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I'm on a new Windows 11 machine. It seems every other time that I receive a Windows update it resets my browser preferences. Talked with a friend who manages

by rmason 4y ago

I'm on a new Windows 11 machine. It seems every other time that I receive a Windows update it resets my browser preferences. Talked with a friend who manages thousands of Windows 11 instances and he says it is a freaking nightmare for him. I have good friends working for Microsoft and I am generally positive towards the company. But it is stuff like this that makes them rather hard to defend to their critics.

peteri 4y ago
Might be worth having a look under Settings / System / Notifications and the check boxes at the bottom of the screen which are: Show me the Windows welcome experience Offer suggestions on how I can setup my device Get Tips and suggestions when I use Windows Since I turned those off I don't think I've had the browser preferences get reset (I suspect this means the next update will be very annoying and reset my settings).
- rmason 4y ago
  Think I have unselected those as well but I will check.
  - rejectfinite 4y ago
    For your PC I would run, the green/recommended settings: https://www.oo-software.com/en/shutup10 https://www.oo-software.com/en/shutup10 That turns off a lot of annoying shit but does not break your OS install like all those shady github scripts do.
userbinator 4y ago
I have good friends working for Microsoft What do they think about stuff like this? They have, even if minimally, a better chance of actually getting their complaints heard.
- fathyb 4y ago
  They also have much more to lose and not anything to win.
rejectfinite 4y ago
For your freind there should be a GPO or Intune policy to set another default browser. Say what you want about Windows but for enterprise machines the controls are there to change every single setting in GPO or Intune. For your PC I would run, the green/recommended settings: https://www.oo-software.com/en/shutup10 https://www.oo-software.com/en/shutup10 That turns off a lot of annoying shit but does not break your OS install like all those shady github scripts do.

by rmason 4y ago

peteri 4y ago

Might be worth having a look under Settings / System / Notifications and the check boxes at the bottom of the screen which are: Show me the Windows welcome experience Offer suggestions on how I can setup my device Get Tips and suggestions when I use Windows Since I turned those off I don't think I've had the browser preferences get reset (I suspect this means the next update will be very annoying and reset my settings).

rmason 4y ago
Think I have unselected those as well but I will check.
- rejectfinite 4y ago
  For your PC I would run, the green/recommended settings: https://www.oo-software.com/en/shutup10 https://www.oo-software.com/en/shutup10 That turns off a lot of annoying shit but does not break your OS install like all those shady github scripts do.

userbinator 4y ago

I have good friends working for Microsoft What do they think about stuff like this? They have, even if minimally, a better chance of actually getting their complaints heard.

fathyb 4y ago
They also have much more to lose and not anything to win.

rejectfinite 4y ago

For your freind there should be a GPO or Intune policy to set another default browser. Say what you want about Windows but for enterprise machines the controls are there to change every single setting in GPO or Intune. For your PC I would run, the green/recommended settings: https://www.oo-software.com/en/shutup10 https://www.oo-software.com/en/shutup10 That turns off a lot of annoying shit but does not break your OS install like all those shady github scripts do.