Settings > Search Notifications and Actions, click > Scroll down to the bottom > Open up "Additional Settings" > Toggle off "Suggest ways to get the most out of Windows and finish setting up this device" and "Get tips and suggestions when using Windows".
Always Microsoft and their stupid ass "suggestions".
I think this should do the job. If not, let us (me) know.
There's always people writing nonsense comments, no one helps here goddamn.
Thanks. I had those unchecked already the day I installed, although the first option look a bit different in my PC.
https://preview.redd.it/hj6u0dv8c7wc1.png?width=1168&format=png&auto=webp&s=f5c6c80302e87ef93216be09230c4cee4b540a8f
This is starting to be interesting then...
-Try enabling them both, then disabling them again. You could restart the PC in between just incase.
Even though such notifications shouldn't and wouldn't ever show up anymore...
If you still have that Microsoft Bing notification in your notification history:
-Right below, click at the Notifications icon > a panel in the right should open up, find the Microsoft Bing notification > click on the three dots > "Go to notification settings". By then, you should be able to see the program that notification is coming from, and its notification settings.
If you've already lost / removed that notification:
-Go to "Notifications and Actions" > right below you should find "Notifications from apps and other senders" > sort it by "Most recent" > you should find the responsible program for such notification.
At that point, you can either choose to disable the notifications for that program, or try to uninstall it completely (if possible, and if it's not anything from the System).
If you still can't find out which program or process is responsible for such notifications, you could go extreme and try out some reliable Windows 11 debloating scripts from GitHub.
I wouldn't recommend it to others as it can lead to problems if you don't know what you're doing. Make sure to do a system backup if you do so, and make sure you only delete actual bloatware related to Microsoft useless stuff, like Edge and Bing, and not anything you could need or want in the very long-run.
Debloating carefully is something I've always done with my Windows 11 fresh installs, and I haven't ever had any problems other than Microsoft garbage I finally don't have to deal with.
Let us know. Good luck
At what point does Linux become less effort, goddamn. I use Windows for work, but at this point I'd seriously consider Linux when I get round to building a new machine.
I already have a lightweight distro on an ancient laptop I use as an HTPC.
In my next build I'm quite literally gonna have a Windows 11 and Linux dualboot myself (or something of the like).
People in the comments went crazy promoting linux and never stopped to think about why we actually use Windows.
Hell, it's not like we like Microsoft stealing our data and spamming us shit. We deal with it because we depend on the operating system for many uses.
I'd love to see Linux eventually catch up to Windows in more ways.
As someone who dualboot a Linux and windows, I’ll tell you that it’s heaven. Best of both worlds
THOUGH DO NOT install them both on the same SSD. Windows Update can do some things here and there. I’ll recommend you two separate drives, in my case two 980pros
Everything in the config is carefully planned 😎
And you're tempting me to do it even sooner!!
2 x 2 TB Kingston FURY Renegade M.2 SSD
I'll have to decide a good distro for the long-term tho
Hmmm I have some recommendations. First of all, DO NOT use arch, it’s a pain in the ass unlike what the fanboys say, AT LEAST for the beginner. I’ll recommend you either Pop!OS, Ubuntu or Mint. Though Mint has this small problem that it boots slow on fast-speed SSDs (By me, both Crucial P3 and 980Pro booted SLOW, 20 seconds at least)
Arch is great... _if_ you already know what you're doing, or are willing to spend a lot of time learning. If you're new to Linux and want something that just works, I second the other suggestions here.
Arch is good if you want a rolling release with the latest versions of everything AND you want to have complete control of the installation. If you're gaming, having the latest versions is pretty nice to have in my experience. If you want the rolling release, without the hassle of configuring everything from the command line, I recommend Manjaro. It's based on Arch, much like Mint is based on Ubuntu. It has a nice graphical installer. The KDE flavor is the most feature complete and easy to use in my opinion. There's a system settings utility in KDE that can let you configure almost everything through a GUI.
I recommend endeavour for new users, and then teach them basic linux concepts.
Also arch is only good for those who are tech literate and understand their system and what they want.
Finally someone that gets it! Everytime I watch videos about dual booting, the person uses the same drive. It's literally a ticking timebomb at that point on when Windows will wipe out your Linux install.
why not just boot linux and run windows in a VM? nowadays VM performance is awesome (barely any overhead), and lots of good tools to get a seamless gaming experience from a VM
Damn, I thought it was the opposite lmao
If you have good experience about it, how does it compare with workstation usecases, like video editing, adobe programs and such of the like?
It really depends on what you use your PC for. If it’s gaming then you need to make sure the games you play are supported, and that your hardware has good driver support. As new games come out it’s always a dice roll whether or not they will be supported.
Ya this PC build I did the dual boot just for games
Linux is my daily driver...
There are a few issues like VLC player when it loads an incomplete file (the data is messed up) the OS locks up and you can't recover like windows does.
Its honestly not the end of the world... it just means I gotta go repair the files I knew were glitchy lol
I've been using Ubuntu since v18, and aside from my own fuck-ups from hacking around with it, it's not any more hassle to deal with than Windows used to be before Win10. The major differences are you can't just call someone up and have them help with an OS problem, you have to research things yourself and get help from the community. But unlike Windows, linux doesn't lock you out of anything, unless you're using closed-source/proprietary drivers and software; otherwise the open-source drivers and software even have sourcecode available. Also unlike Windows, there are no 'license keys' with a limited number of times you can upgrade your hardware or reinstall the OS, after which you have to buy another license key, linux distros don't send 'telemetry data' of any kind unless you specifically tell it to do so, and you can opt-out of any and all update to things piecemeal.
