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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.

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[–] [email protected] 231 points 4 months ago (3 children)

Oh, didn't you know? It's not really your PC any longer.

[–] [email protected] 118 points 4 months ago (9 children)

Fortunately, it's actually mine, cuz I use Fedora with Gnome, which doesn't do these magic tricks 😁

[–] [email protected] 37 points 4 months ago (3 children)

Tricks are something Microsoft does for money.

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[–] [email protected] 24 points 4 months ago (7 children)

The PC might be yours, but that virtual machine is Microsoft’s little bitch

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[–] [email protected] 159 points 4 months ago (1 children)

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

[–] [email protected] 45 points 4 months ago (1 children)

Soon I won't have to anymore. This is the last Windows virtual machine I have that sometimes I have to use πŸ˜€

[–] [email protected] 19 points 4 months ago (6 children)

I have a virtual machine with WinXP and one with 98, for when I'm feeling nostalgic :)

Sorry to hear you have to use Windows... I'm still stuck on 10 but I've been enjoying the hell out of Mint Xfce and I'll complete the move soon enough!

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[–] [email protected] 62 points 4 months ago (12 children)

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.

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[–] [email protected] 61 points 4 months ago (1 children)

OUR desktop wallpaper, comrade

[–] [email protected] 40 points 4 months ago (2 children)

They don’t do this shit in Linux.

Come join us, Comrade.

[–] [email protected] 14 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago)

Hmm, on one of the KDE plasma updates, my wallpaper did change to their infamous teletubby wallpaper. Mind you, I was still using the default wallpaper at that time, and this was their new default wallpaper, so that's probably why.

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[–] [email protected] 46 points 4 months ago (1 children)

I hate that goddamn searchbar

[–] [email protected] 31 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago) (1 children)

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!?!?

[–] [email protected] 15 points 4 months ago

Just booted? Better wait 45 seconds and many failed searches, because DNS isn't resolving.
Doesn't matter that you are trying to launch a local program, it absolutely must delay the user experience until it can successfully resolve a DNS query.
Disgusting

[–] [email protected] 43 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago) (3 children)

Dont say it... dont say it.... dont saaaayyyy iiiiitt!!!

Have you considered Linux Mint?

Damn... sorry.. was I the first to suggest it this time?

[–] [email protected] 55 points 4 months ago

You were, but it appears OP is running Windows in a VM on Linux.

[–] [email protected] 43 points 4 months ago (5 children)

I already use Fedora Linux, and this Windows is in a virtual machine because sometimes my school requires me to use software that simply doesn't run on Linux

[–] [email protected] 26 points 4 months ago (3 children)

That's where Windows belongs now, in a VM.

[–] [email protected] 22 points 4 months ago

"what is my purpose?"

"you stay in a vm until i need to update my mouse firmware"

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[–] [email protected] 37 points 4 months ago (5 children)

Your computer? You mean Microsoft's bitch box?

Face it, they can do whatever they want with your computer and you're powerless to stop them. They've also been looking through your photos and adding them to their AI model.

[–] [email protected] 15 points 4 months ago

Face it, they can do whatever they want with your computer and you’re powerless to stop them.

Not my computer. They can't do shit if it's not installed.

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[–] [email protected] 32 points 4 months ago (3 children)

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.

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[–] [email protected] 31 points 4 months ago (3 children)

When they tell you they're walking back Recall and it's "off by default", remember that they constantly do this shit.

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[–] [email protected] 29 points 4 months ago

This is why you should not trust them regarding Recall. They will not let it go. It will be forced on you eventually.

[–] [email protected] 28 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago) (3 children)

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:

some dark pattern from microsoft

article: https://www.c-amie.co.uk/technical/windows-10-patch-for-october-2023-kb5015684-re-enables-the-taskbar-search-box/

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[–] [email protected] 28 points 4 months ago (4 children)

All it did to you was cosmetic.

Windows 10's "feature" updates consistently also re-enable the "fast startup" option on my machine when they install. Which, on my particular motherboard and SSD combination, causes Windows to take about 30 minutes to boot when left enabled for reasons I have never been able to comprehend. A regular cold boot only takes like 20 seconds, so... I definitely tend to notice when it does this behind my back yet again.

[–] [email protected] 15 points 4 months ago (1 children)

It also does it so that you no longer hit the bootloader. My one last dual boot machine is normally a Linux setup, but every so often I have to use the real MS Office tools (some collaborator or publisher demands it), so I boot windows. Then windows patches and stops actually hitting grub so it acts like a windows only machine until I fix whatever Microsoft fucks up yet again.

It's time to move to a VM for this garbage. I just don't neet it more than once every other year so I never seem to get around to nuking it.

[–] [email protected] 13 points 4 months ago (6 children)

How’s gaming on Linux working out lately? I have a newer Windows 11 machine and looking to jump ship, asap.

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[–] [email protected] 27 points 4 months ago

And they've made Bing your standard browser and activated Copilot.

[–] [email protected] 26 points 4 months ago

It's a nice wallpaper though for what it's worth.

[–] [email protected] 22 points 4 months ago (1 children)
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[–] [email protected] 22 points 4 months ago (2 children)

your background? Since when is this Windows computer your computer? Microsoft has been very clear that we no longer own our computers if we choose to use Windows.

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[–] [email protected] 19 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago)

Silly consumer. You thought you owned your copy of Windows. You LEASED it! "

[–] [email protected] 16 points 4 months ago (1 children)

My windows vm runs Cairo shell as the desktop and I've replaced the file manager with Dolphin and the command prompt with Konsole and notepad with Kate and it almost feels like a usable operating system

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[–] [email protected] 15 points 4 months ago

Get used to it. It is not your machine, its Microsofts.

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