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No I don't want to turn on Windows Backup with One Drive
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Re: No I don't want to turn on Windows Backup with One Drive
#42OP doesn’t say why they are against free cloud backup, and it doesn’t matter, but (like everything else in Windows) there’s a registry setting you could change to disable the notification. I think it is
` HKCU\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Notifications\ Settings\Microsoft.SkyDrive.Desktop\Enabled = 0 (DWORD) `
https://www.urtech.ca/2018/03/solved-gpos-to-disable-notific...
Re: No I don't want to turn on Windows Backup with One Drive
#43Can someone answer why is this ok on iOS and macOS but not Windows? They all provide backup via their own paid clouds and ask for an opt-in.
Does iOS constantly (multiple times a day) spam you if you don't enable backup? (I've had it turned on for so long that I honestly don't know what they do.)
No, but I haven't seen Windows ask multiple times a day either. But iOS does try to get me to turn on iCloud every time the phone reboots and somewhat randomly without rebooting.
Re: No I don't want to turn on Windows Backup with One Drive
#44May i suggest some solutions? :-P -> https://endof10.org/ (it has a map with people who can help install Linux) -> https://www.opensuse.org/ (what i'm using on my PCs, works fine for the most part[0]) -> https://www.linuxmint.com/ (people seem to like this) -> https://bazzite.gg/ (seems to be popular with gamers) -> https://www.debian.org/ (almost everything is based on this :-P) [0] for the most part because nothing…
May I suggest you give fedora a go? It still feels like the most mature distro out there, but I can be biased
I used both Fedora and Ubuntu for years and couldn't point to the _better_ distribution.
Maybe one thing I had with Fedora: I had to trail one major distribution behind, because going for the most recent releases always ended up hurting me.
But that's just for work. I don't think I can move my gaming to Linux yet
Re: No I don't want to turn on Windows Backup with One Drive
#45Since no one mentioned how to actually dismiss the notification forever: OneDrive is treated as a normal app that is installed by default, you can actually just uninstall it through Add or Remove Programs in the Control Panel.
During a major update it will be reinstalled.
Re: No I don't want to turn on Windows Backup with One Drive
#46In Ubuntu I turn off motd ads, in Windows I turn off this stuff, it doesn't come back, I only remember it exists when I see the outrage journalism headlines. I don't see why more people don't just take the steps to remove annoyances.
i have uninstalled onedrive at least 6 times on one computer. i never intentionally installed it
Re: No I don't want to turn on Windows Backup with One Drive
#47Win 10 IoT guys. Or Win 11 IoT. Not more problems.
Yeah, I'm bracing myself for this. I'll get myself £4 licence for this and hope for the best.
Re: No I don't want to turn on Windows Backup with One Drive
#48Hope the PM in charge with the scammy copy designed to trick people into turning this on is happy with the boost in free users falling for it.
My dad turned it on not knowing what it meant and it completely messed up his workflows and now I have to figure out how to safely disable it and move his files back.
I will remember Microsoft causing this problem for him every time I think of or get asked if someone should use a Microsoft product or service.
Re: No I don't want to turn on Windows Backup with One Drive
#49I get absurdly annoyed at “Maybe later” buttons. No, go away, never come back, I’m genuinely not interested.
Re: No I don't want to turn on Windows Backup with One Drive
#50This stuff is increasingly normalized across platforms. I'd say "vote with your wallet", but when all the tech platforms are doing it, there's not much choice. PCs / laptops are probably the last hold out: Just switch to Linux (but be careful which distro you pick) or MacOS (for now). The political pendulum is going to swing far left in the US given the disasters that are playing out in DC. Hopefully this sort of cra…
IMHO Linux Mint keeps being the strongest option to recommend when the intention is a clean transition with the least amount of fiddling. It just works, it is reliable, and it doesn't play games with changes of basic technologies that can only cause confusion (e.g. none of the Ubuntu shenanigans like their confusing desktop or their non-Debian packaging)
I wouldn't recommend Mint. Better use something with recent KDE Plasma and recent kernel and Mesa for best Wayland experience.
Especially speaking of playing games, I periodically see newcomer Linux gamers hitting problems due to Mint being outdated and not having good Wayland support. Especially for any kind of recent hardware.