[xboxnolifes]

I'm not exactly a windows lover, but what are you people doing to your windows installs to get so many notifications? I get nothing at boot and the only notifications I get are from when windows defender blocks something and I need to add an exclusion.

[Crestwave]

What edition are you using? The home edition straight-up has pop-up ads[1] for random Xbox games, even on a clean install with all notification settings turned off.

[1] https://www.reddit.com/r/WindowsHelp/comments/1j77ro8/window...

[xboxnolifes]

Maybe that's a home edition thing. I've always used professional editions.

[doubled112]

Notifications? I wish.

Mine keeps shoving full screen backup reminders in my face.

Skip for now. Maybe later. Not right now.

It’s a work machine, but not on a domain, and I don’t use an MS account.

[SunshineTheCat]

One time I had the misfortune of installing the free version of Driver Booster. After that I think I spent the following 15 minutes closing ads and uninstalling all the bloated apps it installed alongside it.

I actually thought it was a virus until I discovered people actually pay money for it.