W11's Start Menu (without Start11) Is About to Get Worse
You'll be able to turn the ads of...for now...
Tuesday, April 11, 2023 by DrJBHL | Discussion: Personal Computing
Another reason to get Start11: M$ is planning to advertise on the W11 start menu...as if it weren't crappy enough as it is. Even if Start11 can't rid us of their adverts, we can switch to the W10 or W7 menus.
from windowslatest
This first appeared in the optional March update, but will be in the April or May update as non-optional. For now, there's a way to shut it down via an optional toggle to Settings > Personalization > Start, so you can easily disable these recommendations. In the article linked there's a screenshot which shows it.
The production and preview versions won't have it without you making alterations, at this point but as note above, it will be in the April or May update and whenever MS decides, they'll turn it on for everyone. As for now, it's only a lucky few (lol) who receive this gift as MS wants to gauge reactions...which aren't happy ones in MS's blog apart from their fan bois.
USB4 and USB4 devices are in the update, as well:
"You can find the dedicated USB4 Hubs and Devices Settings page under Settings > Bluetooth & devices > USB > USB4 Hubs and Devices. This new page lets you dock, high-performance peripherals, and displays. It also provides users with information about the connected peripherals and their capabilities." - Windowslatest
Anyhow, just to keep ya'll up to date...
Reply #3 Tuesday, April 11, 2023 10:20 AM
Remind me again...what's the advantages of Win 11? ...
Reply #4 Tuesday, April 11, 2023 11:42 AM
The Start11 Win7/10/11 menus will not show this.
Reply #6 Wednesday, November 15, 2023 3:24 AM
Even if Start11 can't rid us of their adverts, we can switch to the W10 or W7 menus.
Start 11 gets rid of anything in the start menu that Stardock doesn't explicitly put in except pinned items because of the item syncing so no need for you to worry
Reply #7 Wednesday, November 15, 2023 7:29 AM
I honestly downgraded back to windows 10 to avoid any more of that crap they are trying to force on its users. The day I cant use windows 10 no more is the day I finally leave windows and move to linux.
Reply #8 Wednesday, November 15, 2023 8:13 AM
I honestly downgraded back to windows 10 to avoid any more of that crap they are trying to force on its users. The day I cant use windows 10 no more is the day I finally leave windows and move to linux.
There are ways to safely continue using Windows 7.
I'll let you know when that changes...
Reply #10 Wednesday, November 15, 2023 9:34 AM
I honestly downgraded back to windows 10 to avoid any more of that crap they are trying to force on its users. The day I cant use windows 10 no more is the day I finally leave windows and move to linux.
There are ways to safely continue using Windows 7.
I'll let you know when that changes...
I would stick to windows 7 but man. All my apps dropped windows 7 support. Cant even install them. So I had to move on to win 8 for a while. Same thing happened. Now in the when will 10 support for my apps be dropped. lol
Reply #11 Wednesday, November 15, 2023 9:36 AM
I honestly downgraded back to windows 10 to avoid any more of that crap they are trying to force on its users.
Well said! I did the same thing about a week ago. Now I'm looking for a legal way to upgrade Windows 10 Pro to Windows 10 LTSC which will be supported until 2032. 
I really hope that I can do this...
Reply #12 Wednesday, November 15, 2023 9:44 AM
I would stick to windows 7 but man. All my apps dropped windows 7 support. Cant even install them. So I had to move on to win 8 for a while. Same thing happened. Now in the when will 10 support for my apps be dropped. lol
Cleverly...the 'support' for those apps was to keep up with often unwanted MS Updates which introduced issues they then had to cater for.
Joke's on them when MS has totally ceased interfering with the OS [no support] ...all the proggies simply keep working just as well as they always did.
System now only ever needs to reboot if I ever turn it off...as no OS update messes with you in the background.
Current 'uptime'...95 days, 14 hours and 7 minutes...
3 months would classify as 'stable' ...
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Reply #1 Tuesday, April 11, 2023 8:17 AM
How lovely. The Start11 Win7/10/11 menus will not show this.