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pseudorandom name: May 6, 2007

carry on then posted:

why does it need to be there in the first place, someone give me a genuine answer here

its for when you're carrrying around your desktop PC in your back pocket and you accidentally bump the Windows key on your 104 key keyboard, the lock screen can appear for a couple seconds and then your desktop PC can go back to sleep

# ? Feb 25, 2016 01:30

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# ? Jun 11, 2024 08:19

Smythe: Oct 12, 2003; no meds = f4

Shaggar posted:

It didn't on any of my windows 10s

# ? Feb 25, 2016 02:58

Shaggar: Apr 26, 2006

Fame Douglas posted:

Yes, weird how this adware bundled with every copy of Windows turns out to be bundled with every version of Windows

its not though. its only available on apparently one guy in this thread's version

# ? Feb 25, 2016 02:59

TerminalRaptor: Nov 6, 2012; Mostly Harmless

carry on then posted:

why does it need to be there in the first place, someone give me a genuine answer here

you can get rid of it with some random group policy setting. I learned this after it pissed me off one too many times after trying to log in and it missing the first few keystrokes. its presence is absolutely worthless on a desktop.

# ? Feb 25, 2016 03:02

Juul-Whip: Mar 10, 2008

yeah I haven't seen any ads yet

# ? Feb 25, 2016 03:02

Dolomite: Jul 26, 2000; Cars & Legs

i've installed the 1511 update on a blank disk. enterprise, pro, and education and gotten both candy crush, minecraft, and a photoshop placeholder. they tend to re-install themselves even after you uninstall them. we've also bought 13 surface 3 education bundles and they've all gotten it, too. even if you install office, get office still will not shut up.

# ? Feb 25, 2016 03:11

carry on then: Jul 10, 2010; by VideoGames
(and can't post for 10 years!)

lol @ everyone who thinks i'm talking about ads

TerminalRaptor posted:

you can get rid of it with some random group policy setting. I learned this after it pissed me off one too many times after trying to log in and it missing the first few keystrokes. its presence is absolutely worthless on a desktop.

oh, drat. ty. maybe one day they will see reason and make it an option in the settings app where settings go

# ? Feb 25, 2016 03:16

anthonypants: May 6, 2007; by Nyc_Tattoo; Dinosaur Gum

Dolomite posted:

i've installed the 1511 update on a blank disk. enterprise, pro, and education and gotten both candy crush, minecraft, and a photoshop placeholder. they tend to re-install themselves even after you uninstall them. we've also bought 13 surface 3 education bundles and they've all gotten it, too. even if you install office, get office still will not shut up.

i think what it must be is the build 1511 version, specifically

# ? Feb 25, 2016 03:42

PleasureKevin: Jan 2, 2011

THC posted:

yeah I haven't seen any ads yet

the Canadian ad sales team is slacking

# ? Feb 25, 2016 04:56

BangersInMyKnickers: Nov 3, 2004; I have a thing for courageous dongles

theultimo posted:

use ltsb and your worries disappear

hakuna matta

yeah I will when I'm ready to do a proper rollout but for pilot testing when they're still changing stuff real fast and fixing bugs it doens't seem like the best option

# ? Feb 25, 2016 05:02

Wheany: Mar 17, 2006; Spinya^{ha^{ha^haha}ha}ha_{ha_{ha_haha}ha}ha!; Doctor Rope

URL grey tea posted:

I understand some of the words

# ? Feb 25, 2016 07:35

Sagebrush: Feb 26, 2012; erm... actually thieves should be summarily executed

i installed windows 10 clean based on an upgrade from the oem version of 8.1 that came with my laptop.

it has no ads or minecraft or candy crush.

# ? Feb 25, 2016 07:39

Dodoman: Feb 26, 2009; A moment of laxity
A lifetime of regret; Lipstick Apathy

out of three windows 10 install i have done (all win 10 pro) the only version that had the minecraft/candy crush shortcut in the start menu was the one which had the united states as the primary locale and region for cortana. with my locale set to the UK or India there's nothing in the start menu

# ? Feb 25, 2016 09:02

LentThem: Aug 31, 2004; 90% Retractible

http://www.digitaltrends.com/computing/ads-windows-10-lock-screen/ posted:

Ads pop up on Windows 10 lock screen, and it's not malware: Microsoft put them there
� February 24, 2016

Microsoft recently stuck an ad in the lock screen of Windows 10, meaning many of the 200 million users who upgraded from previous versions were greeted by an advertisement over the past 24 hours.

