Windows 11 has made the “clean Windows install” an oxymoron

Re:Windows 11 has made the “clean Windows install” an oxymoron by codeulike on Monday August 21, 2023 @08:29AM (#37208559)

I keep seeing headlines about Microsoft adding adverts to Windows and whatnot but none of it ever appears infront of me. Is that because I'm on Windows Pro?

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Re:Windows 11 has made the “clean Windows install” an oxymoron by skyyler on Monday August 21, 2023 @08:33AM (#37208607)

Was Disney+ not there when you booted Windows 11 for the first time?

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Re:Windows 11 has made the “clean Windows install” an oxymoron by andromaton on Monday August 21, 2023 @08:35AM (#37208630)

Pro has all the annoyances the article mentions plus more. Maybe your PC has a genetic mutation like people that can't get COVID.

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Re:Windows 11 has made the “clean Windows install” an oxymoron by wildrhythms on Monday August 21, 2023 @08:45AM (#37208767)

Hit the Super key

Type a letter 'a'

Backspace

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Re:Windows 11 has made the “clean Windows install” an oxymoron by NoZebra120vClip on Monday August 21, 2023 @09:30AM (#37209351)

Poor Tori

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Re:Windows 11 has made the “clean Windows install” an oxymoron by thousand_nights on Monday August 21, 2023 @08:51AM (#37208854)

what is a 'super key'?

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Re:Windows 11 has made the “clean Windows install” an oxymoron by owenmarshall on Monday August 21, 2023 @08:54AM (#37208895)

windows to lisp machine/emacs/Unix keyboard decoder chart:

Control = control

Alt = meta

Windows flag key = super

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Re:Windows 11 has made the “clean Windows install” an oxymoron by adishy on Monday August 21, 2023 @08:55AM (#37208908)

the windows key, in this context

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Re:Windows 11 has made the “clean Windows install” an oxymoron by translucyd on Monday August 21, 2023 @08:58AM (#37208942)

Its Linux for ‘Windows’ key.

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Re:Windows 11 has made the “clean Windows install” an oxymoron by codeulike on Monday August 21, 2023 @03:13PM (#37214015)

Oh yeah, Windows key + A = Quick Actions

I dont really ever go into Quick Actions or use notifications in windows

Genuinely had not noticed there are ads in there. But there are, you are right. Well, I see a single 'suggested app' advert for a game.

Also I disabled web results in Windows Search a while back, maybe that helped

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Re:Windows 11 has made the “clean Windows install” an oxymoron by 0xcde4c3db on Monday August 21, 2023 @08:59AM (#37208953)

I'm not aware that anyone's properly reverse-engineered it, but based on what I've heard anecdotally I suspect some of it is eliminated by not using a Microsoft account, and some of it is eliminated by operating in certain regions or languages (perhaps due to not having a localized version of the campaign, or due to compliance concerns around advertising regulations and consumer protection laws in jurisdictions where that sort of thing is actually taken seriously).

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Re:Windows 11 has made the “clean Windows install” an oxymoron by codeulike on Monday August 21, 2023 @03:14PM (#37214020)

Right. I use a microsoft account buit I'm in Europe so maybe that helps

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