Windows 11 is now enabling OneDrive folder backup without asking permission
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Re: Windows 11 is now enabling OneDrive folder backup without asking permission
#2Seems like every 48-72 hours now Microsoft announces yet another extremely compelling reason to abandon their platform for Linux.
Re: Windows 11 is now enabling OneDrive folder backup without asking permission
#3As a reminder, you can always just uninstall OneDrive and call it a day.
Is this really true? Does it never get reinstalled or enabled by a cumulative update?
Re: Windows 11 is now enabling OneDrive folder backup without asking permission
#4Is this even new? Pretty sure I dealt with exactly this setting up a Windows 11 install last year. Had to do it multiple times too due to a flakey SSD I ended up returning.
Re: Windows 11 is now enabling OneDrive folder backup without asking permission
#5As a reminder, you can always just uninstall OneDrive and call it a day. Is this really true? Does it never get reinstalled or enabled by a cumulative update?
On my gaming rig that I've had for quite a few years now, it has never been re-enabled and I've never been nagged about it.
Re: Windows 11 is now enabling OneDrive folder backup without asking permission
#6Microsoft makes it a pain, but you can still jump through some CLI hoops to use only a local user account to log in to Windows, rather than the cloud-conmected Microsoft account they try to funnel you into. Not logging into a Microsoft account prevents OneDrive from doing anything other than spamming you with notifications about how great it would be if you logged in and started using it. And you can still uninstall OneDrive after every major OS update that brings it back.
Re: Windows 11 is now enabling OneDrive folder backup without asking permission
#7To me Microsoft, Apple, Google, Facebook they all seem by a degree or another totally out of control. They seem to be so careless of any short-long term consequence that I wonder if there is any accountability at all or if it’s just a shitshow of who does perform better and get bonuses
Re: Windows 11 is now enabling OneDrive folder backup without asking permission
#8As a reminder, you can always just uninstall OneDrive and call it a day. Is this really true? Does it never get reinstalled or enabled by a cumulative update?
On my gaming rig that I've had for quite a few years now, it has never been re-enabled and I've never been nagged about it.
Cool, thank-you. I put some of the OneDrive domains in my DNS overrides to see if they get tickled just in case.
# I am probably missing some. Hope they are not hard coded.
cat /etc/unbound/override/onedrive.conf
local-zone: "storage.live.com" always_nxdomain
local-zone: "onedrive.com" always_nxdomain
local-zone: "1drv.com" always_nxdomain
local-zone: "skyapi.live.net" always_nxdomain
local-zone: "onedrive.live.com" always_nxdomain
local-zone: "docs.live.net" always_nxdomain
local-zone: "odwebp.svc.ms" always_nxdomainRe: Windows 11 is now enabling OneDrive folder backup without asking permission
#9I've never found any compelling reason to set up Windows 11 (or 10) with an online account. Things like this just reinforce my decision to stick with a local account.
Re: Windows 11 is now enabling OneDrive folder backup without asking permission
#10I've never found any compelling reason to set up Windows 11 (or 10) with an online account. Things like this just reinforce my decision to stick with a local account.
It forced me this last time I set up windows 11