Try buying a Lenovo laptop! I had to go in to installed apps and uninstall several ads that came up every time I started the computer! I'm not sure I'm finished yet . . .That's Why they are blocking StartAllBack and ExplorerPatcher
Microsoft starts stuffing ads in the Windows 11 Start menu
Microsoft has started testing ads in the Windows 11 Start menu. Notably, the Start menu shows ads in the form of app recommendations and comes hot off the heels of the latest insider build update.www.neowin.net
Temporarily insiders 24H2. Up to Microsoft if it’s blocked in a release I suppose or up to SAB to change the way it uses Windows maybe.
I know that in the newer Canary Builds StartAllBack has to be uninstalled before new builds will install/update. For now StartAllBack can be reinstalled but the file needs to be renamed first.
I know that switching to Linux is not going to be on my what should I do list.
Exactly. Adapt or get out.I know that switching to Linux is not going to be on my what should I do list.
It's not only Microsoft -- nearly everything is "ad ridden" these days.
Microsoft continues push to turn Windows into an advertising space - gHacks Tech News
It looks as if more advertisement and promotions are coming to Windows 11's Start Menu and also the taskbar very soon. Here is what we know.www.ghacks.net
Out of boredom, I started playing around with both Mint and Ubuntu at the height of Covid. Age and declining health are quickly changing my needs and demands on the OS so if I'm still here IF/WHEN it happens, I think I could transition quite easily and never shed tears over it.
The only problem I would have is that a number of my programs don't have Linux versions. I'm not even sure if I could use my Brother Laser printer in Linux. I do have Linux Mint installed in a VM but it's been several months since I loaded it.Out of boredom, I started playing around with both Mint and Ubuntu at the height of Covid. Age and declining health are quickly changing my needs and demands on the OS so if I'm still here IF/WHEN it happens, I think I could transition quite easily and never shed tears over it.
My PC has it's purpose but I'm using it less and less in favor of my Ipad Pro.
I just know I certainly couldn't/wouldn't pay to use Windows at this stage of my life.
I'd miss all you here on the forum, though.
MS did not block anything.
MS did not make anything difficult to install.
Yes, in 2009 the EC made MS bring up a dialog telling people that it was easy to install other browsers [and the dialog provided download links for several common browsers].
Hmmm, guess we'd best start studying Linux . . .
I won't like it but I think I could learn to ignore ads that are shown on the Start Menu or only shown when Windows first starts. What would tick me off is if they decide to use pop-up ads and they don't give us the option to turn them off.
You could use this method :
I tried it and while looking at the list I found an MS app called Load Order. It shows the order of drivers and services. I never new it existed.
So when you’re driving your car and your mate is in the passenger seat, your mate spots a Pepsi billboard and goes out to buy a Pepsi, you should be paid?
That's been like that for any off the shelf PC or laptop since more than a decade ago. Not if you build your own PC which is not an option for everybody.
Isn't ignoring ads a lot easier? No effort necessary.
Laptops & Bloatware. Every time I’ve bought one.