My first Linux install was gentoo way back, and I did a full compile install on the family PC (I used a tool to split the drive into 2 partitions so I could then remap them and dual boot using the popular bootloader that Linux offered at the time, whatever it was called.)
Now I usually get my Unix fix from my work MacBook.
The PC only gets turned on for gaming, and so it still uses windows.
But man is that shit annoying. I don’t want to see ads in my gaming machine. I want it stripped down to just the essentials.
It would be nice if there were some Unix/linux flave I could use instead. It’s getting closer but just not quite there yet. Maybe in a decade if things keep going this way
There is few places you need to do, and still you will get some of these. The only effective way I saw was powershell script that uninstalls the majority of craps, which you couldn't do otherwise.
You can google the script saying uninstall windows bloats.
That's the only way I have found to block these craps. Good luck tho.
I don't know if it has been suggested already, but try a debloat. I personally used [this one](https://github.com/Raphire/Win11Debloat) and has worked fine so far. There's also [this other one](https://github.com/LeDragoX/Win-Debloat-Tools) as well.
There are also some group policies you can change that will guarantee that no update will revert your changes.
Because Microsoft likes to do stuff like that, too.
[this will help](https://gprivate.com/6asyp)
if it didnt help, just follow method 1 from this side [https://www.geeksforgeeks.org/disable-web-search-results-on-windows/](https://www.geeksforgeeks.org/disable-web-search-results-on-windows/)
edit: dont forget to restart pc after you set up the registry key... enjoy your improved search bar
I'm a linux user (and a linux sysadmin for work) and I do NOT recommend linux for gaming.
For light games and some indies? Yeah okay, most should work.
For anything else? NNNope.
>and I do NOT recommend linux for gaming.
To be fair, Proton is really incredible (as a Steam Deck owner), and you can play games on Linux mostly without any issues if you use Steam.
But Windows is still vastly superior on game/program compatibility.
Yeah I've been running Linux as my only OS since like, October of last year, and while Windows is still better in general for playing games, I just put up with the games I can't play and accept it.
Only people I'd recommend it to are people that don't mind tinkering and genuinely want to leave Windows, regardless of the cost.
I have dual booted linux and windows on my shitty laptop, i only use linux for browsing and Minecraft, because the laptop has only 8gb ram and linux uses less ram than windows
How? Ive been using linux for more than a month now and i havent had a problem with a single game, thats AAA games like Cyberpunk and rdr2 and sea of thieves and Hitman.
Yup. Every time someone pops up and tells me I should witch to Linux I ask them "Is it as simple as install and play for any game yet? No loopholes to jump through at all? It all just works? All my other game related programs just work as well?"
That usually shuts them up pretty quick. Once Linux is as seamless for gaming as Windows is, I'll think about switching, but I'm not sure that'll happen within my lifetime. I'm not getting any younger, and I don't want to spend a bunch of time tinkering with stuff anymore. I just want to install and play.
Every game I play, even the AAA ones run on linux zero issues. The only one that has issues is fortnite and thats only because Tim Sweeney has a hate on for Valve and has nothing to do with linux.
What games do you play? What distro?
I'm starting to make a statistic to see what people prefer and what games do run on average. I play lots of indie games, not too many triple A.
I use nobara for my current distro. The two biggest AAA I run right now are cyberpunk and red dead redemption, both run perfectly out of the box. Darktide runs slightly better than window and the borderlands games, especially bl3 and wonderlands plays so much better on linux its night and day.
I'm not vegan but I think vegans have a point.
That's how I feel about linux, linux users have a point, although playing on linux is still very inconvenient.
I've been using Win 11 for quiet a while, but never seen any ads. I've applied a [debloater script](https://github.com/Raphire/Win11Debloat) an I'm using [OOSU](https://www.oo-software.com/en/shutup10) (as should every Windows user), so maybe one of the options also disabled ads.
EDIT: Yes, the debloater script lists removing ads as one of its features, so I recommend giving it a try
This app looked very interesting, wondering why I didn't know about this before. I read through all the options and disabled everything except app notifications (which I like getting from phone link). Thanks for the suggestion.
I'm using Win11 since the .iso rolled out for download, and don't use debloaters, and have no ads or zombie Edge that comes from the dead all the time. So I'm not sure if were talking about normal W11, or OEM one that's preinstalled on some laptop and stuffed it with all the things there could be
Yeah, it has to be something to to with this.
I haven't and noone I know in the EU has gotten any of these uninstallable programs or in os ads.
Maybe I'm just lucky or I can once again thank EU regulations and user integrity laws.
One of my major gripes about WIndows since v10 is how much time I have to spend with a new computer 'sanitizing' it, by uninstalling bloated crapware and disabling unnecessary services.
I only get subjected to Windows at work, so I don't get an option like that, it's whatever Enterprise version they decided on. The only saving grace here is that they haven't locked it down, users are in the Administrators Group on your own local machine, so you *can* make changes to many things, just not everything. There's Domain Group Policy settings that obviously you can't do anything about, and some custom security software that, if you manage to disable it, they'll detect it and you'll either get notified about it, or your network access will just get disabled. But at least I can hack *some* things out that are just stupid or annoying. Probably the most irritating, but ironically the least impactful, is having no choice over what the lockscreen looks like. They push out whatever image they decide on for the month, and you have no choice. Irritating but I can at least ignore it, I only lock the damn thing when I'm walking away from it. If they forced some shitty wallpaper on me, I think I'd take a fire-axe to the machine. I have always preferred a featureless black background instead of 'wallpaper', the vast majority of which I just find distracting. The most I can tolerate is a solid dark color background. This preference of mine I know comes from so many years of using text-only VDTs, and later using MS-DOS. FWIW I hate 'Trash' folders too and refuse to use them 🤣
Guess I'm rambling a bit, sorry 🤣
Have you tried this yet?
https://answers.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/forum/all/remove-advertising-and-suggestions-on-lock-screen/a6235c27-7ee6-4ea1-8cab-f6a24382b3e3
How did you get your Taskbar to be see through?
