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<div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false">The ads in Windows can be controlled or eliminated fairly easily. If you don't like sifting through the settings yourself, there are plenty of third-party apps which will make the needed changes for you. You don't need Pro Editions with Group Policies, and you don't need to use Regedit to mess with the Windows Registry. Home users are not out of luck. </div><div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false"><br></div><div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false">This is not about something being bad because it's new. When Windows 10 and 11 are very old indeed in tech terms they still will foist ads on people. And Windows 10 is being retrofitted to do this. The News and Weather Widget came to Windows 10 at the same time the Insider Preview of Windows 11 got the feature. </div><div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false"><br></div><div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false">-- Bob Primak</div><div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false"><br></div><div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false"><br></div><div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false"><br></div><div><br></div>
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On Saturday, September 4, 2021, 03:54:52 PM EDT, Carl Lazarus <carllazarus@comcast.net> wrote:
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--></style><div><div class="yiv6341467080WordSection1"><p class="yiv6341467080MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D;">Mine too, at various places. However, you do have to apply security updates fairly quickly these days. That’s different than going to a major new version.</span></p><p class="yiv6341467080MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D;">-- Carl</span></p><p class="yiv6341467080MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D;"> </span></p><div class="yiv6341467080yqt7959077794" id="yiv6341467080yqt67514"><div><div style="border:none;border-top:solid #E1E1E1 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0in 0in 0in;"><p class="yiv6341467080MsoNormal"><b>From:</b> LCTG [mailto:lctg-bounces+carllazarus=comcast.net@lists.toku.us] <b>On Behalf Of </b>john rudy<br clear="none"><b>Sent:</b> Saturday, September 04, 2021 9:01 AM<br clear="none"><b>To:</b> 'Steve Isenberg' <smisenberg@gmail.com>; 'Lex Computer Group' <lctg@lists.toku.us><br clear="none"><b>Cc:</b> normstem@gmail.com<br clear="none"><b>Subject:</b> Re: [Lex Computer & Tech Group/LCTG] FYI: Microsoft reportedly broke Windows 11 by injecting ads</p></div></div><p class="yiv6341467080MsoNormal"> </p><p class="yiv6341467080MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:sans-serif;">That was my guiding principle at Raytheon for decades. The one time I didn’t was when we got unique SW to generate test vectors (we really didn’t have an alternative, long story) and it was a major pain.</span></p><p class="yiv6341467080MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:sans-serif;"> </span></p><p class="yiv6341467080MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:sans-serif;">John Rudy</span></p><p class="yiv6341467080MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:sans-serif;">781-861-0402</span></p><p class="yiv6341467080MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:sans-serif;">781-718-8334 (cell)</span></p><p class="yiv6341467080MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:sans-serif;"><a rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" shape="rect" ymailto="mailto:John.rudy@alum.mit.edu" target="_blank" href="mailto:John.rudy@alum.mit.edu"><span style="color:#0563C1;">John.rudy@alum.mit.edu</span></a> </span></p><p class="yiv6341467080MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:sans-serif;"> </span></p><p class="yiv6341467080MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:sans-serif;">13 Hawthorne Lane</span></p><p class="yiv6341467080MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:sans-serif;">Bedford, MA 01730-1047</span></p><p class="yiv6341467080MsoNormal"><img id="yiv6341467080Picture_x0020_1" border="0" width="99" height="94" style="width:1.0347in;min-height:.9791in;" src="cid:G7igvNkXSWJtJ0zjjvBH" yahoo_partid="1.2"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:sans-serif;"></span></p><p class="yiv6341467080MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:sans-serif;"> </span></p><div style="border:none;border-top:solid #E1E1E1 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0in 0in 0in;"><p class="yiv6341467080MsoNormal"><b>From:</b> LCTG <<a rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" shape="rect" ymailto="mailto:lctg-bounces+jjrudy1=comcast.net@lists.toku.us" target="_blank" href="mailto:lctg-bounces+jjrudy1=comcast.net@lists.toku.us">lctg-bounces+jjrudy1=comcast.net@lists.toku.us</a>> <b>On