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Lock screen, start menu, various system menus at that. There are a few less of them if you remove internet access. Then there's the nagging about getting offi

Lock screen, start menu, various system menus at that. There are a few less of them if you remove internet access. Then there's the nagging about getting office or whatever latest software that pops up in the corner occasionally. It is somewhat dependant on your version of Windows 10.

pjmlp 9y ago
Pro has zero ads, never seen them.
- chrisper 9y ago
  I cannot confirm this. I have Pro and get the same Popups and shortcuts to Candy Crush etc. They usually get installed during your first setup.
  - ksk 9y ago
    Yeah, it takes me about 20 mins to de-crappify windows 10, and then I get this.. https://imgur.com/a/SaphU https://imgur.com/a/SaphU
    - chrisper 9y ago
      Does Candy Crush not come back for you? It always did for me.
      - ksk 9y ago
        It hasn't so far.
    - pjmlp 9y ago
      Which is what I mean. The app stores links are as much ads as bundling software in the old days.
      - chrisper 9y ago
        Bundling Software was not part of clean installs with ISOs from Microsoft. Now they are.
        petepete 9y ago
        This is why I'm resistant to dual boot my workstation. I 'just' want Windows 7 with security updates.
  - pjmlp 9y ago
    Ads are those nasty interruptions on YouTube videos, not a bunch of links for app store applications.
    - chrisper 9y ago
      So Candy Crush and Facebook popping up in your Start Menu are not ads?
      - pjmlp 9y ago
        I have never seen them, beyond the first install, just like bundled software used to be. Bundled software is not an ad, it is already there.
- tonyedgecombe 9y ago
  Pro has the same ads as Home.
- ioulian 9y ago
  I also haven't seem them, but I think they were removed by this tool: https://www.winprivacy.de/english-home/ https://www.winprivacy.de/english-home/ (PLEASE, please check before downloading, I installed it a year ago or more, back then it was ok, I can't guarantee how it's now). This disables a lot of tracking, but I assume, also disables ads. (I've seen only 1 ad, and that was for the OneDrive in explorer).
adventured 9y ago
I'm using the normal home version of Windows 10. I've never seen the office nagging. I've never seen a single ad. Not from first boot that I can recall. There are no ads on my lock screen, there are no ads on my start menu. The only things I can think of, is that I immediately turned off as many bs anti-privacy type settings as possible when I initially set up the system. I also use glasswire and restrict most things that try to go out without my permission (or anything I don't want to allow in general). When I fire up my start-menu, I've got it defaulted to pinned tiles, there doesn't even appear to be space for an ad that might be getting blocked on there. There are no ads in the all apps section either. My lock screen only has a background image.
- chrisper 9y ago
  If you had Windows Spotlight on (like the changing background image for lockscreen), they used to show occasional ads there. It could be they removed that.

pjmlp 9y ago

Pro has zero ads, never seen them.

chrisper 9y ago
I cannot confirm this. I have Pro and get the same Popups and shortcuts to Candy Crush etc. They usually get installed during your first setup.
- ksk 9y ago
  Yeah, it takes me about 20 mins to de-crappify windows 10, and then I get this.. https://imgur.com/a/SaphU https://imgur.com/a/SaphU
  - chrisper 9y ago
    Does Candy Crush not come back for you? It always did for me.
    - ksk 9y ago
      It hasn't so far.
  - pjmlp 9y ago
    Which is what I mean. The app stores links are as much ads as bundling software in the old days.
    - chrisper 9y ago
      Bundling Software was not part of clean installs with ISOs from Microsoft. Now they are.
      - petepete 9y ago
        This is why I'm resistant to dual boot my workstation. I 'just' want Windows 7 with security updates.
- pjmlp 9y ago
  Ads are those nasty interruptions on YouTube videos, not a bunch of links for app store applications.
  - chrisper 9y ago
    So Candy Crush and Facebook popping up in your Start Menu are not ads?
    - pjmlp 9y ago
      I have never seen them, beyond the first install, just like bundled software used to be. Bundled software is not an ad, it is already there.
tonyedgecombe 9y ago
Pro has the same ads as Home.
ioulian 9y ago
I also haven't seem them, but I think they were removed by this tool: https://www.winprivacy.de/english-home/ https://www.winprivacy.de/english-home/ (PLEASE, please check before downloading, I installed it a year ago or more, back then it was ok, I can't guarantee how it's now). This disables a lot of tracking, but I assume, also disables ads. (I've seen only 1 ad, and that was for the OneDrive in explorer).

adventured 9y ago

I'm using the normal home version of Windows 10. I've never seen the office nagging. I've never seen a single ad. Not from first boot that I can recall. There are no ads on my lock screen, there are no ads on my start menu. The only things I can think of, is that I immediately turned off as many bs anti-privacy type settings as possible when I initially set up the system. I also use glasswire and restrict most things that try to go out without my permission (or anything I don't want to allow in general). When I fire up my start-menu, I've got it defaulted to pinned tiles, there doesn't even appear to be space for an ad that might be getting blocked on there. There are no ads in the all apps section either. My lock screen only has a background image.

chrisper 9y ago
If you had Windows Spotlight on (like the changing background image for lockscreen), they used to show occasional ads there. It could be they removed that.