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I suspect most of the advertisers are going for big markets, if you live in a small non English speaking country then they might not have signed any advertisers on.
Does Australia qualify as a small non English speaking country? Because that's where I am
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Huh, how is that 'dumb'? Resize a window and drag it to the top will increase total height of screen. Drag a window to the top and it maximizes. Drag to left to dock to left side. (repeat for right side) Drag to top left to dock to top left corner. (repeat for all corners) Win+Arrow (Up) to full screen. Win+Arrow (Down) to un-full screen. Down again to minimum. Win+Shift+Arrow (left/right) to change screen. Win+Arrow…
>On a mac you cannot even maximum a window properly Indeed, to actually maximize a window on macOS, you have to purchase a third party app (BetterSnapTool). I think it's hilarious.
Got a lot of keyboard shortcuts for moving windows around.
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>On a mac you cannot even maximum a window properly Indeed, to actually maximize a window on macOS, you have to purchase a third party app (BetterSnapTool). I think it's hilarious.
I'm not quite sure what you mean by this - my windows seem to maximize just fine
("fairly new" in this case meaning over five years but still)
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> maybe the difference is that we install Windows 10 Pro whereas the author is a Windows 10 Home user No, every installation of Windows 10 Pro I've seen had a start menu that was mostly ads (links to Candy Crush, Spotify, Office etc.) - I've also had the OS nag me about giving Edge a second chance. This is in Germany, in case the region matters, and I always deny all spyware as far as possible using the GUI.
Get-AppxPackage -AllUsers | Remove-AppxPackage This is the first thing I run on any Windows box I am forced to interact with. Removes all the junk in the Start menu in one command.
I would not do what he suggests as that will remove every app.
To uninstall 3D Builder:
get-appxpackage *3dbuilder* | remove-appxpackage
To uninstall Alarms & Clock:
get-appxpackage *alarms* | remove-appxpackage
To uninstall App Connector:
get-appxpackage *appconnector* | remove-appxpackage
To uninstall App Installer:
get-appxpackage *appinstaller* | remove-appxpackage
To uninstall Calendar and Mail apps together:
get-appxpackage *communicationsapps* | remove-appxpackage
To uninstall Calculator:
get-appxpackage *calculator* | remove-appxpackage
To uninstall Camera:
get-appxpackage *camera* | remove-appxpackage
To uninstall Feedback Hub:
get-appxpackage *feedback* | remove-appxpackage
To uninstall Get Office:
get-appxpackage *officehub* | remove-appxpackage
To uninstall Get Started or Tips:
get-appxpackage *getstarted* | remove-appxpackage
To uninstall Get Skype:
get-appxpackage *skypeapp* | remove-appxpackage
To uninstall Groove Music:
get-appxpackage *zunemusic* | remove-appxpackage
To uninstall Groove Music and Movies & TV apps together:
get-appxpackage *zune* | remove-appxpackage
To uninstall Maps:
get-appxpackage *maps* | remove-appxpackage
To uninstall Messaging and Skype Video apps together:
get-appxpackage *messaging* | remove-appxpackage
To uninstall Microsoft Solitaire Collection:
get-appxpackage *solitaire* | remove-appxpackage
To uninstall Microsoft Wallet:
get-appxpackage *wallet* | remove-appxpackage
To uninstall Microsoft Wi-Fi:
get-appxpackage *connectivitystore* | remove-appxpackage
To uninstall Money:
get-appxpackage *bingfinance* | remove-appxpackage
To uninstall Money, News, Sports and Weather apps together:
get-appxpackage *bing* | remove-appxpackage
To uninstall Movies & TV:
get-appxpackage *zunevideo* | remove-appxpackage
To uninstall News:
get-appxpackage *bingnews* | remove-appxpackage
To uninstall OneNote:
get-appxpackage *onenote* | remove-appxpackage
To uninstall Paid Wi-Fi & Cellular:
get-appxpackage *oneconnect* | remove-appxpackage
To uninstall Paint 3D:
get-appxpackage *mspaint* | remove-appxpackage
To uninstall People:
get-appxpackage *people* | remove-appxpackage
To uninstall Phone:
get-appxpackage *commsphone* | remove-appxpackage
To uninstall Phone Companion:
get-appxpackage *windowsphone* | remove-appxpackage
To uninstall Phone and Phone Companion apps together:
get-appxpackage *phone* | remove-appxpackage
To uninstall Photos:
get-appxpackage *photos* | remove-appxpackage
To uninstall Sports:
get-appxpackage *bingsports* | remove-appxpackage
To uninstall Sticky Notes:
get-appxpackage *sticky* | remove-appxpackage
To uninstall Sway:
get-appxpackage *sway* | remove-appxpackage
To uninstall View 3D:
get-appxpackage *3d* | remove-appxpackage
To uninstall Voice Recorder:
get-appxpackage *soundrecorder* | remove-appxpackage
To uninstall Weather:
get-appxpackage *bingweather* | remove-appxpackage
To uninstall Windows Holographic:
get-appxpackage *holographic* | remove-appxpackage
To uninstall Windows Store: (Be very careful!)
