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There. Disable the help tips with Group Policy Editor. http://superuser.com/questions/666247/hide-win-8-1-tip-about-switch-between-apps http://superuser.com/qu

• Aoyagi 13y ago
  I'm (somewhat) sure that this works only in 8 Pro.
  • evadne 13y ago
    Indeed :( http://blogs.windows.com/windows/b/bloggingwindows/archive/2012/04/16/announcing-the-windows-8-editions.aspx http://blogs.windows.com/windows/b/bloggingwindows/archive/2...
    • Aoyagi 13y ago
      I learned it when I tried to get rid of that annoying lockscreen you get in 8 before entering password. The one you're supposed to swipe up. It can (or could) be removed only through group policies. Thanks for confirming it's still a thing.
    • hanifbbz 13y ago
      I never understood this "versioning" thing! If they have written the code for the complete Windows once, why can't they have just one version? I mean why force poor people to have less feature?
      • meepmorp 13y ago
        I thnk it's less about forcing poor people to have fewer features, and more about forcing people (businesses, really) with more resources and needs to pay more.
      • eli 13y ago
        It's called price discrimination and it's common among many, many products and services. If there was only one version then you'd either have to price it higher than the "cheap" version, which will lead to price conscious consumers choosing a competitor. Charge less and you're leaving money on the table from businesses that are happy to pay more. It's the same logic behind "Senior Discounts" and coupons.
      • Aoyagi 13y ago
        See prices of most marketed smartphones' variations that differ only in memory size.
  • taspeotis 13y ago
    8 Pro and higher have `gpedit.msc` but a lot of the policy items map to the registry. I imagine these [1] are the registry keys for that configuration item. It's just a matter of configuring them. [1] http://m.kapilarya.com/how-to-disable-help-tips-in-windows-8-1 http://m.kapilarya.com/how-to-disable-help-tips-in-windows-8...