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Predicting what exactly? 1. New spotlight feature = on; 2. Toggle "fun facts and more" = on; You know that images will stream in from the internet along with

by exodust 11y ago

Predicting what exactly? 1. New spotlight feature = on; 2. Toggle "fun facts and more" = on; You know that images will stream in from the internet along with "fun facts and more" whatever that is. And when a Tomb Raider image appears, you're suddenly in Orwellian future shock mode? The day MS takes away the toggle so you can't switch ads off, is the day to be outraged. Not before.

CamperBob2 11y ago
The day MS takes away the toggle so you can't switch ads off, is the day to be outraged. Not before. GWX certainly qualifies as an "ad." Just curious, where is the "toggle switch" in the "settings" that I can turn "off" to disable GWX? Oh, there isn't one? I thought so.
- exodust 11y ago
  Okay... that would annoy me too. I'm still on Windows 7 and haven't seen anything like that. Not one Windows 10 ad, and I've been doing Windows updates (manual ones from time to time). On both my laptop and desktop - Win 7 and Win 8, I have yet to see any GWX ad. Maybe I will see it one day.
  - vic-traill 11y ago
    This is interesting. In my experience any off-domain (i.e. workgroup) Win 7 installation which is taking Windows Updates (required, not optional) gets the GWX update. The relevant Update is KB 3035583. "To install this update, you must have April 2014 update rollup for Windows RT 8.1, Windows 8.1, and Windows Server 2012 R2 (2919355) installed in Windows 8.1. Or, install Windows 7 SP1" [0] Apparently it also does not apply to Enterprise Edition. [0] [0] https://support.microsoft.com/en-ca/kb/3035583 https://support.microsoft.com/en-ca/kb/3035583