get-appxpackage *windowsstore* | remove-appxpackage
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I recently found out that people are selling legitimate keys on eBay for a few bucks: https://www.ebay.com/sch/i.html?_nkw=windows+10+ltsc According to people who have purchased from there, they're VL keys that can be used many times (e.g. 2500 times), so they just sell the same key over and over to multiple people: > ...sellers on eBay are probably people that work for companies that get GVLK and MAK Product Keys fr…
They are pirating windows. They could be fined anywhere from hundreds of dollars to 150k per installation. They are also participating in a commercial piracy endeavor that the company who was issued the key AND Microsoft have an interest in shutting down. Ms because such endeavors attract customers who could otherwise trivially be converted into buyers. Companies because they could get audited and fined. This is as i…
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Doesn't that also remove Calculator?
Yeah don't do this - I did this once and I ended up having to reinstall since it broke enough stuff that the control panel wouldn't even work afterwards.
get-appxpackage -allusers | fl name
and curate the list first and pipe that through remove-appxpackage. Quite a few appx thingies refused to uninstall due to being important! On the other hand so far this VM is working fine and by following a few of the other suggestions from howtogeek eg remove Bing from your start menu, it seems almost usable.
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Same here, but maybe the difference is that we install Windows 10 Pro whereas the author is a Windows 10 Home user? The article doesn't seem to state the version they are using. Most annoying is that there are a large number of little bits of functionality that phone home or send information out into the ether: Windows Defender and its submitting of samples, searching via the Windows button, Task Scheduled telemetry…
> maybe the difference is that we install Windows 10 Pro whereas the author is a Windows 10 Home user No, every installation of Windows 10 Pro I've seen had a start menu that was mostly ads (links to Candy Crush, Spotify, Office etc.) - I've also had the OS nag me about giving Edge a second chance. This is in Germany, in case the region matters, and I always deny all spyware as far as possible using the GUI.
All of the installs were made on OEM machines (HP, Lenovo) that already came with a Pro license or upgrade option. This was done in a home environment so no AD/enterprise options, and never logging on with MS account. So I wonder if there's the possibility that specific OEMs, models, license keys get the treatment while others do not. I'm not sure if the behavior was tied to particular machines or not since I didn't follow the scientific method while doing installations (will do in the future).
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They are the largest company by Market Cap. They're hardly out of touch with their users' needs. I use Windows 10 as my primary development system and it works great. Maybe you're out of touch?
Visual Studio is a great debugger and an "ok" editor. Step outside the GUI, though, and it is in my view a pile of unnecessary complexity.
Seriously, though, I don't think you can avoid a lot of complexity if you build a product such as VS.
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Get-AppxPackage -AllUsers | Remove-AppxPackage This is the first thing I run on any Windows box I am forced to interact with. Removes all the junk in the Start menu in one command.
I just take all the ones I want form this list and you can copy/past them in PowerShell and they execute one after the other. I would not do what he suggests as that will remove every app. To uninstall 3D Builder: get-appxpackage *3dbuilder* | remove-appxpackage To uninstall Alarms & Clock: get-appxpackage *alarms* | remove-appxpackage To uninstall App Connector: get-appxpackage *appconnector* | remove-appxpackage To…
https://www.tenforums.com/software-apps/8930-windows-photo-v...
I've been running three systems with all APPX junk removed since Windows 10 was first released. Not a single problem on any of them.
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That doesn't vindicate adding ads to an OS used for business. Apple is able not to do it so why not Microsoft? Desktop OS != Mobile OS Desktop OS != some f website
Of course it doesn't. The cancer of advertising didn't spread to Apple's OS yet. Doesn't mean it won't, though.