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You can use Windows Firewall to block outbound connections from the Start bar. It would be nice if some basic features like calculator would still work, but no
by lozenge 2y ago
You can use Windows Firewall to block outbound connections from the Start bar. It would be nice if some basic features like calculator would still work, but no luck.
- jtriangle 2y agoIf you have a w7 install the calc exe still works on 10/11
- yonatan8070 2y agoI think they mean calculation from the start menu search (on a default installation, it will Bing the calculation and show the search result, which I find absurd since it requires an internet connection to solve x+y). The calculator program still works fine offline, but is often overkill when you just want to quickly solve something I'll note that Microsoft's PowerToys run solves this properly, just like MacOS's Spotlight and the built in search on most Linux desktops
- ed_elliott_asc 2y agoBut spotlight replaces alt+space so you can’t minimise or move a window from the command line :(
- spectre3d 2y agoYou meant Microsoft's PowerToys Run, correct? Spotlight is Mac-only and uses Command-Space by default.
- spectre3d 2y agoAs the sibling comment mentioned, you can customize the keyboard shortcut so you don’t lose alt-space.
- dspillett 2y agoIf you mean "PowerToys Run", you can reconfigure pretty much any if the PowerToys shortcut key combinations. Though for now I've just turned that one off as I don't have obvious need for it and haven't looked at what else it might offer. I use PowerToys mainly for FancyZones and plain text paste.
- squarefoot 2y agoWait... Windows calculator needs an internet connection to work?
- anthk 2y agoMoney exchange related maybe.
- spartanatreyu 2y agoThis, and it also sends diagnostics to microsoft so they can try to glean how people use it. The calculator app is open source so you can see the code here: https://github.com/microsoft/calculator https://github.com/microsoft/calculator