Re:Microsoft now puts ads in Windows 10 File Explorer
by dugmartin on Thursday March 09, 2017 @02:02PM
(#13831998)
I saw this exact ad for the first time this morning. I'm not one to be offended by ads but this one did irk me a little - I'm running 10 Pro which I paid $100 for, I shouldn't see ads in a paid product.
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Re:Microsoft now puts ads in Windows 10 File Explorer
by randac on Thursday March 09, 2017 @08:56PM
(#13835701)
Someone on reddit posted that this happens in Enterprise also, which is beyond absurd if true...
Re:Microsoft now puts ads in Windows 10 File Explorer
by geoffmcc on Thursday March 09, 2017 @02:17PM
(#13832240)
Just wondering. Did you buy windows 10 pro disk and install from that, or did you upgrade from Windows store from a free upgrade of 10?
Re:Microsoft now puts ads in Windows 10 File Explorer
by vetinari on Thursday March 09, 2017 @03:45PM
(#13833407)
Just because it was free upgrade, it does not mean, that it was OS for free.
You needed a licensed Windows 7 or 8 in order to upgrade; that one costs money too. You weren't able to get entirely free upgrade. It was more of exchange.
Re:Microsoft now puts ads in Windows 10 File Explorer
by geoffmcc on Thursday March 09, 2017 @05:19PM
(#13834365)
not justifying it. Just was wondering if it was an upgrade to pro.
Re:Microsoft now puts ads in Windows 10 File Explorer
by dugmartin on Friday March 10, 2017 @05:22AM
(#13837592)
I bought it through the Window's store after I bought one of the first Dell XPS 15 Windows 10 models. The only reason I needed pro was to enable HyperV to use with Vagrant.
Re:Microsoft now puts ads in Windows 10 File Explorer
by geoffmcc on Friday March 10, 2017 @11:58AM
(#13839983)
Same here. Started off with home, upgraded to pro and I get the add too. I'm wondering if people that started off with pro get the message.
Again, not justifying the add- but I wouldn't be surprised if its because our accounts were at one time linked to home.