Microsoft Edge is misbehaving.

Last week, I turned on my PC, installed a Windows update, and rebooted to find Microsoft Edge automatically open with the Chrome tabs I was working on before the update. I don’t use Microsoft Edge regularly, and I have Google Chrome set as my default browser. Bleary-eyed at 9AM, it took me a moment to realize that Microsoft Edge had simply taken over where I’d left off in Chrome. I couldn’t believe my eyes.

  • Zworf@beehaw.org
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    10 months ago

    And do this every time the system gets a major update because it puts all the crapware right back 🫣

    • wizardbeard@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish
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      10 months ago

      Alternatively, buy or 🏴‍☠️KMSpico🏴‍☠️ yourself a pro license, and use group policy so it’s one and done. Microsoft has built in tools for almost all of this that don’t get rolled over by updates.

      Getting tired of people claiming that it’s impossible to decrap Windows.

      Obtuse? Sure! Features that shouldn’t be hidden behind an upgraded license? Hell fucking yes!

      Impossible? Fuck no, hell no.

      Learning basic Windows admin stuff, especially just the debloating/configuration things, is comparable in difficulty to switching to Linux.

      Don’t get me wrong, I love Linux and less reliance on Microsoft is awesome, but 90% of complaints about Windows come from people who don’t know how to configure it, how to use the tools Microsoft offers to decrap it, and how to make it work for them. They’ll hit similar problems with most Linux distros as soon as you go deeper than basic “office suite and web browser” usage.

      • voxel@sopuli.xyz
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        10 months ago

        you should use MAS instead of Pico
        https://massgrave.dev
        also, gpos are just templates for the registry, you can just look them up and apply manually (ehich is actually faster than finding anything in the official gpo editor), unless you’re a sysadmin and managing a whole fleet of machines (this is what gpo editor was actually made for) there’s no real need for it.

      • Norah - She/They@lemmy.blahaj.zoneEnglish
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        10 months ago

        If you’ve got a few windows machines on your network and some sysadmin skills, you can run a Zentyal server to set up the GPOs. Syncs across your machines, and you can add a new one at any time that will also get de-shittified instantly.