• Re: Can you turn all the Microsoft-served ads off in Windows 11 - or not?

    From T@T@invalid.invalid to alt.comp.os.windows-11 on Fri Aug 29 17:57:36 2025
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    On 6/26/25 8:48 AM, Peter Johnson wrote:
    Me too. Never seen on, though I recall that I turned something off on
    Edge a long time ago that served some tosh on new tabs.

    I do not see them either. I removed copilot and edge
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  • From MikeS@mikes@is.invalid to alt.comp.os.windows-11 on Sat Aug 30 10:24:21 2025
    From Newsgroup: alt.comp.os.windows-11

    On 30/08/2025 01:57, T wrote:
    On 6/26/25 8:48 AM, Peter Johnson wrote:
    Me too. Never seen on, though I recall that I turned something off on
    Edge a long time ago that served some tosh on new tabs.

    I do not see them either.-a I removed copilot and edge

    Much of what you call "ads" would be called "helpful info" by MS but I
    never see any of it. I have not removed anything, simply changed regular settings. Look at Personalisation, Privacy & Security and the Lock
    screen. In Edge look at settings for browser opening and new tabs.
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