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Microsoft Windows 10 Pro Edition Will Have Some Group Policy Settings Removed
For their forthcoming Anniversary update, Microsoft have decided to remove some Group Policy settings from all editions of the operating system except for Windows 10 Enterprise. These Policies affect your ability to control "Cloud Content", "Personalization", and "Windows Store".
The corresponding Registry keys for these policies will also be removed. Manually adding those keys back into non-Enterprise editions of Win10 will have no effect.
Looking at the list of Policies to be removed, many home/power users of this operating system will almost certainly be up in arms and annoyed at this move, but it seems they are just innocent bystanders in a bigger game/pressure-tactic Microsoft is playing out with the corporate and business world.
Unfortunately for home/power users, purchasing a license to use the Windows 10 Enterprise edition is all but impossible. Divorcing from the MS Windows ecosystem may end up being the only palatable option for many such users.
Here is the list of Policies to be removed:
- Cloud Content > "Turn off Microsoft consumer experiences" -- personalized recommendations from Microsoft ...notifications about your Microsoft account.
- Cloud Content > "Do not show Windows tips" -- may see contextual popups ...Microsoft uses diagnostic, telemetry and usage data to determine which tips to show.
- Personalization > "Force a specific default lock screen and logon image"
- Personalization > "Prevent changing lock screen and logon image"
- Personalization > "Do not display the lock screen" -- before signing in, users will see their selected tile and must dismiss the lock screen using touch, keyboard or mouse drag.
- Store > "Disable all apps from Windows Store" -- turns off launch of all apps from Windows Store that came pre-installed or were downloaded; also will turn off Windows Store.
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Microsoft faces two new lawsuits over aggressive Windows 10 upgrade tactics
Submitted via IRC for Runaway1956
Microsoft is facing two more lawsuits over the company's questionable Windows 10 upgrade tactics. Both suits are seeking class-action status.
The first suit was filed in U.S. District Court in Florida. It alleges that Microsoft's Windows 10 upgrade prompts "violated laws governing unsolicited electronic advertisements," as reported by The Seattle Times . The suit also says Microsoft's tactics are against the Federal Trade Commission's rules on deceptive and unfair practices. The second suit was filed in June in Haifa, Israel alleging that Microsoft installed Windows 10 on users' computers without consent. Microsoft already paid out a $10,000 award in a previous U.S. suit over similar circumstances.
(Score: 4, Informative) by butthurt on Sunday July 31 2016, @10:57PM
In case I wasn't the only one ignorant of what KMS is:
--https://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ee939272.aspx [microsoft.com]
--https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx?id=25095 [microsoft.com]
(Score: 2, Funny) by Anonymous Coward on Sunday July 31 2016, @11:17PM
Thanks for that, I was thinking of KMS in the context of DRM (the other kind). Confusion like that just screams to me the need to move away from TLAs.
(Score: 1) by butthurt on Monday August 01 2016, @12:22AM
I wonder why AWFLs (acronyms with four letters) haven't caught on as well.
(Score: 3, Funny) by HiThere on Monday August 01 2016, @12:54AM
Well, there are more of them, but...
The First Unitarian Church in Kensington decided to claim it was in Berkeley.
Javascript is what you use to allow unknown third parties to run software you have no idea about on your computer.
(Score: 1) by butthurt on Monday August 01 2016, @02:05AM
Seems they started in Berkeley and kept the name when they were forced out, later changing it to the Unitarian Universalist Church of Berkeley...still funny.
http://uucb.org/about-us/history/ [uucb.org]
http://www.berkeleyheritage.com/berkeley_landmarks/1unitarian.html [berkeleyheritage.com]
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Monday August 01 2016, @01:02AM
The "A" in "TLA" stands for "abbreviation".
If you have to spell out something, that something isn't an acronym. [soylentnews.org]
-- OriginalOwner_ [soylentnews.org]
(Score: 3, Funny) by butthurt on Monday August 01 2016, @01:46AM
You can't pronounce AWFL? Whoosh.
(Score: 1, Funny) by Anonymous Coward on Monday August 01 2016, @02:54AM
Heh, yeah. That's kinda like SCSI.
-- OriginalOwner_ [soylentnews.org]
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Monday August 01 2016, @06:30AM
"AWFLs (acronyms with four letters)"
You mean ETLAs (Extended Three-Letter Acronyms)?