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Microsoft shows full-screen Windows 11 upgrade ads with two 'yes' buttons

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Re: Microsoft shows full-screen Windows 11 upgrade ads with two 'yes' buttons

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Post by gjsman-1000 »

Traubenfuchs wrote: post #9
gjsman-1000 wrote: post #6

I mean, there is an option to stay on Windows 10 but man... Microsoft, really scraping the bottom of the barrel with that move. Though with only 18% of Windows users on Windows 11, and Windows 10 going EOL in 2 years supposedly... maybe they are that desperate. Having to extend Windows 10's service life would be humiliating.

> Microsoft, really scraping the bottom of the barrel with that move. They have been there at least since Candy Crush appeared in the Start menu.

True. It's not like the Windows 10 upgrade was handled in a user-respecting way either... and everything related to Microsoft Edge is pretty awful.

Re: Microsoft shows full-screen Windows 11 upgrade ads with two 'yes' buttons

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Post by mkasberg »

Crap like this makes my Linux desktop (Gnome on Ubuntu) feel nice in comparison. As the mainstream players have added more bloat/ads/etc (e.g. ads in the start menu) over the last N years, and the Linux desktop has gotten more mature, it really does just feel simple & smooth in comparison.

Not suggesting Linux is for everyone, but if you happen to use it or are thinking about it, it's nice.

Re: Microsoft shows full-screen Windows 11 upgrade ads with two 'yes' buttons

#14

Post by r00fus »

rolph wrote: post #4

"Fortunately, there are many ways to prevent such banners from infecting your computer. One could give Microsoft a taste of its own medicine by disabling TPM to render the computer "incompatible" with Windows 11 (this potentially increases security risks, so proceed only if you are 100% sure turning off TPM will not break anything on your system). Also, paying attention and reading what your computer tries to say, re…

> this potentially increases security risks, so proceed only if you are 100% sure turning off TPM will not break anything on your system

So is there any real risk to disabling so-called "Trusted Platform Module"?

Re: Microsoft shows full-screen Windows 11 upgrade ads with two 'yes' buttons

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Post by goldfeld »

Traubenfuchs wrote: post #9
gjsman-1000 wrote: post #6

I mean, there is an option to stay on Windows 10 but man... Microsoft, really scraping the bottom of the barrel with that move. Though with only 18% of Windows users on Windows 11, and Windows 10 going EOL in 2 years supposedly... maybe they are that desperate. Having to extend Windows 10's service life would be humiliating.

> Microsoft, really scraping the bottom of the barrel with that move. They have been there at least since Candy Crush appeared in the Start menu.

It's the same brainless intent that has TV hosts receiving the crappiest pop music numbness on their programs. Not that I've ever seen that.

Re: Microsoft shows full-screen Windows 11 upgrade ads with two 'yes' buttons

#16

Post by jaimex2 »

mkasberg wrote: post #12

Crap like this makes my Linux desktop (Gnome on Ubuntu) feel nice in comparison. As the mainstream players have added more bloat/ads/etc (e.g. ads in the start menu) over the last N years, and the Linux desktop has gotten more mature, it really does just feel simple & smooth in comparison. Not suggesting Linux is for everyone, but if you happen to use it or are thinking about it, it's nice.

Linux desktops are nicer period.

Both OSX and Windows feel like an archaic mess when you go back to them.

How are system restarts still a thing?!

Re: Microsoft shows full-screen Windows 11 upgrade ads with two 'yes' buttons

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Post by jaimex2 »

goldfeld wrote: post #10

Yes! Yes we can, we have fabulous Windows Subsystem for Linux and we hang out with the OpenAI chaps. I'll rant. MS can go to the ninth hell with Zuck and Larry Page et al for all I care, the only part I cannot swallow is Bill Gates now wants to play the good old man. Everything MS does today is exactly as he would always have done it. I'm sorry bill but the precedent immoral fools like you and jobs set is worth more…

I hope not. Things get ruined when they go mainstream.

Re: Microsoft shows full-screen Windows 11 upgrade ads with two 'yes' buttons

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Post by mschuster91 »

r00fus wrote: post #14
rolph wrote: post #4

"Fortunately, there are many ways to prevent such banners from infecting your computer. One could give Microsoft a taste of its own medicine by disabling TPM to render the computer "incompatible" with Windows 11 (this potentially increases security risks, so proceed only if you are 100% sure turning off TPM will not break anything on your system). Also, paying attention and reading what your computer tries to say, re…

> this potentially increases security risks, so proceed only if you are 100% sure turning off TPM will not break anything on your system So is there any real risk to disabling so-called "Trusted Platform Module"?

Yes, if you have Bitlocker with hardware-backed encryption active and you clear out the TPM you will not be able to unlock that disk in the worst case.
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