I'm back.
I thought being away would allow me to get used to Win11 (all the registry changes I want to do to make it work more like Win10), Outlook (an interface that changes at its own whim), and all the other unpredictable, AND BECAUSE THEY ARE UNPREDICTABLE, undesirable things Microsoft throws my way (Windows HELLO), (repeated OneDrive advances--even though OneDrive is deactivated!)
and to Google's repeated butting-in to whatever it is I am trying to do as if it is its operating system, application suite, and Cloud that I am using...
I really don't know who's responsible for this new behavior:
An example:
1) I bring up Microsoft Edge/new Tab
2) I bring up a new tab and am about to log in to DishTV, fil in user name and password, click on [Sign In]
3) and up comes a new tab with a full page (not window on the page I was working on) ad (This time, amazingly, it was an ad for "Don't compromise. Get DIRECTTV"
This kind of thing happens repeatedly, VERY REPEATEDLY!!
In fact, while I was writing this I received a notification informing me I'd just gotten a Conversation-reply on this website https://www.elevenforum.com/conversations/new-email-address-question... and plastered onto it is a window "Supported by Earth View Maps" saying:
Is this normal behavior? Is this some sort of virus?/Not according to Windows Defender!
I have no idea how to even look into this. But it's EXTREMELY disconcerting having to constantly having to bring up a spurious new link only to dismiss it or to dismiss an unwanted and unwarranted link that appears on the page I just called up!
I thought being away would allow me to get used to Win11 (all the registry changes I want to do to make it work more like Win10), Outlook (an interface that changes at its own whim), and all the other unpredictable, AND BECAUSE THEY ARE UNPREDICTABLE, undesirable things Microsoft throws my way (Windows HELLO), (repeated OneDrive advances--even though OneDrive is deactivated!)
and to Google's repeated butting-in to whatever it is I am trying to do as if it is its operating system, application suite, and Cloud that I am using...
I really don't know who's responsible for this new behavior:
An example:
1) I bring up Microsoft Edge/new Tab
2) I bring up a new tab and am about to log in to DishTV, fil in user name and password, click on [Sign In]
3) and up comes a new tab with a full page (not window on the page I was working on) ad (This time, amazingly, it was an ad for "Don't compromise. Get DIRECTTV"
This kind of thing happens repeatedly, VERY REPEATEDLY!!
In fact, while I was writing this I received a notification informing me I'd just gotten a Conversation-reply on this website https://www.elevenforum.com/conversations/new-email-address-question... and plastered onto it is a window "Supported by Earth View Maps" saying:
Is this normal behavior? Is this some sort of virus?/Not according to Windows Defender!
I have no idea how to even look into this. But it's EXTREMELY disconcerting having to constantly having to bring up a spurious new link only to dismiss it or to dismiss an unwanted and unwarranted link that appears on the page I just called up!
My Computers
System One System Two
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- OS
- Win11 Home
- Computer type
- Laptop
- Manufacturer/Model
- Dell Inc. Inspiron 16 7610
- CPU
- Dell Inc. 0FHWFD A01
- Motherboard
- Dell Inc. 0FHWFD A01
- Memory
- 16GB
- Graphics Card(s)
- 2.30 gigahertz Intel 11th Gen Core i7-11800H
- Sound Card
- Intel® Smart Sound Technology for USB Audio
- Monitor(s) Displays
- laptop (small) and 1 or 2 external monitors
- Screen Resolution
- -
- Hard Drives
- PC711 NVMe SK hynix 1TB 1.02 TB NVMe ANB2N582412102F0G_0001
- PSU
- -
- Case
- Laptop
- Cooling
- fan
- Keyboard
- External!
- Mouse
- External
- Internet Speed
- -
- Browser
- Chrome (Chrome profiles), Firefox (Bookmark Search Plus2), Edge (History page), Opera (annoying)
- Antivirus
- WinDefender
- Other Info
- Win11 Home 23H2 22631.3447
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- Operating System
- Win10
- Computer type
- PC/Desktop
- Manufacturer/Model
- self
- Motherboard
- Gigabyte B75M-D3H
- Memory
- 8068 MB Usable Installed Memory
- Graphics card(s)
- 2.30 gigahertz Intel 11th Gen Core i7-11800H
- Sound Card
- Intel® Smart Sound Technology for USB Audio
- Monitor(s) Displays
- 3 Displays
- Screen Resolution
- n/a
- Hard Drives
- SSD and others (internal and external)
- Case
- Desktop
- Cooling
- Fan
- Mouse
- External
- Keyboard
- External
- Browser
- Chrome, Firefox, Tor, Brave, Opera, etc.
- Antivirus
- Win Defender
- Other Info
- Win10 & unfortunately OneDrive: Can't completely rid myself of this!!