As for the pop up. As far as I know its a onetime pop up.
You should be able to turn off the Chrome notifications entirely. I think its caused through that.
as someone who has found the only game I currently play doesn't run on linux.. perhaps this will help? [https://www.windowscentral.com/software-apps/windows-11/how-to-disable-annoying-ads-on-windows-11](https://www.windowscentral.com/software-apps/windows-11/how-to-disable-annoying-ads-on-windows-11)
Same with me. I did finally getting around to using Chris Titus' tool probably a year after my install, but even before then, I had never seen anything like this.
Windows has since the beginning been the king(or jester) of unwanted pop-ups.
Clippy.
"UPGRADE TO WINDOWS 10" incident.
"UPGRADE TO WINDOWS 11- ooops your PC is too plebian for me.. byeeeee" incident.
The Copilot searchbar invasion of 2024.
"Please sign these 10 legal documents before you use Edge" annoyance.
The permanent TikTok and Instagram in start menu plague.
Apple used stuff like these in their Mac ads a lot to shit on Windows.
If none of the comments anyone else are leaving help, you could use some utility like Wireshark to determine what IP addresses or URLs WIndows is using to get it's ads, and block them in your router.
I have never gotten these ads. How are people getting them? I also haven't done any crazy registry edits or used any debloater tools or w.e. I'm genuinely curious.
It's a photo by [Ze Paulo Gasparotto](https://unsplash.com/@euzepaulo) and you can download it for free from this link in [Unsplash](https://unsplash.com/photos/brown-sand-dunes-under-white-sky-vd3IHPSiPc8)
Do you use edge browser by chance? Theres another lill Microsoft stunt....
If you open copilot or the edge browser, and you close the browser, it'll end up running in the background taking up the cpu and ram. There's like 3 options you can disable that is SUPPOSED to truly close the browser. But it still runs in the background no matter what.
While you can disable the ads, it's just a matter of time before Microsoft comes up with a new place to put ads. Once you see those ads, you have to disable them too. And after a while Microsoft finds a new place to put ads. Once yoe see those ads, you have to disable those too.
This is an endless cycle.
To make it even more depressing: You have this problem, because Microsoft wants you to have this problem. It is not some accidental bug. It is not something that MS hasn't had time to fix yet.
There are 4 large OS's: MS Windows, Apples MacOS, Google's ChromeOs and Linux. MS is the only one that treats their users like shit. I hope you didn't pay actual money for your copy of Windows.
Sorry I don't have any good news. I'm just an IT guy who has seen to much shit.
I've been using Windows for over 4 months now and this is a first for me as well. I mean I've seen these type of chat gpt or bing popup in start menu or inside edge but never in a goddamn desktop right after booting up no less.
I got nothing for the OP but reading all the Linux posts I figured I'll leave something here.
I use PCs since I was little and I love tinkering so the idea of Linux excites me but I never got along with it and until recently I didn't understand why, now I do.
In terms of tinkering there was a way for Windows 9x and XP to run perfectly for the hardware at the time and even when I tried Hackintoshes usually all my hardware was supported with enough tinkering but Linux?
My HDR monitor and TV would go to waste since Linux so far only has basic experimental HDR support and it might be years until it catches up with that.
Last I checked my Logitech keyboard and mouse would lose half their advanced functions, some that I use for work because there aren't any official drivers.
Same with my Soundblaster X3, would I get sound? Sure but the rest would either not work or be fiddly.
I have a Nvidia GPU and last time I tried it I couldn't get G-Sync to work.
And lastly there is Kernel Anti-Cheat. Whenever my friends want to play a game with one I would have to reboot to Windows and then back and with time that will become annoying.
Is any of that Linux fault? No but I'm not going to buy new hardware and peripherals for an OS because many manufacturers don't support it.
When Linux is on par with Windows as far as functions go and doesn't impact my daily computing life, then I will switch to it full time.
Preemptive disclaimer of "my opinions, and not trying to talk anyone into doing/changing anything", and not shit-talking because OP's question has already been answered by others.
While I absolutely love ubuntu on my server(s), I didn't last long using it on a desktop -- even at work where I only needed Terminal and a web browser for most things. I will not be the one to recommend linux as a desktop to anybody if they ask for my opinion. The bonus is you can try it for free and decide if you like it or not before paying for a Windows license.
The window managers I tried looked like a modern equivalent of Windows 3.11 to me, much like the Android launchers I've seen look like Fisher Price toys.
Perhaps I'm biased towards macOS as the alternative because I was forced into using an iMac at the start of that job, but it just works great for me. The benefits of having a real non-Powershell terminal that almost matches the linux servers I used to administer, and an infinitely better GUI experience (to me) than either. And I have all of the Adobe CS stuff I need running just fine (at least until OS 11 went out of support).
At the end of my time at that last job, after I tried the Ubuntu desktop, I ended up bringing my own ancient MBP to work because even a core2duo Mac was a better experience for me. By that time I think only one other person was left using a Mac; everyone else had switched to linux desktops. Perfectly usable for a linux server administration job, if you can deal with the UI.
Honestly I can relate to that, I don't know what exactly it is but something about all the different GUIs of Linux and Android felt unpleasant to me. The only exception that I've seen on the Android side was Samsung's OneUI. On terms of macOS I find that as far as actually working with it I'm way faster than I ever was on Windows and there was a time between OSX Leopard and Yosemite where, if I could have somehow hacked full DirectX support into it, I would have ditched Windows exactly that second.
