How to Disable Windows 10’s Built-in Advertising Completely

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How to Disable Windows 10’s Built-in Advertising Completely

bill

11:06 pm on Sep 17, 2016 (gmt 0)

You know it's starting to annoy people when how-to articles like this start popping up.

How to Disable Windows 10’s Built-in Advertising Completely [quickfever.com]

Windows 10's anniversary update is worth installing as we said that earlier, but it comes with some advertising which you may want to avoid, remove and fix at some instances. Even if you did a fresh install using latest windows 10 ISO or purchased a new laptop, it will happen. Well, this doesn't mean you should not update to the "1607 " update, it is a big improvement to windows 10.

Here is how to disable all of Windows 10’s Built-in Advertising in anniversary update.

robzilla

9:22 am on Sep 18, 2016 (gmt 0)

When something is free, you are the product. At least you can opt out, but perhaps they're warming up for more ads. They pushed it hard for good reason, probably...

tangor

10:33 am on Sep 18, 2016 (gmt 0)

You can't opt out of all of the invasive, nor can you manage it with group policy or powershell in Home or Pro. At present only the Enterprise, Education, and Server SKU versions of Win10 can be managed by sysadmiins (and do not come with enabled ads) ... and even that is getting more difficult.

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You also can't opt out of the Anniversary "1607" (Redstone) if you are on Home or Pro.

tangor

10:35 am on Sep 18, 2016 (gmt 0)

Side note: MS is listening somewhat. They will cease to reinstall ad tiles and other Windows Store ads that have been user removed (uninstalled). That will be good news for some.