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Churbleyimyam ,

I have to use windows at work, which is the absolute worst place for it. When I’m busy and trying to keep up with getting shit done it makes me really stressed out having get past all these popups, which always seem to happen at the worst possible moment.

It feels like I’m in Takeshi’s Castle or something.

https://lemm.ee/pictrs/image/6a39ec23-bb71-4b22-8a80-e398d8916b98.webp

SpikesOtherDog ,

It’s alarm fatigue. At some point you don’t know what is important any longer, so you either click on everything or nothing.

Churbleyimyam ,

Yeah. Someone needs to make a ublock origin zapper for the windows operating system. If I could do something like alt-click any object and make it instantly fuck off out of the computer I could get more work done and be more patient with my customers.

Ultimately my boss is paying microsoft for their bloatware once when he pays for his windows licence and again when I have to bat it away on the clock before I can do my work.

SpikesOtherDog ,

I know it’s not your job, but you can do the following: Disable widgets/news and weather Disable notifications from anything but Microsoft and business-oriented software such as your anti virus Disable notifications from websites Unpin unnecessary items from the start Stop unnecessary items from starting up in task Manager That handles most of it.

I also like to reset the task bar back to the classic look, remove the search bar, Windows store, and task view button.

OsrsNeedsF2P ,

Respondus used to work on Linux. Maybe reach out to their support? It involves copying a DLL somewhere and using Wine, but that’s how I did my exams

MrSoup ,

Why don’t you use a debloat script?
I’ve used one of those twice on different pc I’ve configured (for two friends), and it is pretty slick.

AresUII OP ,

What do I add to my batch file to turn off this popup?

MrSoup ,

I don’t know the batch command, I’ve used a tool from github (since I’m not good at Windows): github.com/LeDragoX/Win-Debloat-Tools

Kolanaki ,
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I have the notification system completely disabled through the group policy manager and I still get certain notifications once in a while after an update. And yesterday when I turned on my PC, it had added their bullshit Copilot AI to the bottom right of the taskbar which had its own notifications. 😡

BreakDecks ,

Can’t wait to graduate so I don’t have to run Respondus and keep dealing with this crap.

Install it on ReactOS, lol.

grandel ,

I’m currently running AtlasOS for the first time

Socsa ,

Find the binary which produces the prompt and remove the execute permissions.

CileTheSane ,
@CileTheSane@lemmy.ca avatar

So user friendly!

AresUII OP ,

It’s the start menu

viking ,
@viking@infosec.pub avatar

Are you using a vpn? I’m setting mine to always use the same server, and now it doesn’t bug me anymore.

umbrella , (edited )
@umbrella@lemmy.ml avatar

if your workload works on linux id recommend it, im not aware of any distro that pulls that bullshit.

e: i love how controversial this simple suggestion is

lseif ,

the post states that op needs to run Respondus, which is proprietery spyware anti-cheat for school tests (doesnt run on linux)

umbrella ,
@umbrella@lemmy.ml avatar

ew.

my condolences to OP.

lseif ,

i can confirm: ew is correct. it has admin priviledges and literally scans all running programs and captures every key press. u cant even ctrl+alt+del without it reporting it and closing itself.

it seems ironic to require cyber security students to install windows and respondus just to pass the course…

rickrolled767 ,

I just graduated with my degree in CSEC and, while my college luckily never had us do that, I know at least 10 people who would have found a way to trick it somehow into reporting false data

DriftinGrifter ,

Does running it in a sandboxes VM work?

spatialdestiny ,

I’m sure it can tell that the hardware it’s on or drivers being used is virtualized.

But unless it’s using your webcam to track your eye movements or you’re in a supervised space, you could use your phone or second computer.

lseif ,

i’ve heard that too. there may be ways to spoof baremetal, but you’ll probably get in some trouble if its found out. i personally havent had to use the webcam (yet)

lastunusedusername2 ,

Haha, where’s that guy who said he never sees “you should use linux” comments on Lemmy?

Dicska ,

It’s crazy how I know which comment you meant. Lemmy still feels more like living in a small village where everyone knows everyone. Or it was just pure coincidence, who knows.

thawed_caveman ,

This is a thing that annoys me and it’s not just Microsoft doing this: there’s never a “No” button, it’s always “Not now” or “Maybe later”. As if i’m going to reconsider. As if it’s an honest offer worth thinking about and not a pop-up.

towerful ,

I guess “no” implies “this is your only chance to permanently decide”.
“Remind me later” is obviously going to be an annoying reminder.
“Maybe later” or “Not now” indicates it can be changed later, but might also come with annoying reminders.

MonkeMischief ,

It’s like an annoying kiosk salesman at the mall but he’ll show up in your livingroom when you least expect it.

FiniteBanjo ,

If anything, I’m even further disincentivised to log in if they’re threatening to remotely copy my hard drive. That just sounds like a scam.

Pro Tip: You can create a local only account on a New PC as long as you skip connecting to wifi during setup.

KISSmyOS ,

With the current Windows 11 installer this doesn’t work anymore.
But you can download the ISO, use Rufus to create a USB boot stick and disable all the requirements (account, RAM, TPM, CPU generation) in Rufus’ options. Also lets you auto-deny all telemetry options and create a user account without prompting.

FiniteBanjo ,

Why would you want Windows 11? Great tips, though.

KISSmyOS ,

Because Windows 10 Support runs out next year.

PrettyFlyForAFatGuy ,

sounds like a great opportunity to abandon windows entirely

Resol ,
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Quite a lot of people in my country still use Windows 7, even 4 whole years after support ended, they really don’t wanna give it up.

I wonder if the same will be true for Windows 10.

