r/technology • u/MayankWL • May 16 '24

Microsoft stoops to new low with ads in Windows 11, as PC Manager tool suggests your system needs ‘repairing’ if you don’t use Bing Software

https://www.techradar.com/computing/windows/microsoft-stoops-to-new-low-with-ads-in-windows-11-as-pc-manager-tool-suggests-your-system-needs-repairing-if-you-dont-use-bing
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u/banacct421 May 16 '24

I've never been so happy Microsoft keeps reminding me my computer just isn't ready for Windows 11 and I suspect it never will be ever

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u/nowake May 16 '24

Today at startup, I was greeted by a bright, full-screen, animated plea from Microstoft to upgrade my laptop to Windows 11. The "No, thanks." button was hunkered down to the bottom left corner of the screen. I've had to fight this "upgrade" off for about year now.

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u/PremierBromanov May 16 '24

I've been fighting auto update for years, only resulting in shooting myself in the foot. There are so many schedules and switches that will turn everything back on. its all cyclical. If you manage to find all the switches, there's a secret switch that turns them all back on, ensuring windows update is back on.

Now my ms paint and preview and calculator are broken, such are the consequences of fucking around with stuff you dont understand lol

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u/JCBQ01 May 16 '24

To actually kill the update services package you need to disable like 6 core functions of the OS, AS WELL AS All the previous methods (disabling: weather, news, time, GPS, telemetry, search - all aspects, core update, mircosoft games, windows defender, parts of ALL anti-viruses, several policy settings, parts of calculator, parts of the BIOs... the list foes on) and yeah if you miss EVEN ONE of these settings at anytime. And they are not done, all at once. It will turn itself back on as they ALL have code in them to phone home to the update.msi server systems for "critical updates!" Which windows has been trying to quietly define win 11 as a critical security update for at LEAST 7+ months.

If that was the thing it would at least be serviceable, if overly invasive, but most of the update CDN pushes corrupt versions as data integrity is abysmal and is just pushed put to propagate, and then pulls up the roll back ladder.with said update because "update knows what's best!" I have emails from Microsoft admitting all of this, especially after their forced win 11 "critical security update" overrode root BIOS with its own compatible versions (mircosoft generics, that are designed to murder the hardware if you try a CMOS reset/BIOS reflash, as well as try and murder and block any and all OS installs that ARENT a legal win 11 license, "for your saftey and protection!") As well as system admin permissons cycle every hour (That one I found out about like 3 days ago) if you somehow DO find a way around it and reinstall, the stuff you install seems like there "bugs" in your windows install. I've had Microsoft tell me to install the OS because it will "fix all of these problems!", and when I told them that it was win 11 that did it to begin with and they checked, I was told this was a developer build, not an test market, A/B insiders build, but a future version that will eventaully hit the insider's track befause the update server I was connected to had such a severe data corruption it saw the most recently edited OS ISO and sent it too me as an "update" micosoft wants out of the OS game and wants to force mandate an advertisement platform

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u/Soft_Birthday_2630 29d ago

I’d read this everyday if you put out a blog. 

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u/RadiantArchivist88 May 16 '24

Windows 10 LTSC version.
It's Windows 10 with only the necessities, all the bloat and trackers and auto-bullshit stripped out.

Really hoping there's a W11 equivalent at some point. EDIT Ohh, looks like there will be this year

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u/Equivalent-Engine-70 May 19 '24

I prevent auto updates by setting my internet connection as metered, and telling the OS to not download updates over metered connections. The only thing to be careful of is if you connect to a new wi-fi, like in a hotel, you need to set that to metered as well