ConisioAdmin.exe (Solidworks PDM)
EaseUS Disk Copy.exe (EaseUS Disk Copy Application)
ep_dwm.exe (ExplorerPatcher) Included since 22H2
iCloudServices.exe (iCloud files shared in Explorer via WhatsApp) from 23H2
RadeonSoftware.exe (AMD GPU perf settings) from23H2
StartAllBackCfg.exe (StartAllBack) Included since 22H2
Multi-mon + Copilot (Microsoft)
MergeSdb (Microsoft)
Intel IntcOED.sys (Intel)
Intel IntcAudioBus.sys (Intel) (%WinDir%\System32\drivers\IntcAudioBus.sys)
Realtek 8192su Wireless USB 2.0 Adapter (Realtek) (%WinDir%\System32\drivers\RTL8192su.sys)
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I love that Microsoft has Microsoft developed applications on its update/upgrade block list.
It's a good reminder that companies arent as cohesive as most people think especially when they are as large as Microsoft.
I remember having to reverse engineer an API owned by my own company because our team was too far removed from theirs. The whole situation was crazy
Maaaan, I can't even get communication with my shipping department about whether or not they shipped it trashed film rolls that are on hold.
Thanks, I can't access this site, because it says I have to diseable my adblocker, my adblocker is off on this site, but I don't feel like deactivating the other protections. Suspicious if a page requires you to enter naked. in Make use of the same thing happens, with the same reasons for not trusting.
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Is any of those free, small and not invasive so I can install it just to prevent an update to Winshit 11?
The iCloud thing is free. I think it adds a system tray application but I don’t think it does anything if you don’t log in with an Apple account.
The Realtek Wireless driver should also do nothing if you don’t have the device.
I use AtlasOS tweaks with Windows 10 and my system never suggests an upgrade to Windows 11 although updates and MS Store works fine. AtlasOS is the thing that make Windows at least usable.
They're blocking the fucking GPU SOFTWARE? WHAT THE FUUCK?
What, the generic Windows driver wasn't good enough...?
ExplorerPatcher wouldn't be necessary if they actually stopped removing basic features from Explorer that have existed for over a decade
I'm still on Win 10. What does ExplorerPatcher do?
For me personally, I like having my taskbar at the top of the screen. MS removed the ability to change the position of the taskbar in W11. It does a lot more than that, potentially giving you an almost XP like experience if that's what you want.
Those are some interesting choices of apps. Considering some of those sound like professional tools (SOLIDWORKS pdm) or basic drivers/tools (Radeon software, Intel drivers), they may be about to drive more people away from their OS.
You mean the opposite. Booting up your work PC and finding out you can't do your job because Windows decide to update and break all your software is quite rage-inducing.
Considering all the Bloatware that Microsoft has been pumping out lately (don’t get me started or Outlook), this may be a good excuse to get a Radeon Graphics Card.
If I can be guaranteed that installing this software will prevent having to deal with CoPilot, I would jump on that straight away.
Bad news, I have an AMD card and still got the copilot button. It's probably a very specific version of the software that is an issue.
For what it's worth, other Start menu replacements like Start11 and Open Shell's menu aren't on the list. This might genuinely be a compatibility-related blocker given that iCloud, EaseUS and certain drivers are also on the list.
Two more Linux converts
Next wave of new Linux users incoming
5% please
soon, hopefully. i actually noticed that people tend to react much less surprised to a computer running linux nowadays, which seems like a good sign to me.
The enshitification of Windows compared to macOS has really accelerated a lot recently it seems. I work with both daily and it is weird and irritating how much extra crap keeps getting hurled willy-nilly into Windows updates this last year.
Microsoft, probably: "StartAllBack? Nope, ya little twit, you will use our start menu AND YOU WILL LIKE IT! No installing any of that crap on ~~your~~ our computer!"
Imagine being so against people using certain programs on their computer that you straight up deny them software updates.
Linux: WE NEVER BREAK USER SPACE! Windows: Oops... The only thing we break is userspace.
Do you pinky promise?
An operating system should never call home what apps the user has or what the user is doing. That's an extreme invasion of privacy.
Why do people still use this? Everyone should immediately take a Linux course and stop being suckers.
I don’t think it calls home about that. It just looks if there are any „incompatible“ applications installed and blocks the update if it finds any. I guess the goal is to not break anything.
But sure, you can spin it into a “fuck Microsoft” narrative.
It may be just a usability measure then.
But fuck microsoft.
I left them over ten years ago, so..... :)
Hey, microcrap, just start over