CosmicCleric ,
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They should rename “remind me later” to “nag me later”.

themeatbridge ,

In the history of pop-ups, I’ve never wanted to be reminded later.

BigMikeInAustin ,

This is what life is like for women. So many men are taught to not take “no” for an answer, and just keep pressuring her, waiting for her to wear down and give in.

kureta ,

Also the story of almost all Hollywood romcoms.

IoSapsai ,

Removing all the popups at work about scheduled updates, news, ads in a workplace with 8 desktops and zero people who speak English is my favourite past time. Thanks Microsoft.

Also that post prompted me to remove windows from all my devices that still run it. Not that I didn’t think of it yesterday.

I’m familiar with debian-based Linux distros and run Xubuntu on my travel laptop. It occasionally freezes and needs a forced reboot but otherwise runs ok. Any suggestions on what to install on this more powerful one? I use it for gaming but play older games.

nakura ,
@nakura@lemmy.world avatar

I really enjoy Linux Mint and it is what I have been using for a while. Maybe give that a try if you have not already? If you want something with more up to date features and packages, maybe try Fedora. I have not really used it personally, but I am thinking of giving it a spin on one of my machines and seeing if I like it.

IoSapsai ,

I used linux mint long ago. My biggest worry about a linux system is my Nvidia card.

Itsamelemmy ,

I recently put endeavouros on my laptop. Taking a bit to unlearn apt but it’s been running flawless with Nvidia so far. PopOS also supposedly just works with Nvidia as well.

MonkeMischief ,

Someone mentioned EndeavourOS. Really enjoy it for sure but it’s still Arch at heart for better and worse. You can follow a simple guide to install it with BTRFS and get system snapshots though! :)

On my main 3D art rig I’m using OpenSUSE Tumbleweed for years and loving it. Great sane security defaults, up to date packages, but they go through a bit of testing so for a rolling release it’s shockingly stable. I actually quite enjoy Zypper.

If something borks? A rollback option is right there in GRUB.

Steam works just fine and I’d also recommend (on any distro) Heroic Launcher for your non-Steam stuff. Especially since GoG seems to not care much about us penguin people much at all. -_-

If you use KDE, both distros are going through some minor growing pains with Wayland at the moment, but it’s getting much better very quickly. X11 is still an option, of course.

I run Endeavour on my laptop and OpenSUSE on my desktop…and…you might wanna be sitting down for this:

…Both have Nvidia.

It could be better but it’s a million times better than it used to be! Installs straight from repo. Only little issues I really have are Wayland-related.

BigMikeInAustin ,

It occasionally freezes and needs a forced reboot

So, it runs at least as well as Windows?

demosthememes ,

Pop-Os is a good fit if you’re already familiar with Debian & do light gaming - especially on NVIDIA cards. It just works.

IoSapsai ,

I backed up my data and downloaded the iso before going to work, once I get home I’ll give it a shot.

I just want my computer to do what it’s told. Putting it to sleep and turning the mouse off doesn’t mean it should wake up, download and apply updates and remain awake only for me to find the search bar appeared again and a big red dot telling me what the former orange president of a country one continent and an ocean away said about something.

lemmytellyousomething ,

I got a BACK UP WITH ONE DRIVE window yesterday on my Windows 10 PC, but it had an option to remind me again in 1 year…

Probably, because I’m from the EU…

SendMePhotos ,

I use onedrive for school and work. I think it does its job.

BigMikeInAustin ,

OneDrive does work for many people. But not everyone wants it. They might have other tools, not have reliable internet, or just not want it. That’s doesn’t mean Windows should keep pestering.

lemmytellyousomething ,

I’m sure, it does…

But I prefer storing my personal data locally, e.g. in a nextcloud or Synology.

I’m using my private Windows PC only once a year anyway…

atrielienz ,

Meanwhile I’ve been trying to turn off all the news, bing smart AI, and BS popups in windows 11 on the computers where we clock in for weeks. No such luck.

NoFun4You ,

Sounds like a waste of time and effort lol

atrielienz ,

I’m the one who has to deal with these popup every time I login in order to clock in on time. Worth it to me, but perhaps not to everyone.

min_fapper ,

They ship a version of Windows 10 without any of those included. It’s called Windows 10 LTSC (Long Term Support Channel).

Try installing that to never be bothered again.

atrielienz ,

I am not the network/sys admin so I can’t but I will pass it along to them. Thank you. What’s funny is we use windows ten for our work laptops because of some software and I don’t have this problem with those. Just the desktops where we clock in and out and do online training.

IoSapsai ,

My coworker opened edge when they added the new ai bullshit and thought the desktop was infected by a virus and started panicking.

mightyfoolish ,

At this point the EU should just set a timer for complaining that Microsoft uses Windows’ large market share to force services on their users. I do like efficient governments.

Aatube ,

EU has, so Microsoft basically made an EU version

BehindTheBarrier ,

Every time you open anything in office applications you get these small pop-ups

  • See what changes others did?
  • We added a new feature, do you want to see it?
gorysubparbagel ,

Oh my god those popups for new features drive me insane. Yes teams, I know I can do account switching now because you’ve told me the last 10 times I opened the app.

Stretch2m ,

How about Roku’s “Consent or we brick your TV?”

I_Miss_Daniel ,

… Hide all notifications from OneDrive.

That shut up the ‘backup’ prompt.

elvith ,

It gets better if you backup and then get the prompt again after the next feature update of windows - because you get asked again and if you click on it will do a second backup which means that now all files are twice in your OneDrive, then three times, then four times, then… a reminder to upgrade OneDrive further as your storage is full.

I had to clean up this less more than once now for people and even witnessed it live after doing the upgrade for them sigh

AresUII OP ,

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