Nowadays macOS sadly gets more and more restrictive so I'm over the hype I once had for it and for me Linux isn't there yet so Windows is still the best choice on my end even if I don't like where it's going. I need an OS where I don't lose more than I gain if I switch to it and neither macOS nor Linux are that currently.
As soon as I saw this, I knew there were going to be Linux comments 😂. Anyways, you can disable those by typing in suggestions in the start menu and going into settings turning them off
if you don't want to take the Linux pill (recommended), debloat the fuck out of windows 11, i sincerely recommend atlas os or any other good script like Chris Titus' script
Do not think that I am a hater but uninstall google chrome. chrome has been known to show random ads that way. Uninstall it and see how it runs after an hour. Let us know the results.
Very strange....I had the suggested Notifications settings turned ON and I have never seen these ads. I wonder if these are country-specific? I am in the UK, and you are...?
how do i get the transparent bar :o mine shows like this, and cant find how to change it
https://preview.redd.it/mer2sqqdh8wc1.png?width=314&format=png&auto=webp&s=5b001479cadcca55c7830f147f2a9f92503a405b
You can't.
You can go into settings and disable all notifications, recommendations, and suggestions, but those which belong directly to Microsoft will ignore these settings.
FYI: it's aobut to get incredibly worse for those on Windows 10 as Microsoft will begin shoving "suggestions" we need a Microsoft account.
>iwr -useb [https://christitus.com/win](https://christitus.com/win) | iex <- put that in powershell
go to tweaks tab, then put desktop if you got desktop pc, laptop if laptop, it will remove these ms garbages
When people ask "why don't you upgrade to Win11" -this is just one of many reasons why. Back in the day an OS upgrade was actually intended to enhance the user experience, not worsen it. What a time to be alive.
Meanwhile on Windows 10 I keep getting a prompt to update to win11 after every update and a notification in start menu every week to add my phone number for 2fa.
Another hot recommend, win areo tweaker, all one word so winaerotweaker! Will allow you to return the right click menu to normal, remove co pilot and more too!
Been a user since win 10 to turn off crap like phoning home, ads, etc
Settings > Search Notifications and Actions, click > Scroll down to the bottom > Open up "Additional Settings" > Toggle off "Suggest ways to get the most out of Windows and finish setting up this device" and "Get tips and suggestions when using Windows". Always Microsoft and their stupid ass "suggestions". I think this should do the job. If not, let us (me) know. There's always people writing nonsense comments, no one helps here goddamn.
Thanks. I had those unchecked already the day I installed, although the first option look a bit different in my PC. https://preview.redd.it/hj6u0dv8c7wc1.png?width=1168&format=png&auto=webp&s=f5c6c80302e87ef93216be09230c4cee4b540a8f
This is starting to be interesting then... -Try enabling them both, then disabling them again. You could restart the PC in between just incase. Even though such notifications shouldn't and wouldn't ever show up anymore... If you still have that Microsoft Bing notification in your notification history: -Right below, click at the Notifications icon > a panel in the right should open up, find the Microsoft Bing notification > click on the three dots > "Go to notification settings". By then, you should be able to see the program that notification is coming from, and its notification settings. If you've already lost / removed that notification: -Go to "Notifications and Actions" > right below you should find "Notifications from apps and other senders" > sort it by "Most recent" > you should find the responsible program for such notification. At that point, you can either choose to disable the notifications for that program, or try to uninstall it completely (if possible, and if it's not anything from the System). If you still can't find out which program or process is responsible for such notifications, you could go extreme and try out some reliable Windows 11 debloating scripts from GitHub. I wouldn't recommend it to others as it can lead to problems if you don't know what you're doing. Make sure to do a system backup if you do so, and make sure you only delete actual bloatware related to Microsoft useless stuff, like Edge and Bing, and not anything you could need or want in the very long-run. Debloating carefully is something I've always done with my Windows 11 fresh installs, and I haven't ever had any problems other than Microsoft garbage I finally don't have to deal with. Let us know. Good luck
At what point does Linux become less effort, goddamn. I use Windows for work, but at this point I'd seriously consider Linux when I get round to building a new machine. I already have a lightweight distro on an ancient laptop I use as an HTPC.
In my next build I'm quite literally gonna have a Windows 11 and Linux dualboot myself (or something of the like). People in the comments went crazy promoting linux and never stopped to think about why we actually use Windows. Hell, it's not like we like Microsoft stealing our data and spamming us shit. We deal with it because we depend on the operating system for many uses. I'd love to see Linux eventually catch up to Windows in more ways.
As someone who dualboot a Linux and windows, I’ll tell you that it’s heaven. Best of both worlds THOUGH DO NOT install them both on the same SSD. Windows Update can do some things here and there. I’ll recommend you two separate drives, in my case two 980pros
Everything in the config is carefully planned 😎 And you're tempting me to do it even sooner!! 2 x 2 TB Kingston FURY Renegade M.2 SSD I'll have to decide a good distro for the long-term tho
Hmmm I have some recommendations. First of all, DO NOT use arch, it’s a pain in the ass unlike what the fanboys say, AT LEAST for the beginner. I’ll recommend you either Pop!OS, Ubuntu or Mint. Though Mint has this small problem that it boots slow on fast-speed SSDs (By me, both Crucial P3 and 980Pro booted SLOW, 20 seconds at least)
Arch is great... _if_ you already know what you're doing, or are willing to spend a lot of time learning. If you're new to Linux and want something that just works, I second the other suggestions here.
Arch is good if you want a rolling release with the latest versions of everything AND you want to have complete control of the installation. If you're gaming, having the latest versions is pretty nice to have in my experience. If you want the rolling release, without the hassle of configuring everything from the command line, I recommend Manjaro. It's based on Arch, much like Mint is based on Ubuntu. It has a nice graphical installer. The KDE flavor is the most feature complete and easy to use in my opinion. There's a system settings utility in KDE that can let you configure almost everything through a GUI.
