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I had the opportunity to try Windows 10 last week. I was surprised to find that Windows now has pop-up advertisements for Office and Bing embedded in the OS its

by gkop 11y ago

I had the opportunity to try Windows 10 last week. I was surprised to find that Windows now has pop-up advertisements for Office and Bing embedded in the OS itself that recur during day-to-day usage and cannot be dismissed. That seems wild to me. Also, contrary to opinions that I have heard on HN and elsewhere on the web, Windows 10 is typical poor quality Microsoft software, not one of the "good" Windows like XP and 7 were. For example, there are literally two control panels that are different: the classic control panel and a Settings tool (not a different view of the control panel but something completely different) that comes up when you search for various settings in the Start menu. The Start menu is super clunky and slow as well.

HelloMcFly 11y ago
> I was surprised to find that Windows now has pop-up advertisements for Office and Bing embedded in the OS itself that recur during day-to-day usage and cannot be dismissed. Where are these? I use Windows 10 at home and work, and what you're referring to doesn't ring a bell at all. I already have Office on both machines though, so that may explain one portion.
- forgotAgain 11y ago
  I confirm that Windows 10 shows advertisements to install Office. They appear as small popups in the notification area of the toolbar. This was on a fresh upgrade of a Windows 8 machine. In task manager I found a running program (which I can't recall the exact name of but the purpose was obvious) that was for posting ads to install Office. I searched for the name and found instructions for uninstalling it. I don't know if there are others or not. I only ran Windows 10 for a few hours to check it out.
bitmapbrother 11y ago
The positive opinions of Windows 10 on HN were, for the most part, postings from Microsoft "reputation managers" to create hype and positive spin for the product. http://games.slashdot.org/story/13/06/16/2327213/microsoft-reputation-managers-guide-to-xbox-one http://games.slashdot.org/story/13/06/16/2327213/microsoft-r... https://www.linkedin.com/job/microsoft/online-reputation-manager-jobs/ https://www.linkedin.com/job/microsoft/online-reputation-man... http://www.tomshardware.com/news/Reddit-Xbox-One-Reputation-Management-upvote-downvote,23014.html http://www.tomshardware.com/news/Reddit-Xbox-One-Reputation-... https://www.reddit.com/r/gaming/comments/1fv5yj/i_saw_microsoft_employees_monitoring_this/ https://www.reddit.com/r/gaming/comments/1fv5yj/i_saw_micros...
- scholia 11y ago
  Generally, I find that conspiracy theories only work on the sort of people who are gullible enough to believe in conspiracy theories....
romanovcode 11y ago
Using Windows10 since launch, never ever had I've seen a single pop-up. Are you sure you don't have malware?

by gkop 11y ago

HelloMcFly 11y ago

> I was surprised to find that Windows now has pop-up advertisements for Office and Bing embedded in the OS itself that recur during day-to-day usage and cannot be dismissed. Where are these? I use Windows 10 at home and work, and what you're referring to doesn't ring a bell at all. I already have Office on both machines though, so that may explain one portion.

forgotAgain 11y ago
I confirm that Windows 10 shows advertisements to install Office. They appear as small popups in the notification area of the toolbar. This was on a fresh upgrade of a Windows 8 machine. In task manager I found a running program (which I can't recall the exact name of but the purpose was obvious) that was for posting ads to install Office. I searched for the name and found instructions for uninstalling it. I don't know if there are others or not. I only ran Windows 10 for a few hours to check it out.

bitmapbrother 11y ago

The positive opinions of Windows 10 on HN were, for the most part, postings from Microsoft "reputation managers" to create hype and positive spin for the product. http://games.slashdot.org/story/13/06/16/2327213/microsoft-reputation-managers-guide-to-xbox-one http://games.slashdot.org/story/13/06/16/2327213/microsoft-r... https://www.linkedin.com/job/microsoft/online-reputation-manager-jobs/ https://www.linkedin.com/job/microsoft/online-reputation-man... http://www.tomshardware.com/news/Reddit-Xbox-One-Reputation-Management-upvote-downvote,23014.html http://www.tomshardware.com/news/Reddit-Xbox-One-Reputation-... https://www.reddit.com/r/gaming/comments/1fv5yj/i_saw_microsoft_employees_monitoring_this/ https://www.reddit.com/r/gaming/comments/1fv5yj/i_saw_micros...

scholia 11y ago
Generally, I find that conspiracy theories only work on the sort of people who are gullible enough to believe in conspiracy theories....

romanovcode 11y ago

Using Windows10 since launch, never ever had I've seen a single pop-up. Are you sure you don't have malware?