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   Dwight Silverman (dsilverman@mastodon.social)'s status on Tuesday, 23-Apr-2024 16:10:36 JST Dwight Silverman

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   And if you missed that column on ad-and-nag nuking, here it is, with gift link:

   https://www.houstonchronicle.com/business/tech/article/microsoft-windows-11-system-ads-19408208.php?utm_source=marketing&utm_medium=copy-url-link&utm_campaign=article-share&hash=aHR0cHM6Ly93d3cuaG91c3RvbmNocm9uaWNsZS5jb20vYnVzaW5lc3MvdGVjaC9hcnRpY2xlL21pY3Jvc29mdC13aW5kb3dzLTExLXN5c3RlbS1hZHMtMTk0MDgyMDgucGhw&time=MTcxMzY0MDc4NTI2Mg%3D%3D&rid=YmE1NjU5MDMtMDM4OS00MDYwLWE1YzItNTYwNzYwZDQ2NDc5&sharecount=MA%3D%3D

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   Dwight Silverman (dsilverman@mastodon.social)'s status on Sunday, 21-Apr-2024 23:56:59 JST Dwight Silverman

   Yeah, I'm mostly a Mac kinda guy, but I do use Windows. My raging hatred of intrusive advertising has made me seek out and destroy the ads and nags increasingly making their way into software - particularly something as fundamental an operating system. Microsoft is increasingly dumping ads into Windows, so I sought ways to shut them down. To Microsoft's credit, you can turn most of them off. Here's how.

   Ugly URL = Gift link.

   https://www.houstonchronicle.com/business/tech/article/microsoft-windows-11-system-ads-19408208.php?utm_source=marketing&utm_medium=copy-url-link&utm_campaign=article-share&hash=aHR0cHM6Ly93d3cuaG91c3RvbmNocm9uaWNsZS5jb20vYnVzaW5lc3MvdGVjaC9hcnRpY2xlL21pY3Jvc29mdC13aW5kb3dzLTExLXN5c3RlbS1hZHMtMTk0MDgyMDgucGhw&time=MTcxMzY0MDc4NTI2Mg%3D%3D&rid=YmE1NjU5MDMtMDM4OS00MDYwLWE1YzItNTYwNzYwZDQ2NDc5&sharecount=MA%3D%3D