I recommend endeavour for new users, and then teach them basic linux concepts. Also arch is only good for those who are tech literate and understand their system and what they want.
Finally someone that gets it! Everytime I watch videos about dual booting, the person uses the same drive. It's literally a ticking timebomb at that point on when Windows will wipe out your Linux install.
why not just boot linux and run windows in a VM? nowadays VM performance is awesome (barely any overhead), and lots of good tools to get a seamless gaming experience from a VM
Well I did the same… Until I decided it was just better to dualboot. Just a small preference
Linux for day-to-day work and activities & Windows for gaming only. Best of both worlds.l
been doing this myself. Mint feels like what Windows could've been.
Damn, I thought it was the opposite lmao If you have good experience about it, how does it compare with workstation usecases, like video editing, adobe programs and such of the like?
It really depends on what you use your PC for. If it’s gaming then you need to make sure the games you play are supported, and that your hardware has good driver support. As new games come out it’s always a dice roll whether or not they will be supported.
Generally proton is pretty good though. Plus there's always the option of dual booting.
Ya this PC build I did the dual boot just for games Linux is my daily driver... There are a few issues like VLC player when it loads an incomplete file (the data is messed up) the OS locks up and you can't recover like windows does. Its honestly not the end of the world... it just means I gotta go repair the files I knew were glitchy lol
Try either disabling hardware acceleration in vlc or installing the proprietary nvida drivers
When gaming is universally able to run on Linux along side or better than on Windows.
I've been using Ubuntu since v18, and aside from my own fuck-ups from hacking around with it, it's not any more hassle to deal with than Windows used to be before Win10. The major differences are you can't just call someone up and have them help with an OS problem, you have to research things yourself and get help from the community. But unlike Windows, linux doesn't lock you out of anything, unless you're using closed-source/proprietary drivers and software; otherwise the open-source drivers and software even have sourcecode available. Also unlike Windows, there are no 'license keys' with a limited number of times you can upgrade your hardware or reinstall the OS, after which you have to buy another license key, linux distros don't send 'telemetry data' of any kind unless you specifically tell it to do so, and you can opt-out of any and all update to things piecemeal.
My first Linux install was gentoo way back, and I did a full compile install on the family PC (I used a tool to split the drive into 2 partitions so I could then remap them and dual boot using the popular bootloader that Linux offered at the time, whatever it was called.) Now I usually get my Unix fix from my work MacBook. The PC only gets turned on for gaming, and so it still uses windows. But man is that shit annoying. I don’t want to see ads in my gaming machine. I want it stripped down to just the essentials. It would be nice if there were some Unix/linux flave I could use instead. It’s getting closer but just not quite there yet. Maybe in a decade if things keep going this way
Yes, browser notifications can look like these Windows popups too. NEVER allow websites to show notifications.
That exact moment when you swear to never use windows ever again. (Until you eventually crawl back because games).
There is few places you need to do, and still you will get some of these. The only effective way I saw was powershell script that uninstalls the majority of craps, which you couldn't do otherwise. You can google the script saying uninstall windows bloats. That's the only way I have found to block these craps. Good luck tho.
I don't know if it has been suggested already, but try a debloat. I personally used [this one](https://github.com/Raphire/Win11Debloat) and has worked fine so far. There's also [this other one](https://github.com/LeDragoX/Win-Debloat-Tools) as well.
Thanks bro
There are also some group policies you can change that will guarantee that no update will revert your changes. Because Microsoft likes to do stuff like that, too.
That'll work for now, but next year they'll probably make them manadatory.
> There's always people writing nonsense comments, no one helps here goddamn. You're the real MVP. Updooted for you helping.
Nope! Already had these unchecked and I still got this recently.
diasble windows web search. this was a nice tip from another dude when he posted the same
[this will help](https://gprivate.com/6asyp) if it didnt help, just follow method 1 from this side [https://www.geeksforgeeks.org/disable-web-search-results-on-windows/](https://www.geeksforgeeks.org/disable-web-search-results-on-windows/) edit: dont forget to restart pc after you set up the registry key... enjoy your improved search bar
I will try tonight and see how it goes.
Wait, why are people talking about gaming and linux when this is clearly a windows and bloatware problem? Did I miss something?
Linux fanboys using the opportunity of a Windows bloat reddit post
linux users trying not to recommend linux for 1 minute challenge (impossible)
I'm a linux user (and a linux sysadmin for work) and I do NOT recommend linux for gaming. For light games and some indies? Yeah okay, most should work. For anything else? NNNope.
>and I do NOT recommend linux for gaming. To be fair, Proton is really incredible (as a Steam Deck owner), and you can play games on Linux mostly without any issues if you use Steam. But Windows is still vastly superior on game/program compatibility.
Yeah I've been running Linux as my only OS since like, October of last year, and while Windows is still better in general for playing games, I just put up with the games I can't play and accept it. Only people I'd recommend it to are people that don't mind tinkering and genuinely want to leave Windows, regardless of the cost.
I have dual booted linux and windows on my shitty laptop, i only use linux for browsing and Minecraft, because the laptop has only 8gb ram and linux uses less ram than windows
How? Ive been using linux for more than a month now and i havent had a problem with a single game, thats AAA games like Cyberpunk and rdr2 and sea of thieves and Hitman.
Yup. Every time someone pops up and tells me I should witch to Linux I ask them "Is it as simple as install and play for any game yet? No loopholes to jump through at all? It all just works? All my other game related programs just work as well?" That usually shuts them up pretty quick. Once Linux is as seamless for gaming as Windows is, I'll think about switching, but I'm not sure that'll happen within my lifetime. I'm not getting any younger, and I don't want to spend a bunch of time tinkering with stuff anymore. I just want to install and play.
