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Windows 11 is now an ad platform--this is why we're here (www.ghacks.net)

submitted 5 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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The writing is on the wall--I suspect the next Windows OS will be a subscription service. Gather your ISOs while ye may.

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[–] [email protected] 10 points 5 months ago (12 children)

Honestly, kinda glad that my win10 PC “doesn’t have the specs” to run win11. Stupid, because I’m running an 18-core Xeon w/ 128 gigs of ram and a 2070 super, but of course the stupid TPM chip. But oh well, guess I won’t be able to get ads on my own product.

The bummer is I’ll likely need to install it on something because I occasionally need to go back to windows to use certain programs… maybe someday wine will work well enough to actually use reliably…

[–] [email protected] 3 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago) (1 children)

Get LTSC and run the MS scripts to permanently license it.

I'll drop links in a bit - on phone atm.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 5 months ago (1 children)

I have LTSC 2021 officially (MSDN) and I have to say I'm not very impressed. You still can't turn off the telemetry crap. There is still a windows store. There's a bit less bundled scamware but beside that it's a bit overrated IMO.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 5 months ago (1 children)

Group Policy.

Enterprises can't allow such external accesses/data for security and compliance issues (depending on the industry).

Via GP, all that can be disabled.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 5 months ago

Even all the telemetry?

I really hate dealing with group policies (and I work in enterprise endpoint management, I prefer more modern management). AD/Group policies can only be updated on site or VPN, and they're only really instructions for registry settings anyway.

But I'll try that out. I don't have a windows server though, nor do I want one. But I guess I could use gpedit.

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