The ad in question was for the Windows Store version of Rise of the Tomb Raider, and for some users it took up the entire screen with a picture from the game. The new Tomb Raider installment was added to the Windows Store last month, bringing a AAA game to a platform that doesn�t have many of them.

This isn�t a surprise: Microsoft discussed using the lock screen for ads last spring before Windows 10 was widely released. But this is the first time actual ads have shown up.

If you want to disable these unwanted guests, you�re not alone � and there�s an option to do so, as explained by HowToGeek. To summarize, you need to hit Start, then Settings. Head to Personalization, then Lockscreen settings. If �Windows Spotlight� is selected, pick either a �Picture� or �Slideshow� instead. Then uncheck the option that says �Get fun tips tricks and more on your lock screen.� This should disable such ads from showing up on the lock screen entirely.

When we talked to Windows Store developers recently about sales, one developer told us visibility is a key problem. Basically, people don�t look at the Store very often, so sales come from outside press instead of exposure within the Store itself.

Microsoft told us it was hoping to increase visibility for Store apps, and lockscreen ads certainly accomplish that. The question is at what cost.

maybe i dont want ads but the lock screen is a good place for sweet tips and sick tricks
and more

# ? Feb 25, 2016 11:10

SupSuper: Apr 8, 2009; At the Heart of the city is an Alien horror, so vile and so powerful that not even death can claim it.

anthonypants posted:

it shows up if you don't have a microsoft account tied to your login, and here's a screenshot of it in the windows enterprise evaluation, again

oh yeah that must be it. my home computers all have a microsoft account and they don't have any of that ad crap, but my work account has a local account (because they still don't acknowledge office 365 accounts lol) and it's full of candy crush and junk

# ? Feb 25, 2016 11:11

Dodoman: Feb 26, 2009; A moment of laxity
A lifetime of regret; Lipstick Apathy

LentThem posted:

maybe i dont want ads but the lock screen is a good place for sweet tips and sick tricks
and more

"at what cost"

jesus christ really it was a wallpaper for a game microsoft bought temporary exclusivity rights to on your lockscreen not the end of the loving world.

# ? Feb 25, 2016 11:25

Wheany: Mar 17, 2006; Spinya^{ha^{ha^haha}ha}ha_{ha_{ha_haha}ha}ha!; Doctor Rope

On the other hand, gently caress ads

# ? Feb 25, 2016 11:58

Amethyst: Mar 28, 2004; I CANNOT HELP BUT MAKE THE DCSS THREAD A FETID SWAMP OF UNFUN POSTING
plz notice me trunk-senpai

microsoft aquired xamarin, the guys who developed mono

there's something particularly microsoft about aquiring the company that wrote a translation layer for your proprietary language.

# ? Feb 25, 2016 12:21

Wheany: Mar 17, 2006; Spinya^{ha^{ha^haha}ha}ha_{ha_{ha_haha}ha}ha!; Doctor Rope

Does C#/XNA work yet on the xbone?

# ? Feb 25, 2016 12:26

Amethyst: Mar 28, 2004; I CANNOT HELP BUT MAKE THE DCSS THREAD A FETID SWAMP OF UNFUN POSTING
plz notice me trunk-senpai

xamarin sell a cross platform mobile app development platform based on mono for $1k/seat

I guess Microsoft plans to close the windows phone app gap by giving everyone access to it and console themselves that it's still in their language. pretty loving desperate move

# ? Feb 25, 2016 12:41

PleasureKevin: Jan 2, 2011

so I guess all that iOS to Windows stuff, and the Universal "works on 1 billion devices" stuff isn't working. so they'll try make a whole C#-based cross-platform universal app framework?

for better or worse thing java script is the hot cross platform thing

# ? Feb 25, 2016 12:52

Wheany: Mar 17, 2006; Spinya^{ha^{ha^haha}ha}ha_{ha_{ha_haha}ha}ha!; Doctor Rope

worse

# ? Feb 25, 2016 13:32

The_Franz: Aug 8, 2003

Wheany posted:

Does C#/XNA work yet on the xbone?

xna has been officially dead for a while. indie games use fna and monogame now.

