Another bit of sludge from @howardagoldberg…. He’s been telling me that his Win10 Lock Screen is showing a Chredge ad. I suggested he make sure that
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AskWoody MVPIt’s under Lock screen on my 1909 setup….
And I don’t see the ad even though I have suggestions turned on. But then I rarely see my lock screen!
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AskWoody PlusOops! I have some egg on my face.
The ‘fun facts’ was toggled on. The thing is, I am pretty certain I toggled it off when set this up after upgrading this system from Win7 about 5 weeks ago.
I will let you know if I still see the ‘ad,’ now that it’s toggled off.
Still … I remember this being one of the first things I did after the upgrade (I actually have this system next to my native W10 system, and went through everything to mirror the settings).
Is it possible MS turned it on? I don’t really want to go there, as perhaps I missed this when setting up the system. I just can’t believe I *didn’t* turn it off.
Lesson learned though, I will double-check before posting.
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AskWoody_MVPI cannot verify this, but I think toggles are reset when Microsoft patches are applied. As a suggestion, mash your toggles often to make sure your operating system behaves as you desire, not as patches think they ought. (E.T. likes to phone home. Really.)
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AskWoody LoungerI cannot verify this, but I think toggles are reset when Microsoft patches are applied. As a suggestion, mash your toggles often to make sure your operating system behaves as you desire, not as patches think they ought. (E.T. likes to phone home. Really.)
This hasn’t been my experience with a bunch of domain-joined machines, nor with my set of home systems (some with MS logins).
That’s just my experience with the settings that I have in play, not a blanket universal statement of fact.
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AskWoody PlusLooking at my 1903 Pro production machine, I don’t have that Fun Facts slider under Settings > Personalization > Background. Wonder why?
So … is it possible this is newer setting that came with the’1909′ features that got turned on? Or, like the search bar … gets added later? I went directly from Win 7 > Win 10 1909 (launched the installation from Win7, but choose to wipe out everything to get a clean(ish) install).
I am torn between feeling like I should have checked more closely and that I was being a bit too [confident], and the feeling that I did check this before (I am pretty meticulous about this types of things!) and something changed on me. After the search box debacle, I don’t know if I’m being paranoid or not. But, I don’t feel completely unjustified feeling at least a tiny bit paranoid.
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AskWoody LoungerThis is the sort of thing that would make me absolutely paranoid, if I decided to allow moving up to W10.
I like to go through every one of my settings ONCE, not sit wondering if the latest update has changed something, then having to go through all of them again to set them back how I want them.
As I keep saying, they were called PERSONAL Computers for a reason. :/
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AskWoody MVPWhen I upgraded from 1809 to 1903, none of my tweaks or personalization settings were altered/reverted. When I upgraded form 1903 to 1909, Windows left my settings alone once more. My Lock Screen has the slider:
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GuestAds on a lock screen are like using one of those subsidized bargain-basement Android tablets, except that it’s on an expensive workstation-class computer. It’s also just another reason that I run Debian now. If I wanted to experience advertisements, I would switch on the TV or the radio!
The workstation-class machine on my desk exists to run the programs that I tell it to, not to second guess me and tell me why X, Y, or Z would be better instead. Such is not the place of a computer.
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AskWoody Lounger‘Fun Facts’ really? It’s an advertisement! This is exactly why I don’t trust Microsoft any more than I need to run my business. They are always trying to see what they can get away with. Most of this seems to becoming from the sales team/manager. Perhaps it’s time to reevaluate that that department.
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Microsoft Edge deployment – Telemetry and data collectionCan the same be said of Google Chrome’s tracking?
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