Windows 10 is bringing ads to File Explorer – how to turn them off

Re:Windows 10 is bringing ads to File Explorer – how to turn... by Karunamon on Sunday March 19, 2017 @01:54AM (#13905518)

Every minute I spend "resolving minor issues" is a minute I have to repeat if I ever reinstall, a minute where I could be getting work done but am instead dinking with the tools rather than using them, a minute where I am not using my computer for the thing I want to be using my computer for.

Manual screwing around in .conf files, having to care about what GPU is in use and fussing around with configurators before using certain ports, features dropping out between driver upgrades.. and all this just from your link on one model of one computer that supposedly "supports Linux".

Look, I'm sorry, this is 2017, not 1997. This is not even a sorta okay standard of usability anymore. Not for home, not for enterprise, nor should it be accepted or defended as such.

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Re:Windows 10 is bringing ads to File Explorer – how to turn... by gnud on Sunday March 19, 2017 @05:31AM (#13906118)

I completely agree. I stopped using Linux on my desktop a few years back (coincidentally, when Windows 7 came out).

On the other hand - I would rather fiddle with Linux drivers than fiddle with Windows ad/telemetry settings. So I suspect I'll be switching back once Microsofts decides to force me off of Win7.

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Re:Windows 10 is bringing ads to File Explorer – how to turn... by paulddraper on Sunday March 19, 2017 @10:43AM (#13907354)

> fixing your shit and quit bitching or stick to your ad-ridden Windows 10 Spyware Edition.

I'm a "computer guy" so I'll take the former. Most every one takes the latter.

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