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What really kills me about the ad-spam being added to menus everywhere is that eventually they start having problems and drag my computer to its knees. I end up
by dahart 4y ago
What really kills me about the ad-spam being added to menus everywhere is that eventually they start having problems and drag my computer to its knees. I end up with behaviors where the Start Menu takes several seconds to appear, or a search will stall, and when navigating folders in the File Explorer have very serious and noticeable drag, taking one or two seconds. So far I’ve eventually been able to figure out how to turn them off with registry edits and fix the delays, but it seems to be getting harder to do, and MS is definitely omitting controls from the control panel.
It very well may be superficially my fault these things happen, due to customizations or features I’ve enabled or disabled, or software I’ve installed, or due to my company web policies and firewalls, but I have no way to track down the causes. The true culprit though, IMO, is the blurring of the line between application software and operating system. Allowing all these hooks into basic OS functionality seems like a bad idea. It’s crazy that opening the menu to log out or shut down will first go out to the web to scrape some news headlines or shopping suggestions for me, crazy I say!
- Helmut10001 4y agoInstall Keypirinha [1] and you don't need the Start menu anymore. [1]: https://keypirinha.com/ https://keypirinha.com/
- BuyMyBitcoins 4y agoI know I don’t need it, but I want to keep using it. And, I lament that the company I already paid money to for an OS license can’t help itself by putting in so many intrusive advertisements and dark patterns on what is supposed to be just an operating system.
- LorenDB 4y agoOr use Powertoys Run
- crabmusket 4y agoIt's better than the start menu for sure, but still takes an irritatingly long time to become available after a boot. At least it's possible to disable all the web search features etc. and have it just open my apps like I wanted.
- rolph 4y agoa lot of windows people i know, dont bother with a proper shut down anymore, they let it run 24-7, or they just hit the power switch and nuke it all instead of waiting.
- phendrenad2 4y agoThe idea of shutting off a desktop computer is baffling to me. I guess it's an OCD thing some people have.
- BrotherBisquick 4y agoYou mean as opposed to letting it sleep/hibernate? A computer running (and not sleeping) while you're asleep or at work is a waste of energy.
- phendrenad2 4y agoMany people waste electricity.
- BrotherBisquick 4y agoIf "not being an irresponsible sociopath" is a symptom of obsessive-compulsive disorder then just call me Harry Handwasher.
- phendrenad2 4y agoWow, you've managed to speak derogatorily about both people who waste electricity snd those with OCD. Well done.
- shostack 4y agoAnd as soon as you're on a subscription-based Windows that has forced auto updates, suddenly you can't just stick to a given version of windows and they can shove whatever they want at you, just like a web service.