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Re:Razer bug lets you become a Windows 10 admin by plugging ... by guitarbill on Monday August 23, 2021 @12:11PM (#28278081)
Apart from the security issue, it's really annoying, too. Say you refuse to install the Razer device driver - after all the mouse will largely work fine without it thanks to HID. Every time you plug the mouse in, Windows re-runs the driver installer.
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Re:Razer bug lets you become a Windows 10 admin by plugging ... by ByteWelder on Tuesday August 24, 2021 @07:58AM (#28287622)
Corsair has something similar called "iCue". Even if you don't bother installing it, the default Windows driver pops up an advertisement for it: https://imgur.com/0fKRYLT (as discussed at https://old.reddit.com/r/pcmasterrace/comments/9ws0qi/corsai...)

Similarly, I've had Windows 10 spam me about a paid subscription for Dolby Atmos.

This is just one of several reasons that I don't use Windows anymore.

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Re:Razer bug lets you become a Windows 10 admin by plugging ... by jareklupinski on Tuesday August 24, 2021 @10:53AM (#28289631)
I just got a Razer Kiyo webcam, excellent stuff, but I had to open regedit to get it to stop asking me if I want to install additional software every time I plugged it in or rebooted.

It works fine without it, but whoever programmed this thing has never heard of a "No, and Don't Ask Me Again" Button.

In regedit, F3 for razerinstaller and add a DWORD key "Start" with value "4" .

Yea that's how far they went XD

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Re:Razer bug lets you become a Windows 10 admin by plugging ... by maccard on Monday August 23, 2021 @05:21PM (#28282140)
How often do you re plug in your mouse?
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Re:Razer bug lets you become a Windows 10 admin by plugging ... by garblegarble on Monday August 23, 2021 @05:35PM (#28282292)
Possibly multiple times a day if they're using a laptop dock
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Re:Razer bug lets you become a Windows 10 admin by plugging ... by chris37879 on Monday August 23, 2021 @05:59PM (#28282520)
Physically? Basically never. Practically? Dozens of times a day as I machine hop using my USB hub in my monitor.
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