Behalf Of </b>Steve Isenberg<br clear="none"><b>Sent:</b> Saturday, September 4, 2021 8:56 AM<br clear="none"><b>To:</b> Lex Computer Group <<a rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" shape="rect" ymailto="mailto:lctg@lists.toku.us" target="_blank" href="mailto:lctg@lists.toku.us">lctg@lists.toku.us</a>><br clear="none"><b>Cc:</b> <a rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" shape="rect" ymailto="mailto:normstem@gmail.com" target="_blank" href="mailto:normstem@gmail.com">normstem@gmail.com</a><br clear="none"><b>Subject:</b> [Lex Computer & Tech Group/LCTG] FYI: Microsoft reportedly broke Windows 11 by injecting ads</p></div><p class="yiv6341467080MsoNormal"> </p><div><div><p class="yiv6341467080MsoNormal">A colleague of mine from BNUG (Boston Network Users Group) passed this along. </p></div><div><p class="yiv6341467080MsoNormal">-steve </p></div><div><p class="yiv6341467080MsoNormal"> </p><div><div><p class="yiv6341467080MsoNormal">---------- Forwarded message ---------<br clear="none">From: <strong><span style="font-family:sans-serif;">Norm Stembridge</span></strong> <<a rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" shape="rect" ymailto="mailto:normstem@gmail.com" target="_blank" href="mailto:normstem@gmail.com">normstem@gmail.com</a>><br clear="none">Date: Sat, Sep 4, 2021 at 8:33 AM</p></div><p class="yiv6341467080MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:12.0pt;"> </p><div><p class="yiv6341467080MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:13.5pt;">Folks, </span></p><div><p class="yiv6341467080MsoNormal"> </p></div><div><p class="yiv6341467080MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:13.5pt;">Maybe the best mentor I had back in my mainframe days gave me some great and much</span></p></div><div><p class="yiv6341467080MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:13.5pt;">heeded advice. "Don't be the first to always try out the latest and greatest". Advice that </span></p></div><div><p class="yiv6341467080MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:13.5pt;">made my career go a lot smoother. </span></p></div><div><p class="yiv6341467080MsoNormal"> </p></div><div><p class="yiv6341467080MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:13.5pt;">Figured I pass this along because I know how much everybody in BNUG just loves ads</span></p></div><div><p class="yiv6341467080MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:13.5pt;">being injected into their computers.</span></p></div><div><p class="yiv6341467080MsoNormal"> </p></div><div><p class="yiv6341467080MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:13.5pt;">Norm Stembridge </span></p></div><div><p class="yiv6341467080MsoNormal"> </p></div><div><p class="yiv6341467080MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:13.5pt;"><a rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" shape="rect" target="_blank" href="https://www.xda-developers.com/microsoft-breaks-windows-11-by-injecting-ads/">https://www.xda-developers.com/microsoft-breaks-windows-11-by-injecting-ads/</a></span></p></div></div><p class="yiv6341467080MsoNormal">_______________________________________________</p></div></div></div></div></div></div></div><div class="yqt7959077794" id="yqt29454">===============================================<br clear="none">::The Lexington Computer and Technology Group Mailing List::<br clear="none">Reply goes to sender only; Reply All to send to list.<br clear="none">Send to the list: <a shape="rect" ymailto="mailto:LCTG@lists.toku.us" href="mailto:LCTG@lists.toku.us">LCTG@lists.toku.us</a> Message archives: <a shape="rect" href="http://lists.toku.us/private.cgi/lctg-toku.us" target="_blank">http://lists.toku.us/private.cgi/lctg-toku.us</a><br clear="none">To subscribe: email <a shape="rect" ymailto="mailto:lctg-subscribe@toku.us" href="mailto:lctg-subscribe@toku.us">lctg-subscribe@toku.us</a> To unsubscribe: email <a shape="rect" ymailto="mailto:lctg-unsubscribe@toku.us" href="mailto:lctg-unsubscribe@toku.us">lctg-unsubscribe@toku.us</a><br clear="none">Future and Past meeting information: <a shape="rect" href="http://LCTG.toku.us" target="_blank">http://LCTG.toku.us</a><br clear="none">List information: <a shape="rect" href="http://lists.toku.us/listinfo.cgi/lctg-toku.us" target="_blank">http://lists.toku.us/listinfo.cgi/lctg-toku.us</a><br clear="none">This message was sent to <a shape="rect" ymailto="mailto:bobprimak@yahoo.com." href="mailto:bobprimak@yahoo.com.">bobprimak@yahoo.com.</a><br clear="none">Set your list options: <a shape="rect" href="http://lists.toku.us/options.cgi/lctg-toku.us/bobprimak@yahoo.com" target="_blank">http://lists.toku.us/options.cgi/lctg-toku.us/bobprimak@yahoo.com</a></div></div>
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