# ? Feb 25, 2016 14:01

Wheany: Mar 17, 2006; Spinya^{ha^{ha^haha}ha}ha_{ha_{ha_haha}ha}ha!; Doctor Rope

The_Franz posted:

xna has been officially dead for a while. indie games use fna and monogame now.

well of course xna is dead, it's something microsoft has created between 2000 and (NOW() - 2 years)

# ? Feb 25, 2016 14:21

kitten emergency: Jan 13, 2008; get meow this wack-ass crystal prison

Amethyst posted:

microsoft aquired xamarin, the guys who developed mono

there's something particularly microsoft about aquiring the company that wrote a translation layer for your proprietary language.

I hope the Mono dude takes the money and runs rather than working for MS. idk, though, he also helped make GNOME so maybe they can pick up some hot UI design tips.

# ? Feb 25, 2016 14:24

flakeloaf: Feb 26, 2003; Still better than android clock

Dodoman posted:

"at what cost"

jesus christ really it was a wallpaper for a game microsoft bought temporary exclusivity rights to on your lockscreen not the end of the loving world.

and nobody who changed the lock screen to a custom image saw it

# ? Feb 25, 2016 14:24

Shaggar: Apr 26, 2006

Amethyst posted:

microsoft aquired xamarin, the guys who developed mono

there's something particularly microsoft about aquiring the company that wrote a translation layer for your proprietary language.

C# has always been open sores mono is just one implementation and is not an emulator or anything like wine

# ? Feb 25, 2016 14:28

The_Franz: Aug 8, 2003

Wheany posted:

well of course xna is dead, it's something microsoft has created between 2000 and (NOW() - 2 years)

i don't think there is any real point in porting indie games to xbоne anyways since the ones that have released sales figures generally show all xbox platform sales as a tiny, barely visible sliver in the pie chart

# ? Feb 25, 2016 14:31

shitface: Nov 23, 2006

the xamarin acquisition effectively brings microsoft into direct competition with the company I work for in a specific space. it's a sign of the times we're less worried about competition from ms then we were from the gnome 3 guy lol. remember when Microsoft used to inspire fear? lmao

# ? Feb 25, 2016 14:42

Wheany: Mar 17, 2006; Spinya^{ha^{ha^haha}ha}ha_{ha_{ha_haha}ha}ha!; Doctor Rope

It's a win-win. The gnome guy got paid and your company has one less competitor

# ? Feb 25, 2016 14:51

shitface: Nov 23, 2006

Wheany posted:

It's a win-win. The gnome guy got paid and your company has one less competitor

that's literally the feeling around here. twenty years ago we would have just shitcanned or open soresed our efforts and walked away on that news. instead today it's :slick:

# ? Feb 25, 2016 14:57

Fame Douglas: Nov 20, 2013; by Fluffdaddy

Dodoman posted:

"at what cost"

jesus christ really it was a wallpaper for a game microsoft bought temporary exclusivity rights to on your lockscreen not the end of the loving world.

As well as a wallpaper for The Beatles, now available on Groove(tm)

# ? Feb 25, 2016 16:35

Dodoman: Feb 26, 2009; A moment of laxity
A lifetime of regret; Lipstick Apathy

the beatles are a cool and historic band, they can grace my desktop whenever they want

# ? Feb 25, 2016 17:26

theultimo: Aug 2, 2004; An RSS feed bot who makes questionable purchasing decisions.; Pillbug

# ? Feb 25, 2016 21:50

mod sassinator: Dec 13, 2006; I came here to Kick Ass and Chew Bubblegum,
and I'm All out of Ass

Ultra mobile PCs are back baby!

(those things were just as terrible to use as they looked)

# ? Feb 25, 2016 21:55

theultimo: Aug 2, 2004; An RSS feed bot who makes questionable purchasing decisions.; Pillbug

I still own this

http://youtu.be/DnzwbTO8FPY

it's as lovely as you think, it's a pre atom atom at 800mhz

# ? Feb 25, 2016 21:58

akadajet: Sep 14, 2003

PleasureKevin posted:

shaggar pulls more poo poo out of his as than I do in the apple predictions threads

but like daily

remember when he matter of factly said buses create traffic congestion

you ever have to drive behind a bus? it sucks.

# ? Feb 25, 2016 22:03