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Windows just changed my desktop wallpaper and re-added the search bar without my permission after an update

In my view, this is unacceptable...

They changed my background (previously there was a default blue window), placed an icon in the bottom corner of the screen that read "Learn more about this photo", and re-added the search bar that I had previously removed.

Fortunately, I don't have to deal with this on a daily basis.

MacedWindow ,
@MacedWindow@lemmy.world avatar

I hate that goddamn searchbar

Cornpop ,

Tell me about it. Useless. The whole start menu is fucked honestly. Can’t ever find anything you’re looking for. WHY THE FUCK WOULD I WANT BING WEB SEARCH RESULTS HERE!?!?

towerful ,

Just booted? Better wait 45 seconds and many failed searches, because DNS isn't resolving.
Doesn't matter that you are trying to launch a local program, it absolutely must delay the user experience until it can successfully resolve a DNS query.
Disgusting

turbowafflz ,

My windows vm runs Cairo shell as the desktop and I've replaced the file manager with Dolphin and the command prompt with Konsole and notepad with Kate and it almost feels like a usable operating system

kopasz7 ,

Kindows

Treczoks ,

Get used to it. It is not your machine, its Microsofts.

Moonrise2473 , (edited )

no no no, it asked your permission. It's just that the "we added back the search bar, is that ok" dialog defaults to "yes" after some short time. Extremely fucking annoying change

the dialog:

some dark pattern from microsoft

article: https://www.c-amie.co.uk/technical/windows-10-patch-for-october-2023-kb5015684-re-enables-the-taskbar-search-box/

mypasswordis1234 OP ,
@mypasswordis1234@lemmy.world avatar

I had no dialog

Moonrise2473 ,

The dialog goes away after a short time defaulting to "yes I want the useless search bar"

It happened on all my PCs, I was infuriated

woelkchen ,
@woelkchen@lemmy.world avatar

According to the screenshot the question is only asked embedded in the start menu. Windows 10 does that all the time without actually asking. Win11 is better at actually keeping the configuration.

Muscar ,

Hey, got a link to the wallpaper for your main OS? Not the windows one, the red and black one we see part of in the image. Thanks!

DarkThoughts ,

The colors make me think it's one of the Ubuntu default wallpapers.

cholesterol ,

It's one of the Gnome default wallpapers

https://zebreus.github.io/all-gnome-backgrounds/

cosmicrookie ,
@cosmicrookie@lemmy.world avatar

Dont say it... dont say it.... dont saaaayyyy iiiiitt!!!

Have you considered Linux Mint?

Damn... sorry.. was I the first to suggest it this time?

hellfire103 ,
@hellfire103@lemmy.ca avatar

You were, but it appears OP is running Windows in a VM on Linux.

mypasswordis1234 OP ,
@mypasswordis1234@lemmy.world avatar

I already use Fedora Linux, and this Windows is in a virtual machine because sometimes my school requires me to use software that simply doesn't run on Linux

baldingpudenda ,

I bought a cheap laptop for school just to run their windows anti cheat crap. Do you have to run something similar?

mypasswordis1234 OP , (edited )
@mypasswordis1234@lemmy.world avatar

Fortunately, no. My school expects me to use XAMPP (a LAMP stack but without "L" cuz it's on Windows) and Microsoft Office applications like Word, Access, and Excel.

While in the case of LAMP, I can install the individual services (Apache, PHP, MySQL) myself from command line, Microsoft Office applications won't work like that.

baldingpudenda ,

I guess I should count myself lucky everything is expected in be turned in as a PDF and Google docs is used for everything else. The anticheat recognizes it's running on a VM and throws and error.

possiblylinux127 ,
@possiblylinux127@lemmy.zip avatar

Use Libreoffice where you can and just open it up in Word to verify

Mereo ,
@Mereo@lemmy.ca avatar

That's where Windows belongs now, in a VM.

Samsy ,

In a VM, in a box, at the bottom of the sea.

possiblylinux127 ,
@possiblylinux127@lemmy.zip avatar

*Gnome Boxes

umbrella ,
@umbrella@lemmy.ml avatar

"what is my purpose?"

"you stay in a vm until i need to update my mouse firmware"

sangriaferret ,

You're right though. I recently installed it and it is so much more user friendly and does everything I need it to.

xnx ,
@xnx@slrpnk.net avatar

What VM software are you using?

mypasswordis1234 OP ,
@mypasswordis1234@lemmy.world avatar

"Boxes" from Gnome shipped by default with Fedora

TheEntity ,

It's a nice wallpaper though for what it's worth.

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