Long post and well worth the read, but the interesting part to me is this:
Windows operating system and apps
Customers using Windows have always used a combination of operating system functionality as well as apps, but now Windows will clearly identify operating system functionality in places like Settings, Start, and Search:
- Settings > System > System Components will show notable operating system components.
- Start menu’s All Apps list has been renamed to All and operating system components are labeled with “system”.
- Under Search, search results will show operating system components labeled with “system”.
All apps in Windows can be uninstalled. Of course, apps can always be installed again from the Microsoft Store and internet. Settings > Apps > Installed apps continue to show all the apps installed on the PC and we’ve added the ability to uninstall:
- Camera
- Cortana
- Web Search from Microsoft Bing, in the EEA
- Microsoft Edge, in the EEA
- Photos
“System components” like Microsoft Chrome
Well to be fair, I suspect a runtime of it will still be around.
And I can think of two actually valid reasons:
- First, a lot of apps are Electron-style nowadays. And I bet some stuff that MS does is just an edge rendering engine rendering HTML+JS and pretending it’s a desktop UI, too.
- Second, it’s probably useful to be able to be absolutely certain that a “browser” is around. So shipping your own somewhere might make sense in that regard.
But eh, so long as it no longer tries to just randomly open shit that’s fine with me if they need it internally.
Gosh, those european rules. Always there to take away all the
abusesfun from the new tech.Do we need to VPN to Europe for these uninstall features?
No, just change your settings, I always install with English UK as my OS language and I don’t get any of the crap people complain about.
International English as the region also prevents tons of random crap to be auto installed
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“In the EEA, Windows will ask users if they want to sync their Microsoft account with Windows so that Windows data is available on their other Windows devices and in Microsoft products that users sign into.” does it mean it won’t ask all the others and just assume they want to?
does it mean it won’t ask all the others and just assume they want to?
You’re close. It won’t ask non EEA users, but it will require they do so, much like Apple requires that you either have or create an account to use there products. There is no want/do-not-want, only mandatory participation in information collection and their push marketing channel.
Assuming the installation type would be based on the selection of ‘Location’ in the initial set-up, could this just be applied to everyone by selecting a European country for installation and changing it back to the home location post-install?
Guess who is no longer part of the EEA and will not receive these benefits? The UK
By some sort of choice, I guess. Because polish people…?
PROJECT FEARRRR!!!
Hey, at least the UK gets a million Schrute bucks a day for the NHS
That’s odd, yeah. You’d think the population would have a vote to block such an exit move.
Welcome my newly European brothers. May we all find our way in this new world.
Ah yes, basic functionality that should’ve been there from the beginning (I use arch btw)
So I’m trying to troubleshoot my new HP Windows 11 laptop that my HP Support Assist says needs to be replaced after an HP update installed an HP Power Manager app that disabled charging the night before I had a major work presentation and nearly gave me a heart attack when it suddenly couldn’t charge and drained down to 4% at 11pm and wouldn’t charge even when plugged in.
After I uninstalled HP power manager app, I was then able to control how my computer used electricity again. HP’s support assist told me to run a battery check, which provides a link to battery calibration, since by disabling HP’s Power Manager app, my brand new battery and computer were now not going to work well. The battery calibration link took me to a windows 11 support page that game an error saying this concert is missing and was opened in Edge, despite it not being the default browser, so windows now only opens system support pages in Edge despite user preferences clearly set otherwise.
I’m in the middle of not being able to use my computer for 8 hours; to recalibrate (read unfuck HPs Power Manager battery settings) I had to fully drain my now charged battery, which took 3 hours and then suggests letting the battery rest for 8 hours minimum. HP and MS truly are great partners.
I played around with Linux about 10 years ago to try to get comfortable enough to switch, didn’t really, and got busy with life. I know there is nothing but support on Lemmy for Linux and it’s the right move, just takes time and energy I haven’t had. The equation gets closer every minute though. My meeting went ok but it was 5 hours of me presenting and I was panicked the battery would suddenly discharge for the first half of the meeting.
I really hope this eventually gets applied to phones as well. I don’t have OS issues since I’m using the pro license (and once that stops working I can go linux), but for smartphones there isn’t really a viable alternative like that.