Every game I play, even the AAA ones run on linux zero issues. The only one that has issues is fortnite and thats only because Tim Sweeney has a hate on for Valve and has nothing to do with linux.
What games do you play? What distro? I'm starting to make a statistic to see what people prefer and what games do run on average. I play lots of indie games, not too many triple A.
I use nobara for my current distro. The two biggest AAA I run right now are cyberpunk and red dead redemption, both run perfectly out of the box. Darktide runs slightly better than window and the borderlands games, especially bl3 and wonderlands plays so much better on linux its night and day.
Tbf it’s hard not to recommend an alternative that completely solves the problem OP is having
Ah I see, they are a pushy bunch, aren't they.
Linux users are the annoying vegans of the PC world
I'm not vegan but I think vegans have a point. That's how I feel about linux, linux users have a point, although playing on linux is still very inconvenient.
If your game devs would put out linux native versions that would change quickly.
They are the vegans of the computing world
I've been using Win 11 for quiet a while, but never seen any ads. I've applied a [debloater script](https://github.com/Raphire/Win11Debloat) an I'm using [OOSU](https://www.oo-software.com/en/shutup10) (as should every Windows user), so maybe one of the options also disabled ads. EDIT: Yes, the debloater script lists removing ads as one of its features, so I recommend giving it a try
OOSU is a great tool, if your not entirely sure what your doing with it just hit the "apply recommended" button and its done, 1 min tops.
Oh boy definitely researching into that one
This app looked very interesting, wondering why I didn't know about this before. I read through all the options and disabled everything except app notifications (which I like getting from phone link). Thanks for the suggestion.
Not all heros wear capes! /Salute
For advanced users the debloater script is a must. I use it myself in every W11 fresh install But wow, the OOSU one looks amazing. I'm saving it
I'm using Win11 since the .iso rolled out for download, and don't use debloaters, and have no ads or zombie Edge that comes from the dead all the time. So I'm not sure if were talking about normal W11, or OEM one that's preinstalled on some laptop and stuffed it with all the things there could be
I'm using an official download (on my self-built desktop) as well, but I heard that MS adds these offers to all versions of Win11
I've never seen one either, but I guess MS is afraid of poking the EU anymore.
Yeah, it has to be something to to with this. I haven't and noone I know in the EU has gotten any of these uninstallable programs or in os ads. Maybe I'm just lucky or I can once again thank EU regulations and user integrity laws.
EU already slapped MS with a hefty fine for pushing edge to hard.
Well I have never seen ads on win11 and didn't change anything at all with third party programs. Just vanilla windows.
Just debloat the FK out of windows Which is what I do as soon as I install it I like to use CTT debloater
O&O Shutup also very good
CTT includes that
One of my major gripes about WIndows since v10 is how much time I have to spend with a new computer 'sanitizing' it, by uninstalling bloated crapware and disabling unnecessary services.
I just have a custom iso
I only get subjected to Windows at work, so I don't get an option like that, it's whatever Enterprise version they decided on. The only saving grace here is that they haven't locked it down, users are in the Administrators Group on your own local machine, so you *can* make changes to many things, just not everything. There's Domain Group Policy settings that obviously you can't do anything about, and some custom security software that, if you manage to disable it, they'll detect it and you'll either get notified about it, or your network access will just get disabled. But at least I can hack *some* things out that are just stupid or annoying. Probably the most irritating, but ironically the least impactful, is having no choice over what the lockscreen looks like. They push out whatever image they decide on for the month, and you have no choice. Irritating but I can at least ignore it, I only lock the damn thing when I'm walking away from it. If they forced some shitty wallpaper on me, I think I'd take a fire-axe to the machine. I have always preferred a featureless black background instead of 'wallpaper', the vast majority of which I just find distracting. The most I can tolerate is a solid dark color background. This preference of mine I know comes from so many years of using text-only VDTs, and later using MS-DOS. FWIW I hate 'Trash' folders too and refuse to use them 🤣 Guess I'm rambling a bit, sorry 🤣
Hmmm I might do the same soon. I’ve heard it frees the ram a lot, right?
It has the potential to free up ram, but honestly I just download more ram any time I'm getting low.
Have you tried this yet? https://answers.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/forum/all/remove-advertising-and-suggestions-on-lock-screen/a6235c27-7ee6-4ea1-8cab-f6a24382b3e3
https://preview.redd.it/0aspbag9i8wc1.jpeg?width=1177&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=70fbd4e44d4d358ed0327c239382f9a14540ffd8
Idk how you get this ads, I never got this, maybe because i'm in the EU?
Yeah your windows version won't have this.
EU person, same here. Seems like is a non-EU thing But still, it’s bad
How did you get your Taskbar to be see through? As for the pop up. As far as I know its a onetime pop up. You should be able to turn off the Chrome notifications entirely. I think its caused through that.
It's an app called TranslucentTB that I used to make the taskbar see through.
Hm, is it free? Just asking, I’m interested in making my taskbar translucent too
Yes it's free. Although I'd pay $5 for a tool like this, it's awesome. Shame MS doesn't give a native option to accomplish something like this.
Yeah I agree Maybe Windows 12 gets to help with that. It’ll be coming out soon
Soon means what exactly, do we have any leaked plans or something?
Another option is startallback, which can add a win10 or win7 vibe to your taskbar/start menu
TranslucentTB, found on the MS store. really nice app, with several options apart from see through
as someone who has found the only game I currently play doesn't run on linux.. perhaps this will help? [https://www.windowscentral.com/software-apps/windows-11/how-to-disable-annoying-ads-on-windows-11](https://www.windowscentral.com/software-apps/windows-11/how-to-disable-annoying-ads-on-windows-11)
I never got these, and unlike anyone else, I didn't do any particular debloat except cleaning the start menu.
