In my view, this is unacceptable…
They changed my background (previously there was a default blue window), placed an icon in the bottom corner of the screen that read “Learn more about this photo”, and re-added the search bar that I had previously removed.
Fortunately, I don’t have to deal with this on a daily basis.
Oh, didn’t you know? It’s not really your PC any longer.
Fortunately, it’s actually mine, cuz I use Fedora with Gnome, which doesn’t do these magic tricks 😁
The PC might be yours, but that virtual machine is Microsoft’s little bitch
I actually enjoy playing with Windows and Active Directory. I think it is ahead in terms of management and needing hacky workarounds
there isn’t active directory for linux?, actually what active directory do diferently?
You absolutely can join Linux machines to AD. You just don’t have the same power that group policy gives you.
Tricks are something Microsoft does for money.
Oh, let me tell you why your [sic] wrong for not using Arch and Ice Weasel! /s 😉
I used to use Fedora on my Asus gaming laptop, and loved it. More recently I’ve chosen to switch over to Manjaro, because I wanted something based on Arch that was more lightweight than Garuda. Gotta love that Linux life.
your PC
are they going to backronym PC now that the P can’t possibly stand for PERSONAL
It even did the same thing with enterprise customers. All our machines suddenly started asking us to enable search. Like why do I need another thing when opening the Start Menu and typing is the same fucking thing?? And to fuck with my group policies and undo the customization I had is mega infuriating.
Test updates before deploying
They didn’t say they deployed it, also enterprise operating systems are generally expected to not suddenly change manually-set policies for users…
Well Microsoft can do whatever they want really. Testing can just help to see it coming before you get run over
Chris Titus made this tool. I use it to debloat windows, disable all the telemetry, then pause all feature updates for two years and let only security updates through. As an added bonus (and if you want win11), he added a tool to create a micro windows iso. I am running the micro and it has been fantastic. I even removed defender and other garbage they force on people.
I wonder how many people confuse him for the comedian.
Didn’t even know about a comedian with this name
He’s pretty good. Kinda like a left leaning Dennis Leary
Who’s Dennis Leary? 😂 Sorry, immigrant here and don’t know many people.
He’s a comedian from the '90s and early '00s
All your data are belong to Microsoft
You don’t own your computer anymore, Microsoft just allows you to use it.
Somebody set up us the bomb!
We get signal.
What!
Main screen turn on.
It’s you!!
How are you gentlemen!!
Exactly.
Well yea, you turned off the windows search/Cortana/Bing bar, but now it’s called copilot/recall bar which you haven’t turned off yet.
/S
They’re trying to tell you to go outside
I hate that goddamn searchbar
Tell me about it. Useless. The whole start menu is fucked honestly. Can’t ever find anything you’re looking for. WHY THE FUCK WOULD I WANT BING WEB SEARCH RESULTS HERE!?!?
Sweet wallpaper though
Silly consumer. You thought you owned your copy of Windows. You LEASED it! "
When they tell you they’re walking back Recall and it’s “off by default”, remember that they constantly do this shit.
“We’ve installed malicious spyware on your computer without you asking for it, but don’t worry, it’s off by default.”
“No.” (Installs GNU/Linux)
I’d love to meet the engineers who work on these “features”. How do they go along with this shit and sleep at night?
Like the fruit and internet search giant, they forced RTO and all the smart talent left.
So they have the B team, and likely a bunch of H1-B visa engineers that are basically indentured servants writing the code now. It’s just a paycheck and survival at this point.
And they’ve made Bing your standard browser and activated Copilot.
At least it’s a virtual machine.
OUR desktop wallpaper, comrade
no no no, it asked your permission. It’s just that the “we added back the search bar, is that ok” dialog defaults to “yes” after some short time. Extremely fucking annoying change
the dialog:
This is why you should not trust them regarding Recall. They will not let it go. It will be forced on you eventually.
