Re:The walls of Apple's garden are tumbling down
by Nullabillity on Saturday April 27, 2024 @11:18PM
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> Just pay up for a Professional license and save your time and nerves.
What on earth. This is stockholm syndrome in a nutshell.
Re:The walls of Apple's garden are tumbling down
by Gigablah on Saturday April 27, 2024 @11:57PM
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Stockholm syndrome is continuing to stay on Windows.
Re:The walls of Apple's garden are tumbling down
by ambichook on Sunday April 28, 2024 @07:46PM
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especially if you just buy a single pro license and keep it across all your pc upgrades. i havent paid for a new windows license in years and all my copies are legal, dont keep nuking and buying new keys and its not expensive
Creating a local account is basic sense (no, not common sense; we aren't common people), and not connecting to the internet during install is recommended but not a hard requirement.
Installing drivers while avoiding their bloatware is, again, basic sense.
Disabling "Microsoft Consumer Experience" does nothing as far as I've experienced (and it shouldn't, the setting is only effective on Windows 11 Enterprise and Education); I never modify that setting myself.
On the other hand, I turn off Automatic Updates (automatic Windows Update) and Microsoft Store's ability to automatically download and update programs via the Group Policies. This is probably what you want if Disney+ keeps bothering you.
This all said, if you're getting pestered by third-party crapware you are probably using Windows 11 Home. Just pay up for a Professional license and save your time and nerves. The cheaper price of Home licenses is offset by third-party crapware.