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I really wish I could get the rotating nature image on the Lock Screen without the ads. I think Google hangouts used to do this and I really enjoyed that aspect
by eric-hu 5y ago
I really wish I could get the rotating nature image on the Lock Screen without the ads. I think Google hangouts used to do this and I really enjoyed that aspect. I think Google hangouts possibly linked to Google+ photos, but they were more tasteful about it.
I don’t even know what the Windows Lock Screen ads are for, but they feel in my face. Certain attempts to log in to Windows will also open Edge.
- dkdbejwi383 5y agoI occasionally open the ad/tip by mistake, because I wake the mouse and PC by clicking. I guess this is my mistake for "holding it the wrong way", but it's quite annoying nonetheless.
- rightbyte 5y ago> Certain attempts to log in to Windows will also open Edge. I think that is when you click the teaser text with the dots and just expect the location of the nice picture to unfold.
- eric-hu 5y agoYes!! That’s it! And that’s exactly what I expect, to just see the answer to the text.
- ChrisSD 5y agoYou can disable all the ads. Though it does require digging through the settings.
- gregoryjjb 5y agoYou used to be able to with registry hacks, but those hacks don't work anymore.
- kayson 5y agoLook up dynamic theme on the windows store. It grabs the daily bing images and sets your lock screen image to them but since its set to a picture there aren't any ads.
- gregoryjjb 5y agoI recreated this feature ad-free with a Powershell script: https://github.com/gregoryjjb/fake-spotlight https://github.com/gregoryjjb/fake-spotlight