A Windows pop up, right above the system tray. Holy fuck. I would have screen shot it but I was in disbelief.

  • FiveMacs@lemmy.caEnglish
    922·
    9 months ago

    System > Notifications & actions > uncheck/turn off anything you don’t want. (Meaning disable everything because screw them)

    Personalization > Lock screen > turn off fun facts. (Th y are far from fun…nobody cares)

    Personalization > Start > turn off ‘show suggestions occaisionally…’

    Personalization > Taskbar > turn off news and interests if you’re not interested.

    Privacy > General > switch off all 4 things.

    Privacy > go through every single category in the left-hand column and turn off anything you don’t want. (Again, disable it all…)

    • Bleeping Lobster@lemmy.worldEnglish
      14·
      9 months ago

      It’s absolutely insane how many things need turning off to gain some modicum of privacy with win10, I refuse to upgrade but imagine it’s worse in win11.

      Totally understand the love for Linux. If my audio interface & DAW were compatible I would investigated switching way back. There are other interfaces which appear to be compatible, and other DAWs, but I am highly proficient in the one I’ve used for ~15 years and don’t want to invest time learning a new one; and my audio interface lets me use very, very high end emulations of hardware (UAD).

      Seriously considering Linux for potential future live PA work though. Stability is appealing for live stuff!

      • fessord@lemmy.mlEnglish
        4·
        9 months ago

        I’m in the same boat; audio production/composition, otherwise i’d be using Linix too.

  • linkinkampf19@lemmy.worldEnglish
    21·
    9 months ago

    I’ve been using Shut Up 10 by O&O Software for ages now. Turns off all recommended telemetry and you can go a step further and disable a ton of stuff, basically anything irksome that M$ pulls.

    It’s free as well. I haven’t noted any negative issues with it. Also works on Win 11

    • Boozilla@lemmy.worldEnglish
      3·
      9 months ago

      I love ShutUp10. Like you, I have used it for years now with zero problems. It places many different settings and options into one single app. The same settings that Microsoft likes to hide from us by scattering arbitrarily it all over Settings, Control Panel, the registry, etc.

      • linkinkampf19@lemmy.worldEnglish
        2·
        9 months ago

        Wish I knew, never used it! I only ever used Shut Up 10, as prior to 10, the telemetry wasn’t as prominent, or at least seemingly so.

  • intensely_human@lemm.eeEnglish
    102·
    9 months ago

    PSA: hotkey for screenshot in windows 10 is (windowsLogoKey)-shift-S

    Then you click and drag to select a rectangle.

    It’s basically a shortcut to the Snip program.

    After you’ve captured the screenshot, you can:

    • just hit ctrl-V to paste it into any place that can accept a pasted image: email, some chat programs, google drive, Paint, etc
    • Click on the notification in the lower right. If the notification has already disappeared (it fades away after a few seconds), you can click on the Notifications icon (looks like cartoon chat bubble) in lower right and it’s in the list that shows.

    If you click on it in notifications you get a whole window dedicated to editing the screenshot — drawing on it, cropping it, adding text — and then from there you can save it to a file or copy the newly edited image to your clipboard

    • Steal Wool@lemm.eeEnglish
      21·
      9 months ago

      Or you could use the shortcut and just press Win+PrtSc

      That’s it your done. There is now an image file saved to your pictures/screenshot folder

    • sfxrlz@lemmy.worldEnglish
      1·
      9 months ago

      Also works for win11. And also i can recommand windows powertoys and devtoys for all kinds of nifty stuff like renaming multiple files, using one mouse and keyboard over multiple pcs and getting Text out of pictures.

  • Hugh@lemmy.caEnglish
    5·
    9 months ago

    me too while playing Minecraft. now using Ubuntu 23.04, MC with GPU, VS Codium and FF. no problems.

  • ano_ba_to@sopuli.xyzEnglish
    21·
    9 months ago

    Happened to me on a recent Windows update too. A popup about Game Pass and a Bethesda game I’m no longer buying.

    • CandyPants@lemmy.mlEnglish
      21·
      9 months ago

      Yep… The same Bethesda game happened to show up in a screensaver. Money grubbing assholes!

      • nogooduser@lemmy.worldEnglish
        47·
        9 months ago

        Same goes for chrome and presumably Firefox. It could be a notification from a website.

        My money is on the Xbox app or the Windows store app that did it.