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I had a note about office upgrade show up last week. Clicked "don't remind me" or something and it hasn't shown up again. Is that the "ads" people are upset with?
There are two kinds of people in the world: those who can extrapolate from incomplete data.
There are only 10 types of people in the world, those who understand binary and those who don't.
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Could be. I have no idea what people are crapping themselves about anyways.
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I believe there is a setting to turn it on/off.
I don't have the tabletted style, so I'm fine without it.
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There was a setting. It's changed so you can only choose relevant or irrelevant ads 
Now is it bad enough that you let somebody else kick your butts without you trying to do it to each other? Now if we're all talking about the same man, and I think we are... it appears he's got a rather growing collection of our bikes.
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My personal approach to this was throwing the tiles out from the start menu altogether.
Either I want a file and use [Windows] + [E] and browse to it.
Or I want to start a program and hit [Windows] and start typing, e.g. 'Visual' and then hit [Enter].
No need for a start menu, apart from the search. For me at least.
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The search box is where I've seen "suggested apps". Previous versions of Windows 10 allowed me to hide them, but I think that option has gone in this latest version.
Now is it bad enough that you let somebody else kick your butts without you trying to do it to each other? Now if we're all talking about the same man, and I think we are... it appears he's got a rather growing collection of our bikes.
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Brent Jenkins wrote: Previous versions of Windows 10 allowed me to hide them, but I think that option has gone in this latest version.
Could be - Seems like I completely overlooked that until today.
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It's not a deal-breaker for me just yet.. depends how much they use it once they've got more convertees on board 
Now is it bad enough that you let somebody else kick your butts without you trying to do it to each other? Now if we're all talking about the same man, and I think we are... it appears he's got a rather growing collection of our bikes.
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I thought they put the ads in the play-school block things,
so few (normal users) would see them.
Sin tack
the any key okay
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No idea.
There are two kinds of people in the world: those who can extrapolate from incomplete data.
There are only 10 types of people in the world, those who understand binary and those who don't.
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I normally see them when I hit the Windows key and start typing the name of the app I want to use - there are usually suggested apps. Previously you could turn them off, not but it looks like you can't any more.
I think once the Creator Update is pushed out to everyone, you'll see what I mean.
Now is it bad enough that you let somebody else kick your butts without you trying to do it to each other? Now if we're all talking about the same man, and I think we are... it appears he's got a rather growing collection of our bikes.
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I've personally seen this one a few weeks ago, on a machine installed clean from an MSDN ISO. I don't know what you would call if it not an ad.
The "suggested" items that show up in the start menu are ads also. Not to mention the preloaded Candy Crush and Facebook tiles. And the "Get Office 365" nag.
I used to prefer installing Windows from MSDN ISOs rather than sticking with the preloaded OEM versions because of all the trialware you had to manually get rid of - pretty soon they'll be just as bad.
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Note to self: Read the whole thread before answering... we have said pretty much the same.
dandy72 wrote: I used to prefer installing Windows from MSDN ISOs
So do I, but not everyone are confident enough or have the needed "knowledge"
M.D.V. 
If something has a solution... Why do we have to worry about?. If it has no solution... For what reason do we have to worry about?
Help me to understand what I'm saying, and I'll explain it better to you
Rating helpful answers is nice, but saying thanks can be even nicer.
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I have several popups per day trying to convince me on... i.e. how good the Office 365 is
Note that I have not formated yet... OEM Laptop came with some preinstalled software (trial versions) that I have never started or activated but they won't stop saying how cool that feature or how easy is to activate or whatever...
I know... a format and a clean install will take it away, but people without enough confidence to do it has only two options... get pissed off by the damm annoying and often popups or pay and activate with the hope they will let him in peace.
M.D.V.
If something has a solution... Why do we have to worry about?. If it has no solution... For what reason do we have to worry about?
Help me to understand what I'm saying, and I'll explain it better to you
Rating helpful answers is nice, but saying thanks can be even nicer.
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Nelek wrote: I have several popups per day trying
I have 3 Win10 machines and that only happened on one of them and I think there was a "do not show again" type of checkbox because they went away pretty quickly.
There are two kinds of people in the world: those who can extrapolate from incomplete data.
There are only 10 types of people in the world, those who understand binary and those who don't.
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You guys are so silly.
#SupportHeForShe
Government can give you nothing but what it takes from somebody else. A government big enough to give you everything you want is big enough to take everything you've got, including your freedom.-Ezra Taft Benson
You must accept 1 of 2 basic premises: Either we are alone in the universe or we are not alone. Either way, the implications are staggering!-Wernher von Braun
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Brent Jenkins wrote: This is why I have Mac and Linux boxes as well
It's not like nobody from the Linux camp has ever tried to go down that path before...
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Yes, but it can be disabled..
Quote: However, you can easily disable the Amazon search results if you don’t want to see them, or if you’re concerned about the privacy implications.
Not so on Windows 10 Creator Update.
Now is it bad enough that you let somebody else kick your butts without you trying to do it to each other? Now if we're all talking about the same man, and I think we are... it appears he's got a rather growing collection of our bikes.
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Microsoft published a rather lengthy and technical description of the nature of the data when it's configured to only send basic data. I've read it; have you? And based on that, I'm not terribly concerned about Microsoft trying to build a user profile based on that information and selling it to third parties.
And I say that despite the built-in ads.
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I think you're missing the point. When I select "off" I expect it to be "off", not to be "only on a little bit".. 
Imagine if everything worked this way..
Now is it bad enough that you let somebody else kick your butts without you trying to do it to each other? Now if we're all talking about the same man, and I think we are... it appears he's got a rather growing collection of our bikes.
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So I've had this damn rabbit tied down on top of a few regular, a few dyed, and a few Cadbury Chocolate eggs for almost a week, now. How long will it take for something to happen?
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| "The difference between genius and stupidity is that genius has its limits." - Albert Einstein | | "If you are searching for perfection in others, then you seek disappointment. If you are seek perfection in yourself, then you will find failure." - Balboos HaGadol Mar 2010 |
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Until Christmas: Bunny Eggs take a long time to mature.
You are feeding the rabbit bacon sandwiches to help speed up the process, I assume?
Bad command or file name. Bad, bad command! Sit! Stay! Staaaay...
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So it's you who killed the Easter Piglet ! ! !
Villain! Demon! VB6-Coder!
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| "The difference between genius and stupidity is that genius has its limits." - Albert Einstein | | "If you are searching for perfection in others, then you seek disappointment. If you are seek perfection in yourself, then you will find failure." - Balboos HaGadol Mar 2010 |
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W∴ Balboos wrote: VB6-Coder!
Please do not exaggerate, or take it to the Soapbox 
Skipper: We'll fix it.
Alex: Fix it? How you gonna fix this?
Skipper: Grit, spit and a whole lotta duct tape.
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