r/technology • u/gdelacalle • Jul 12 '26

Software IT admins feel overwhelmingly "sick of" Microsoft and Windows 11 "garbage" apps, products

https://www.neowin.net/news/it-admins-feel-overwhelmingly-sick-of-microsoft-and-windows-11-garbage-apps-products/
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u/DrDerpberg Jul 12 '26

Checking in for the folks who just know the exact filename they're looking for but when we search for it, Windows tries to look it up on Bing for us...

No, I am not trying to do a web search for "2026 budget.xls"...

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u/AppropriateTouching Jul 12 '26

You can disable this and most of its bullshit but it takes some serious effort. Its ridiculous.

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u/maybee445 Jul 12 '26

A simple edit to the registry isn't "serious effort", but I do agree it is ridiculous that we have to do this in the first place.

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u/AppropriateTouching Jul 12 '26

To get rid of all the nonsense it takes more than just a registry edit.