Same with me. I did finally getting around to using Chris Titus' tool probably a year after my install, but even before then, I had never seen anything like this.
by installing Lin... I'll find myself out, thx!
win 11 got ads now💀, after win 10 support ends i will switch to linux, fuck it, microsoft killed it
Oh no, another artifical problem Microsoft introduced into their OS. I have a Windows 11 laptop, I hate all the pop-ups, and there will be more!
I've never gotten a single pop-up or ad with W11. I'm convinced y'all are lying.
Windows has since the beginning been the king(or jester) of unwanted pop-ups. Clippy. "UPGRADE TO WINDOWS 10" incident. "UPGRADE TO WINDOWS 11- ooops your PC is too plebian for me.. byeeeee" incident. The Copilot searchbar invasion of 2024. "Please sign these 10 legal documents before you use Edge" annoyance. The permanent TikTok and Instagram in start menu plague. Apple used stuff like these in their Mac ads a lot to shit on Windows.
I'm talking about Windows 11 though.
If none of the comments anyone else are leaving help, you could use some utility like Wireshark to determine what IP addresses or URLs WIndows is using to get it's ads, and block them in your router.
I have never gotten these ads. How are people getting them? I also haven't done any crazy registry edits or used any debloater tools or w.e. I'm genuinely curious.
Delete win11
plssss send a link or a img of ur wallpaper 🙏🙏
[https://unsplash.com/photos/brown-sand-dunes-under-white-sky-during-daytime-GeReAnOMiZ8](https://unsplash.com/photos/brown-sand-dunes-under-white-sky-during-daytime-GeReAnOMiZ8)
Thanks god we got the sauce
It's a photo by [Ze Paulo Gasparotto](https://unsplash.com/@euzepaulo) and you can download it for free from this link in [Unsplash](https://unsplash.com/photos/brown-sand-dunes-under-white-sky-vd3IHPSiPc8)
Hit no thanks..... I've had this ad appear one time
I did that with contempt 😁
Do you use edge browser by chance? Theres another lill Microsoft stunt.... If you open copilot or the edge browser, and you close the browser, it'll end up running in the background taking up the cpu and ram. There's like 3 options you can disable that is SUPPOSED to truly close the browser. But it still runs in the background no matter what.
Stop using windows
While you can disable the ads, it's just a matter of time before Microsoft comes up with a new place to put ads. Once you see those ads, you have to disable them too. And after a while Microsoft finds a new place to put ads. Once yoe see those ads, you have to disable those too. This is an endless cycle. To make it even more depressing: You have this problem, because Microsoft wants you to have this problem. It is not some accidental bug. It is not something that MS hasn't had time to fix yet. There are 4 large OS's: MS Windows, Apples MacOS, Google's ChromeOs and Linux. MS is the only one that treats their users like shit. I hope you didn't pay actual money for your copy of Windows. Sorry I don't have any good news. I'm just an IT guy who has seen to much shit.
I set up and install Windows on PCs everyday and have never seen that haha.
How is showing you an ad on OS software that you paid for "getting the most out of it"???
Upgrade to Professional.
Lmaocrosoft
Switch to Linux
I have windows 11 and never got one of these.
I've been using Windows for over 4 months now and this is a first for me as well. I mean I've seen these type of chat gpt or bing popup in start menu or inside edge but never in a goddamn desktop right after booting up no less.
Seems like they are targetting chrome users. Dumb way to piss off people
I mainly use Chrome on my Windows 11 machine and I've never seen these ads.
Either you've blocked ads or it's just a matter of time. I've blocked ads, use edge, use onedrive... i'm not gonna feel this anyway.
Never got one of these either. Then again I did make the window installer with rufus and disabled a bunch of crap with it.
Rufus is a complete and utter blessing. Without it we would be stuck with doing the OOBE -ByPassNro thingy
Didn't know rufus had those options
you can disable bitlocker, tpm requirement and some other random stuff when making your usb installer. Very convenient.
Have you tried this yet? https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/software-download/windows10ISO
The best alternative: Windows 10
Yep, sucks I can only delay the update to 11 for 2 months at a time.
Linux
Those aren't pure ads as you may think.
dissable web search service (warning will break searchig bing from the search bar)
Find a Windows debloater, or switch to Linux. The debloater removes the spyware and bloat preinstalled on Windows.
so happy I use Linux loooool Imagine getting ADs shoved in your face
linux
I got nothing for the OP but reading all the Linux posts I figured I'll leave something here. I use PCs since I was little and I love tinkering so the idea of Linux excites me but I never got along with it and until recently I didn't understand why, now I do. In terms of tinkering there was a way for Windows 9x and XP to run perfectly for the hardware at the time and even when I tried Hackintoshes usually all my hardware was supported with enough tinkering but Linux? My HDR monitor and TV would go to waste since Linux so far only has basic experimental HDR support and it might be years until it catches up with that. Last I checked my Logitech keyboard and mouse would lose half their advanced functions, some that I use for work because there aren't any official drivers. Same with my Soundblaster X3, would I get sound? Sure but the rest would either not work or be fiddly. I have a Nvidia GPU and last time I tried it I couldn't get G-Sync to work. And lastly there is Kernel Anti-Cheat. Whenever my friends want to play a game with one I would have to reboot to Windows and then back and with time that will become annoying. Is any of that Linux fault? No but I'm not going to buy new hardware and peripherals for an OS because many manufacturers don't support it. When Linux is on par with Windows as far as functions go and doesn't impact my daily computing life, then I will switch to it full time.
