In my view, this is unacceptable…

They changed my background (previously there was a default blue window), placed an icon in the bottom corner of the screen that read “Learn more about this photo”, and re-added the search bar that I had previously removed.

Fortunately, I don’t have to deal with this on a daily basis.

  • Digger9850@programming.devEnglish
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    1 month ago

    Hahaha you worry about that but they sent ALL your private information to their systems all the time… it’s a disgusting OS and org. I use Linux

  • Ænima@lemm.eeEnglish
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    1 month ago

    It even did the same thing with enterprise customers. All our machines suddenly started asking us to enable search. Like why do I need another thing when opening the Start Menu and typing is the same fucking thing?? And to fuck with my group policies and undo the customization I had is mega infuriating.

  • fox2263@lemmy.worldEnglish
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    1 month ago

    I love to extol the virtues of ReviOS. You’ll never have to worry about windows doing things ever again as it rips the guts out of windows. Seriously check it out.

    It’s real easy to install.

    Also what Linux and theme are you running there?

    • localhost443@discuss.tchncs.deEnglish
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      1 month ago

      I’ve steered away from these as a hangover of trust issues back from the old XP ‘lite’ ISO days. However since Microsoft is clearly the main source of malware on windows these days I think its time to let that go…

  • downpunxx@fedia.io
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    1 month ago

    don’t look now but they’ve probably installed a new version to Teams along with everything else, lol

    • dustyData@lemmy.worldEnglish
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      1 month ago

      I have two versions of Teams installed on my work PC. The regular old Teams that is apparently not long for this world anymore. And New Teams, which is exactly the same as old teams but on a different tech stack (?) That will replace the old one. MS has lost the plot, they have somehow a worse product management than Google.

    • Cornpop@lemmy.worldEnglish
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      1 month ago

      Tell me about it. Useless. The whole start menu is fucked honestly. Can’t ever find anything you’re looking for. WHY THE FUCK WOULD I WANT BING WEB SEARCH RESULTS HERE!?!?

  • dual_sport_dork@lemmy.worldEnglish
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    1 month ago

    All it did to you was cosmetic.

    Windows 10’s “feature” updates consistently also re-enable the “fast startup” option on my machine when they install. Which, on my particular motherboard and SSD combination, causes Windows to take about 30 minutes to boot when left enabled for reasons I have never been able to comprehend. A regular cold boot only takes like 20 seconds, so… I definitely tend to notice when it does this behind my back yet again.

    • azimir@lemmy.mlEnglish
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      1 month ago

      It also does it so that you no longer hit the bootloader. My one last dual boot machine is normally a Linux setup, but every so often I have to use the real MS Office tools (some collaborator or publisher demands it), so I boot windows. Then windows patches and stops actually hitting grub so it acts like a windows only machine until I fix whatever Microsoft fucks up yet again.

      It’s time to move to a VM for this garbage. I just don’t neet it more than once every other year so I never seem to get around to nuking it.

        • Omega_Jimes@lemmy.caEnglish
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          1 month ago

          Ive been 100% linux since 2016, and while there are some pain points, the games that work, work amazingly well.

          I have epic games, gog, steam games all working through launchers that work pretty perfectly. The biggest pain points are developers with intrusive anticheats.

          Check the games you/your friends play against protondb.com or areweanticheatyet.com before committing yourself.

    • Moonrise2473@feddit.itEnglish
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      1 month ago

      maybe you need to try again.

      Instructions:

      1. install any windows 10 version released before october 2023
      2. disable the search bar
      3. install KB5015684 (or wait 2-3 days for it install automatically)
      4. windows has added back the search bar “for your convenience”
      • chemical_cutthroat@lemmy.worldEnglish
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        1 month ago

        Weird, because I surely installed windows 10 before that date, turned off the search bar, and have definitely installed that update, but the search bar never popped back up for me. Maybe I’m just lucky.

        • Nate Cox@programming.devEnglish
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          1 month ago

          I’m not sure how you messed up, because I was able to not blame the user for decisions made on their behalf without their consent, and I too saw this post.

          • chemical_cutthroat@lemmy.worldEnglish
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            1 month ago

            Yeah, well that’s the difference between us. I don’t believe OP, and I think this is just a troll. You can believe whatever you want, but I’m calling OP a liar liar pants on fire.

  • cosmicrookie@lemmy.worldEnglish
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    1 month ago

    Dont say it… dont say it… dont saaaayyyy iiiiitt!!!

    Have you considered Linux Mint?

    Damn… sorry… was I the first to suggest it this time?

  • Holzkohlen@feddit.deEnglish
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    1 month ago

    Damn, even as a Linux user I get tired with all these “windows bad” posts. Yes, we all know it sucks. No lemmy user wants to use windows.

      • UndercoverUlrikHD@programming.devEnglish
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        1 month ago

        The fact Microsoft keeps re-enabling features users are disabling isn’t something to just ignore. Imagine if they were the silently turn on a feature like Recall.

  • slazer2au@lemmy.worldEnglish
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    1 month ago

    Well yea, you turned off the windows search/Cortana/Bing bar, but now it’s called copilot/recall bar which you haven’t turned off yet.

    /S