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Have to use Windows for work (I've asked), the ads have been getting worse and worse on my work laptop. Today got a game ad notification... That's clearly too far, right? Like I have to clear notifications, so I have to see it

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

If its a work laptop then their IT dept isn't doing shit. Just change the GPO. I've literally never seen this on my work or personal PC.

For as long as MS makes products for enterprise environments, there will be a way to turn this shit off.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I agree. I never had ads in Windows whatsoever. The only which is still nagging me is all the crapware Windows comes preinstalled with. I can't count how many times I uninstalled that damn solitaire collection by now.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

What version are you using? If you install from an ent version, none of that stuff is there.