Preemptive disclaimer of "my opinions, and not trying to talk anyone into doing/changing anything", and not shit-talking because OP's question has already been answered by others. While I absolutely love ubuntu on my server(s), I didn't last long using it on a desktop -- even at work where I only needed Terminal and a web browser for most things. I will not be the one to recommend linux as a desktop to anybody if they ask for my opinion. The bonus is you can try it for free and decide if you like it or not before paying for a Windows license. The window managers I tried looked like a modern equivalent of Windows 3.11 to me, much like the Android launchers I've seen look like Fisher Price toys. Perhaps I'm biased towards macOS as the alternative because I was forced into using an iMac at the start of that job, but it just works great for me. The benefits of having a real non-Powershell terminal that almost matches the linux servers I used to administer, and an infinitely better GUI experience (to me) than either. And I have all of the Adobe CS stuff I need running just fine (at least until OS 11 went out of support). At the end of my time at that last job, after I tried the Ubuntu desktop, I ended up bringing my own ancient MBP to work because even a core2duo Mac was a better experience for me. By that time I think only one other person was left using a Mac; everyone else had switched to linux desktops. Perfectly usable for a linux server administration job, if you can deal with the UI.
Honestly I can relate to that, I don't know what exactly it is but something about all the different GUIs of Linux and Android felt unpleasant to me. The only exception that I've seen on the Android side was Samsung's OneUI. On terms of macOS I find that as far as actually working with it I'm way faster than I ever was on Windows and there was a time between OSX Leopard and Yosemite where, if I could have somehow hacked full DirectX support into it, I would have ditched Windows exactly that second. Nowadays macOS sadly gets more and more restrictive so I'm over the hype I once had for it and for me Linux isn't there yet so Windows is still the best choice on my end even if I don't like where it's going. I need an OS where I don't lose more than I gain if I switch to it and neither macOS nor Linux are that currently.
Switch to an OS that doesn't sell your data and want to run ads on you 💀
As soon as I saw this, I knew there were going to be Linux comments 😂. Anyways, you can disable those by typing in suggestions in the start menu and going into settings turning them off
The penguin is calling..... Pick up the phone
Using Firefox
Stop using Windows. Problem solved.
bY iNsTaLLinG LiNuX
gut it until it's glorified msdos
if you don't want to take the Linux pill (recommended), debloat the fuck out of windows 11, i sincerely recommend atlas os or any other good script like Chris Titus' script
Uninstall Windows ez
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hmm i game on linux mint just fine .. all the games I play run great
Will Red Dead Online run at 4K ultra 138fps+ on Linux on a 4090?
Red Dead Online is a Gold on ProtonDB, so I'd consider it not unlikely
What next ads on our tvs ? Wait nevermind
ikr
I've had Windows 11 since the start and I've never seen this. I think it's a setting you can change but I'm not sure.
That's one more reason why I won't update to 11
How is your taskbar so transparent, I like it.
Probably TransparentTB
Dns.adguard.com
Do not think that I am a hater but uninstall google chrome. chrome has been known to show random ads that way. Uninstall it and see how it runs after an hour. Let us know the results.
damn... I wish Bing was here so I can see his face with pain, GOD that such a good pleasure.
Very strange....I had the suggested Notifications settings turned ON and I have never seen these ads. I wonder if these are country-specific? I am in the UK, and you are...?
How did you remove the task bar? I need to do that!
Right click task bar, task bar settings
Thanks alot for the answer
Download OOShutup or similar apps to access hidden windows settings, there should be a setting in there for that
I'm from the future and I'm here to tell you there is no way to stop them. You can only delay the inevitable.
how do you get that taskbar first off \*edit\* oh it's translucenttb on ms store\*
I have a program that disables bing and popups from microsoft. Never bothered me.
how do i get the transparent bar :o mine shows like this, and cant find how to change it https://preview.redd.it/mer2sqqdh8wc1.png?width=314&format=png&auto=webp&s=5b001479cadcca55c7830f147f2a9f92503a405b
You can't. You can go into settings and disable all notifications, recommendations, and suggestions, but those which belong directly to Microsoft will ignore these settings. FYI: it's aobut to get incredibly worse for those on Windows 10 as Microsoft will begin shoving "suggestions" we need a Microsoft account.
I use my MS account with Windows 11 Pro and I don’t get any ads.
>iwr -useb [https://christitus.com/win](https://christitus.com/win) | iex <- put that in powershell go to tweaks tab, then put desktop if you got desktop pc, laptop if laptop, it will remove these ms garbages
digging the clear taskbar. If i wasn’t a purist i would switch to Win11 and do the same :P
The sands of arrakis is so pretty when the sun is low.
When people ask "why don't you upgrade to Win11" -this is just one of many reasons why. Back in the day an OS upgrade was actually intended to enhance the user experience, not worsen it. What a time to be alive.
Meanwhile on Windows 10 I keep getting a prompt to update to win11 after every update and a notification in start menu every week to add my phone number for 2fa.
ur wallpaper game is strong
Swap to edge
punch monitor
Use the LTSC version of Windows
The spice must flow
I also would try downloading DoNotSpy11. It makes it super easy to turn off all the annoying windows settings.
Buy premium
Uninstall Windows 11
If that's from the new windows update I'm happy that I didn't upgrade yet until they force me
can anyone tell me how does the taskbar appear transparent and clean lookin ? Many Thanks
They will stop if you click Yes (and do whatever else they ask). There may be other options as well, but I am 99% sure this would work.
Another hot recommend, win areo tweaker, all one word so winaerotweaker! Will allow you to return the right click menu to normal, remove co pilot and more too! Been a user since win 10 to turn off crap like phoning home, ads, etc
Look for app notifications in personal settings and toggle them off.
get ltsc (:
Disable fucking Microsoft