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dorkwood
on April 1, 2018
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My Sony "smart" TV has updated itself and tried to...
Windows 10 has so far served me ads on the lock screen and in the start menu. If I try to search my computer for a file, it also sends that search query to Bing. This OS should be free.
JasonFruit
on April 1, 2018
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All those things can be easily turned off, but yes, that's not right.
Can_Not
on April 1, 2018
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And just as easily, Microsoft will turn them back on for you.
paulie_a
on April 3, 2018
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And in fact they do turn them back on. Every fucking time I boot into windows their obnoxious office ads get re-enabled after an update.
fencepost
on April 1, 2018
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I recommend looking into "O&O ShutUp10" and running it at least once - possibly after major updates to Windows as well.
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