Re:My Windows Computer Just Doesn't Feel Like Mine Anymore
by k8sToGo on Saturday June 22, 2024 @01:35AM
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Yes you have to use what they ship. Because they force you to. You cannot turn off one drive nagging. You cannot turn off the start menu search. When installing windows these days you have to use a Microsoft account and so on.
Yes there are work arounds, but that’s not for the average user. If I need to start tinkering and hack around in registries I might as well use Linux.
Re:My Windows Computer Just Doesn't Feel Like Mine Anymore
by bruce511 on Saturday June 22, 2024 @01:48AM
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I confess I don't have a Microsoft account, and installed without one. I'm not sure how I did that, I guess I just passed on it. Every month or so it after a reboot it prompts me to "finish setting up my computer" and I just "remind me later".
I haven't touched the registry, so that's not in play.
OneDrive doesn't nag me.
As I said earlier this is all anecdotal, clearly your experience is different to mine. This post is just anecdotes, not data, and I'm not suggesting my experience is your experience.
Re:My Windows Computer Just Doesn't Feel Like Mine Anymore
by prmoustache on Saturday June 22, 2024 @04:41AM
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I had to install a temporary windows 10 (not 11) install so that I can unlock the bootloader of a xiaomi phone and install a better rom. I managed to avoid the microsoft account use by not connecting to the internet before the setup was finished. It asked me like 2 or 3 times it looped 2 or 3 times in the select wifi / use MS account screens before giving up and sending me to the local account creation.
Re:My Windows Computer Just Doesn't Feel Like Mine Anymore
by Zambyte on Saturday June 22, 2024 @06:55AM
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> Every month or so it after a reboot it prompts me to "finish setting up my computer" and I just "remind me later".
Why do you ask them to remind you? It sounds like you're already set up?
Re:My Windows Computer Just Doesn't Feel Like Mine Anymore
by viraptor on Saturday June 22, 2024 @02:11AM
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> I don't internet search from the Start bar
Unless you keep modifying the registry to disable it, you do, every time you do a search. You're just not using those results. But you're still getting the crappy experience of delayed actions when you just want the local results.
Re:My Windows Computer Just Doesn't Feel Like Mine Anymore
by Moru on Saturday June 22, 2024 @02:29AM
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I just looked and I don't get them but I see them on others computers. I can't remember doing any registry hacks on this so not sure why I don't get them... Maybe because I upgraded from windows 7 and never had a windows account, running as local user only?
Re:My Windows Computer Just Doesn't Feel Like Mine Anymore
by viraptor on Saturday June 22, 2024 @05:39AM
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It's normally active for local users as well. It is for me and I never logged in. You're (accidentally?) running with an unusual config for some reason. The way to turn it off also changed a couple of times already, so you're really lucky you've avoided it.
Re:My Windows Computer Just Doesn't Feel Like Mine Anymore
by bravetraveler on Saturday June 22, 2024 @03:00AM
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Don't really appreciate you speaking for me. I down voted them and you because of wild baseless assertions
Unfortunately just like the original post is anecdotal (I haven't had a machine fail to startup after an update since XP) not all anecdotes are born equal.
Interestingly, I don't see adverts myself, and I've never seen any at work. I -suspect- that's heavily regionalized.
Are there features I don't care for? Sure - I don't use OneDrive, I don't internet search from the Start bar, and I use Edge only occasionally. But it's not like somehow you -have- to use everything they ship.
I get it. An OS is personal. If you don't like Windows, use MacOS or Linux. All 3 have different approaches and one of them will fit you better than the others. Arguing over which is better or worse is like fighting over ice-cream flavors.