Submitted 11 months ago by AnActOfCreation@programming.dev to technology@lemmy.world
https://winaero.com/just-a-json-file-in-windows-11-enables-edge-bing-and-search-ads-removal/amp/
It is worth mentioning that changes you made to the IntegratedServicesRegionPolicySet.json file won’t have effect in stable versions of Windows 10 and Windows 11. Microsoft has to roll out this new capability to the stable branch in March 2024.
It’s annoying that this is all the way at the bottom of the article. Good to know I can do all this, glad I didn’t attempt to change any of this now, because it’s pointless until these updates hit stable
came here to complain about this. BTW, found a more complicated way to remove edge on Tom’s. makes linux howtos look preschool
You know, if you use Linux you don’t have to jump through hoops like this (trivial though they may be). Wouldn’t it be nice to not have an adversarial, abusive relationship with your OS?
Some of you sound like the annoying stereotype of vegans pushing their diet lifestyle.
the annoying stereotype of vegans pushing their diet
famous picture of the plane getting shot that illustrates survivorship bias
Also, vegans actually do something good for the planet so thank your neighborly vegan next time instead of telling them a story about how you once met someone who was really pushy about veganism.
Wouldn’t it be nice to not have an adversarial, abusive relationship with your OS?
The whole point of computers, as far as I can tell, is to be that abusive relationship we never could perfect with humans. Linux is no exception, it’s just more passive-aggressive and better with gaslighting.
“You see, if only you’d installed this dependency, which I showed you so clearly in the error logs all along - and I categorised them so nicely - but you never like to look there, do you? - I mean, I understand, and that’s why I mentioned it - not too strongly, because I didn’t want to upset you more - in the terminal output…”
Package managers have become so much better with dependencies. It’s been a while since I’ve encountered an issue, with yay it very usually works out of the box.
In that same Linux I had to rack my brain and still failed to launch the game I want.
You mean like that relationship?
I used to think the same and sure there are still definitely games that won’t work, but gaming on Linux has come a loooong way. And with the recent bullshit that Microsoft is pulling with Windows 10 and especially 11 I just couldn’t take it anymore.
Or maybe the one that I had to reinstall every other month because it kept failing to boot (probably because I broke something because I had no clue what I was doing and trying to get stuff working).
Linux not being able to launch a game (that probably was not made for it) is not a relationship issue but a technical one.
Even if it is possible to run the game but you need to hack around your distro’s configurations, you can be certain the default configuration was not made with the specific intent of preventing you from running the game.
In the Windows case you are not hacking around with the json file to solve a technical issue.
Windows is not misconfigured, it’s Microsoft’s explicit decision to prevent you from removing some of it’s software even if it’s forced by law to do so for other people.
It’s ok if you don’t mind Microsoft’s behavior or you just find Linux’s technical issues more important in choosing an OS. But the issues are not similar neither equivalent.
Listen, I probably one of the most hardcore linux propagandists out there, which spells disaster when I confess I’m anything but a tech guru, but even I am aware some people are too off the deep end to swim back and move to another OS.
Windows is locked in a dominant position and regardless how bad their solutions are in fact, not enough tech/privacy aware high level managers exist to push windows off the corporate shelf.
The alternative is to spread Linux and FOSS to kids and incentivize the use and exploring of technology because it is simply fun to do it, not shotgun proseletize and hope something sticks.
Your intention is good but the method, which I often use as well, needs a lot of refining.
And if you use Linux you have to jump through hoops to install (non-steam) games. I know, just yesterday I had to search a working tutorial for installing Fall Guys.
BTW for anyone needing help in the future, this worked: youtu.be/X41PlQNx0vk
Anyone who makes a stand to defend Linux as a gaming platform over Windows is righteously impractical at best, and a principled idiot at worst. It’s simply not there yet.
As a user who bought FG on steam, I had ZERO issues whatsoever getting this to run on my Walmart laptop. This is an Epic issue. Fuck Epic. Ran Fall Guys into the ground before laying off basically all of its creative team.
It’s not Linux or Windows. For example Gaming and everyday Tasks I use Windows because Games I play run much better on Windows and I like to use it more. But for things like programming I will use Linux. I’m just beginning learning to code but I already made the painful experience of trying to get compiler, debugger etc. running on windows.
Linux and Windows are Tools. You can’t use a Hammer for every Taks, sometimes you need a Screwdriver.
Some tools are easy to repair but some tools detect if replaced parts are not from the manufacturer and refuse to work, or even require a subscription. You may say you really need a “screwdriver” but that doesn’t negate the criticism it requires being shoved up your fucking ass to work.
Ableton Live and plugins don’t work on Linux, and I’d rather run it on my own build, so I have to use Windows.
