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[–] Ozzy@lemmy.ml 2 points 1 year ago

Not a solution since I don't use w11 but whatever solution you find, it's most likely going to get reverted after a update since Microsoft, hooray!

But as others suggested maybe try ShutUp10, not sure if it has a fix for this but try your luck I guess

[–] Rooty@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago

Can we make a windows tech support community? I'm really sick of people barging in and asking to fix their anti-consumer spyware OS.

[–] fox2263@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago

Submit 🤣

[–] rockhandle@lemm.ee 2 points 1 year ago

I've never seen this appear. Is this in chrome? Anyway, like some people here have suggested, you can use a debloater script or something similar. I personally use O&O Shutup10. Hopefully enabling some options in there would work. Or you could just accept it and then change your search engine back to whatever you use lol.

[–] DingoBilly@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago

Do you just need an adblock extension on chrome? Should be an easy fix. Or the O&O shutup program may work as well, have used that in the past effectively.

I use Chrome on Windows and have never seen this, or at least, not for years so hard to know where the setting is to disable exactly.

Lol @ the responses saying to switch OS. Such extreme views.

[–] iHUNTcriminals@lemm.ee 1 points 1 year ago
[–] Rayuza@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago

Imagine earning imaginary points just to use their browser

[–] InvaderDJ@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago

Where/when does this popup come up? Is it in your browser, is it a Windows notification?

The most recent time I think I saw this was the latest Windows 11 update, but you can just click No and it goes away. Microsoft is being annoying persistent about getting people to use Bing now because of ChatGPT and Edge though. Hopefully there is a limit, if not the annoying Linux recommendations might actually start to have some merit.

[–] UsernameNotFound@lemm.ee 1 points 1 year ago

I also got it today after a win 11 security update

As others have said, there's going to be some registry setting you can change to negate this. Short term, this should work, but may need to be repeated if any updates revert the change.

The long term solution is to just stop using Windows, because it's clear Microsoft is intent on turning it into a bloated, ad-infested piece of trash.

Windows 7 (or arguably XP) was the last decent version of Windows, in my opinion. Once I saw what was coming next, I started dabbling in Linux. Now I use Linux most of the time. It's definitely a big change, and there's a lot of new stuff to learn, but I love having an operating system that doesn't look like a corporate junk mailer pamphlet.

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