Microsoft is testing ads in the Windows 11 File Explorer

Re:Microsoft is testing ads in the Windows 11 File Explorer by qwertox on Monday March 14, 2022 @04:18PM (#30677702)

You just made me boot into Windows and this is what I saw:

"Microsoft recommentds Windows 11 for your device"

"blablabla it's the best"

"Learn more -- Decline upgrade -- Get it"

Pressing "Decline upgrade" yields a new screen:

"Not sure about Windows 11?"

"blablabla it's the best"

"Skip for now -- Get Windows 11"

And "Skip for now" brings me to my desktop.

I wonder if disabling TPM could be a solution.

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Re:Microsoft is testing ads in the Windows 11 File Explorer by jjoonathan on Monday March 14, 2022 @04:43PM (#30677991)

Nah, this is Windows we're talking about. Pushing the user into doing a big install only to tell them it failed at the very end, after it has made a mess of the hard drive, is standard procedure.

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Re:Microsoft is testing ads in the Windows 11 File Explorer by throwawayboise on Monday March 14, 2022 @04:57PM (#30678202)

TBH I'm in the same position right now with a Chromebook. I keep getting prompted for an upgrade, which I accept, it spins for a while, then fails, then spins for another while rolling everything back. At least it does that, rather than leaving me with partly-updated, likely unusable device.

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Re:Microsoft is testing ads in the Windows 11 File Explorer by anothernewdude on Tuesday March 15, 2022 @05:37AM (#30683344)

If you were still using Windows 7, this wouldn't be a problem.

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Re:Microsoft is testing ads in the Windows 11 File Explorer by eggman314 on Monday March 14, 2022 @05:32PM (#30678639)

Disabling TPM has worked for me

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