You could try Bitwig. I have a friend that prefers it over Ableton even on Windows. And Windows-only VSTs work with Yabridge
Yeah, let me know when Revit, Civil 3D, ArcGIS, OpenRoads Designer are operable and supported on Linux.
Yes, should escape from using Windows if can. But this is just news, why automatically there must be a comment like that?
GIVE IT TO ME YESTERDAY
Christmas came early this year
deactivate Bing in taskbar search
Stop, I can only get so erect.
Who am I kidding, I already reverted my machines to Windows 10 ages ago, and haven’t had to deal with such bullcrap.
Last week I ditched windows for linux on my last computer.
And yesterday and today have been spent working fruitlessly to mod Baldur's Gate 3.
I cannot for the life of me figure out what's going wrong. So far, I've gotten a grand total of zero mods to work. If I were still on Windows, I could use one of two or three separate mod managers.
Sadly, this new laptop didn't come with Windows 10, only 11. Which was what fueled the drive to ditch it for linux.
Did you check out Lutris for mod managers? I know Vortex is on there and is supposed to work with all steam games.
A little detective work got me to this Linux specific mod manager that targets BG3 and CP2077 - https://github.com/CHollingworth/Lampray
You can download Windows 10 directly from Microsoft. Any version you like, if you use the command line interface.
You can then use an open source bit of software to commercially license it. This is basically legitimate, for all intents and purposes. It’s how corporate licenses are done.
A computer built for Windows 11 hardware should work just fine in Windows 10. You might not be able to use the official manufacturer’s drivers for certain bits, but the generic drivers should still work.
Welcome to Linux, where simultaneously the forum “have you tried Linux?” people claims it works perfectly, and they’ve never once encountered an issue ever in their lifetime, and the rest of the users struggle with bullshit error after error that somehow miraculously don’t occur on the soapboxers’ machines
There’s a github installer for mod organizer 2 on linux, which I use for modding skyrim. Maybe that would work for you as well?
I already reverted my machines to Windows 10 ages ago
Ah the sweet smell of, “your computer is not ready for Windows 11. Find out what you can do.”
Install via Rufus. If you have to.
I just switched to Linux bcs I couldn’t stand the MS BS anymore. Lol. Plus my computer can’t even update to W11. So only so much longer till I’d need to do that anyways lol.
There’s a good chance MS will have to extend their support for Windows 10 because of that. Either that, or they’ll have to make it easier for non-compliant hardware to run it.
Until you don’t get anymore updates and you are hacked and botnet infested.
Security updates for Windows 10 are currently set to end in 2025. However, there is a strong possibility Microsoft will continue to support it, given that so much hardware cannot be directly upgraded to Windows 11 (it can be done, but not officially).
You’re also saying that as if an up to date Windows 11 installation is the pinnacle of security. Last I checked (albeit I can’t remember the name of it), there was a very low level way of hacking out a Windows user’s password, one that Microsoft has no easy way of addressing. This is among any number of other zero days that are prevalent in such a widespread OS.
Maybe the botnet will play League of Legends better then I do. Meanwhile it will have ‘mysterious power outages’ whenever I’m doing real work in Linux ;-)
Windows 10 forces edge, bing, and ads in the search bar already. Reverting to 10 changes nothing in that regard.
The setting to disable Bing in search has existed since the feature has been added.
If only you guys learned to look in the settings…
At this point it’s literally just easier to use any Linux distro
Suuure, let me know when Revit, Civil 3D, ArcGIS, OpenRoads Designer are operable and supported on Linux.
I knoooooooow. I know arcgis is working on it at least. I’m a geologist, a ton of our geospatial programs require windows.
But I’m about ready to experiment with a dual joot for my home set up! I really never need windows for that anymore
The future is now old man.
…arcgis.com/…/welcome-to-the-portal-for-arcgis-in…
Looks like the other three aren’t natively supported though.
Only these? What about league of legends, valorant and Visual Studio?
No. Not really. But it’s fun to toss that out there, isn’t it.
Eh, I switched last year and it’s really not that different.
I’d assume it’s actually easier now by comparison seeing how Windows has kept shoving in ads
I just installed Ubuntu (the more mainstream ofnlinux distros) to replace my windows OS. I was greeted by a cryptic error. After a quick search for some tecno bable, i had to start on safe mode and install the video drivers.
Do you think a “regular user” would be able to do this?
Don’t use Ubuntu desktop, it’s really buggy. Please try Pop OS and you will come back and say how smooth it is, and how you loved it.
I’m amazed it took to the second comment to mention Linux.
Just a JSON file in Windows 11 enables you to dock the fucking taskbar to the side of your screen.
I’m just a simple girl with simple desires.
