Microsoft Will Eventually Start Charging You for Windows 10 Security Updates

Re:Microsoft Will Eventually Start Charging You for Windows ... by wvenable on Wednesday December 06, 2023 @12:04PM (#38546536)

I put together a new PC and went Windows 11 on it and I have it configured (with a few tools) to be exactly like Windows 10. I also had my Windows 10 configured to be mostly like Windows 7.

With some pretty minor changes and maybe purchasing some inexpensive software, Windows 11 is quite decent. Whenever I visit a stock Windows 11 machine I am a bit horrified.

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Re:Microsoft Will Eventually Start Charging You for Windows ... by justinclift on Wednesday December 06, 2023 @12:10PM (#38546646)

So it is possible to turn off the advertisements in the OS and standard windows applications (that come with the OS)?

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Re:Microsoft Will Eventually Start Charging You for Windows ... by wvenable on Wednesday December 06, 2023 @12:19PM (#38546767)

I don't know if I turned them off so much as avoid them entirely. Either way, I don't see any advertisements, links to tabloid articles, anything Bing, etc. Nothing at all. I would say it's identical to Windows 10 for me (which I also clean up a bit).

I use StartAllBack for Start menu and task bar customization.

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Re:Microsoft Will Eventually Start Charging You for Windows ... by justinclift on Wednesday December 06, 2023 @12:32PM (#38546957)

Cool, that sounds positive. :)

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