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I just got a pop up ad from Windows, for PC gaming and buy their Xbox controller. (lemmy.ca)

submitted 2 years ago by someguy3@lemmy.ca to c/mildlyinfuriating@lemmy.world

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A Windows pop up, right above the system tray. Holy fuck. I would have screen shot it but I was in disbelief.

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[–] Fiivemacs@lemmy.ca 90 points 2 years ago (3 children)

System > Notifications & actions > uncheck/turn off anything you don't want. (Meaning disable everything because screw them)

Personalization > Lock screen > turn off fun facts. (Th y are far from fun...nobody cares)

Personalization > Start > turn off 'show suggestions occaisionally...'

Personalization > Taskbar > turn off news and interests if you're not interested.

Privacy > General > switch off all 4 things.

Privacy > go through every single category in the left-hand column and turn off anything you don't want. (Again, disable it all..)

[–] Transcendant@lemmy.world 14 points 2 years ago (1 children)

It's absolutely insane how many things need turning off to gain some modicum of privacy with win10, I refuse to upgrade but imagine it's worse in win11.

Totally understand the love for Linux. If my audio interface & DAW were compatible I would investigated switching way back. There are other interfaces which appear to be compatible, and other DAWs, but I am highly proficient in the one I've used for ~15 years and don't want to invest time learning a new one; and my audio interface lets me use very, very high end emulations of hardware (UAD).

Seriously considering Linux for potential future live PA work though. Stability is appealing for live stuff!

[–] fessord@lemmy.ml 4 points 2 years ago

I'm in the same boat; audio production/composition, otherwise i'd be using Linix too.

[–] BallShapedMan@lemmy.world 1 points 2 years ago

I take it the Macs are burgers since you know Windows so well?

[–] trolololol@lemmy.world -3 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Wtf? At least you didn't pay for windows right? Crack goes brrrrr

[–] Fiivemacs@lemmy.ca 1 points 2 years ago

I didn't. Not will I ever.

[–] the_q@lemmy.world 64 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Linux is waiting.

[–] ultratiem@lemmy.ca 9 points 2 years ago

Some like living in a nest of hornets 🤷‍♂️

[–] linkinkampf19@lemmy.world 21 points 2 years ago (2 children)

I've been using Shut Up 10 by O&O Software for ages now. Turns off all recommended telemetry and you can go a step further and disable a ton of stuff, basically anything irksome that M$ pulls.

It's free as well. I haven't noted any negative issues with it. Also works on Win 11

[–] Boozilla@lemmy.world 3 points 2 years ago

I love ShutUp10. Like you, I have used it for years now with zero problems. It places many different settings and options into one single app. The same settings that Microsoft likes to hide from us by scattering arbitrarily it all over Settings, Control Panel, the registry, etc.

[–] lazylion_ca@lemmy.ca 1 points 2 years ago (1 children)

How does it compare to Win Aero Tweaker?

[–] linkinkampf19@lemmy.world 2 points 2 years ago

Wish I knew, never used it! I only ever used Shut Up 10, as prior to 10, the telemetry wasn't as prominent, or at least seemingly so.

[–] intensely_human@lemm.ee 8 points 2 years ago (2 children)

PSA: hotkey for screenshot in windows 10 is (windowsLogoKey)-shift-S

Then you click and drag to select a rectangle.

It’s basically a shortcut to the Snip program.

After you’ve captured the screenshot, you can:

just hit ctrl-V to paste it into any place that can accept a pasted image: email, some chat programs, google drive, Paint, etc
Click on the notification in the lower right. If the notification has already disappeared (it fades away after a few seconds), you can click on the Notifications icon (looks like cartoon chat bubble) in lower right and it’s in the list that shows.

If you click on it in notifications you get a whole window dedicated to editing the screenshot — drawing on it, cropping it, adding text — and then from there you can save it to a file or copy the newly edited image to your clipboard

[–] sfxrlz@lemmy.world 1 points 2 years ago

Also works for win11. And also i can recommand windows powertoys and devtoys for all kinds of nifty stuff like renaming multiple files, using one mouse and keyboard over multiple pcs and getting Text out of pictures.

[–] h3mlocke@lemm.ee 1 points 2 years ago

Or you could use the shortcut and just press Win+PrtSc

That's it your done. There is now an image file saved to your pictures/screenshot folder

[–] Madrigal@lemmy.world 5 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (1 children)

$10 says it wouldn’t show on the screenshot anyway.

[–] dan1101@lemm.ee 1 points 2 years ago

Crappy phone photo to the rescue! Can't stop that.

[–] mobilehugh@lemmy.ca 5 points 2 years ago

me too while playing Minecraft. now using Ubuntu 23.04, MC with GPU, VS Codium and FF. no problems.

[–] atrielienz@lemmy.world 3 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Windows 10 or windows 11?

[–] someguy3@lemmy.ca 2 points 2 years ago (1 children)

[–] atrielienz@lemmy.world 2 points 2 years ago (2 children)

Home or enterprise?

[–] Sudo_Fail@lemmy.world 3 points 2 years ago (1 children)

I got it on enterprise Win10 22H2 today. Just nuts

[–] atrielienz@lemmy.world 1 points 2 years ago

Yeah. The only reason I asked about home vs enterprise was to see which advice would be more useful. Enterprise gives you more control to turn things off at the system level. I agree. It is nuts.

[–] someguy3@lemmy.ca 2 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Home.

[–] atrielienz@lemmy.world 2 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

Damn. With enterprise you can go into the command line and just turn off all the stuff including Cortana. With home things are a lot harder. Someone else in the comments talked about disabling a bunch of stuff and that may be your best bet.

You might try this. https://www.howtogeek.com/269331/how-to-disable-all-of-windows-10s-built-in-advertising/

[–] ano_ba_to@sopuli.xyz 1 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Happened to me on a recent Windows update too. A popup about Game Pass and a Bethesda game I'm no longer buying.

[–] CandyPants@lemmy.ml 1 points 2 years ago

Yep..... The same Bethesda game happened to show up in a screensaver. Money grubbing assholes!