting an accdb BE on Linux. Access BE's are inadequate for hybrid web apps. If an accdb BE should be needed for linking to Access FE's, we would host the BE on a Windows box, or a Linux KVM running Windows.I can't say what you tested but Access back end files, both MDBs and ACCDBs, can and do reside and operate without complaint on Linux Samba shares. No Linux application that I know of can open an ACCDB but that's obvious and beside the point.