Just install Linux already. Have any inevitable windows requirements? Run them in a VM until you can get rid of them. Fuck Microsoft and their bullshit
I dunno man, I recently put Mint onto my Lenovo and… the refinement just isn’t there STILL. dual monitor management isn’t very good, even mouse acceleration doesn’t play well when you go from the touchpad to an external mouse. Sure, many things have improved, but the fit and finish just isn’t even where windows was a decade ago…
I feel the same way when I am forced to use Windows, it feels so primitive and in-the-way but I guess people get used to what they use.
I have dual monitors with different scaling and refresh rates, both work perfectly. Even VRR works as expected. I’m using Manjaro KDE with Wayland, Intel CPU, AMD GPU.
Linux Mint hasn’t finished their work on Wayland and thus, the things you are experiencing are unfortunately expected. So you might want to switch to another distro with GNOME or KDE.
I will never install Linux because I’ll never trust that it’ll be easier to use than windows, and that’s all I want.
I can’t count the number of people that have told me I should be on Linux and that if I use Mint it’ll be a piece of perfect cake, despite me also seeing comments like this on a pretty regular basis.
Why is it that so much of the community REFUSES to acknowledge any shortcomings? Almost like it’s their child and you’re personally attacking their parenting by suggesting its not flawlessly simple.
Anti-cheat is still a major issue. Even in a VM with GPU pass-through, anti-cheat will still prevent some popular games from running.
As an artist, the hassle of running a VM can actually kill creative flow. Same with alternatives.
People underestimate how much such a tiny can completely disrupt flow of thoughts, esp for creative works.
Running Visual Studio in a VM? No thanks, it is heavy enough as it is. And don’t say use VS Code or Rider. Saying “Just use some other software, so you can use Linux” defeats the entire argument that Linux can be used in place of Windows.
Nothing works under Linux. And the list just just keeps growing.
Even MS themselves don’t want to deal with it anymore. Can’t blame them
Or Group Policy Editor?
This really should be on for everyone, not just when it detects you’re in the EU.
Seems like it would be elementary to add your country code to the list of regions.
It took me embarrassingly long to figure out how to read the title correctly. Like, you need a json file to enable Edge and Bing??
Sweet, even less garbage to clutter up the ol gaming rig.
Maybe one day game devs will enable anticheat on Linux so I can finally uninstall the shit OS.
Edge is required for web search
By disabling this, does it mean I'll be able to set Firefox as the default browser to open when doing a web search from the start menu?
None of these settings should be controlled by Microsoft. It’s my computer, Satya.
Microsoft and Apple pervasively install thier entire platform in their Operating Systems so you can’t just have what you need to have on one of their computers, you have the buy the whole platform.
The Linux Eco-system is valued at $100 Billion, has nearly 40 million LoC, and is now Global Mega-Corp Consortium Funded. Link to Linux Foundation Financial Report 2022, “Read The Report”, Page 13.
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If we are headed for a global AI monolith or Bladerunner type future, it will surely run on Linux! It’s everywhere and Linux will never again be steered by the community.
Instead use and help make successful any Indie Operating System like Haiku, Aero, or Minix3 instead of literally working as the tinniest cog ever for a Global Mega-Corp Consortium.
You can also just use GhostBSD which is a superb Desktop BSD experience based off of stable FreeBSD that installs and works like Mint. Control your own kernel and everything about your BSD with NetBSD. Now is a great time to get into BSD with NetBSD 10 RC1. Learn it now and you’ll have an OS that when released does only what you want it to do.
Finally there is the fastest BSD, Dragonfly. I made a Dragonfly BSD setup script that will turn a $250 2019 Thinkpad T495 into a lightning fast programmer workstation that does only what you want it to. It never even makes one call it out to the internet unless you typed the command in.
If you insist on using Linux, then use a distro that let’s them know you would not like kernel globally taken over.
I’m honestly surprised that I’m going to say this, as I have not used this term and over a decade, but there’s a lot of FUD (fear, uncertainty, doubt) going on in the comments on this topic, trying to shape a certain narrative.
The way Windows buil-in text editor colors and formats JSON files in 2023…
That seems like standard options why would they be disabled?
ndsvw@feddit.de 11 months ago
masterspace@lemmy.ca 11 months ago
Honest to god, EU regulators feel like the last bastion of sanity left.
FuryMaker@lemmy.world 11 months ago
Until they ban encryption…
qyron@sopuli.xyz 11 months ago
Like anything else, some times right, some times wrong.
This is a great “right” moment.
I dread the next “wrong” one.
Agent641@lemmy.world 11 months ago
Thanks Jason
brsrklf@jlai.lu 11 months ago
Press X to JSON.
tacosplease@lemmy.world 11 months ago
There is an old video of people larping in a public park. One guy is pulling bean bags out of a little pouch on his side and throwing them at the person he is battling. With each throw he screams “lightning bolt!!!”. Your username reads like three of his lightning bolt attacks.