• Zagorath@aussie.zone
    111·
    7 months ago

    ConisioAdmin.exe (Solidworks PDM)

    EaseUS Disk Copy.exe (EaseUS Disk Copy Application)

    ep_dwm.exe (ExplorerPatcher) Included since 22H2

    iCloudServices.exe (iCloud files shared in Explorer via WhatsApp) from 23H2

    RadeonSoftware.exe (AMD GPU perf settings) from23H2

    StartAllBackCfg.exe (StartAllBack) Included since 22H2

    Multi-mon + Copilot (Microsoft)

    MergeSdb (Microsoft)

    Intel IntcOED.sys (Intel)

    Intel IntcAudioBus.sys (Intel) (%WinDir%\System32\drivers\IntcAudioBus.sys)

    Realtek 8192su Wireless USB 2.0 Adapter (Realtek) (%WinDir%\System32\drivers\RTL8192su.sys)

    • ITeeTechMonkey@lemmy.worldEnglish
      76·
      7 months ago

      I love that Microsoft has Microsoft developed applications on its update/upgrade block list.

      It’s a good reminder that companies arent as cohesive as most people think especially when they are as large as Microsoft.

      • NotSteve_@lemmy.ca
        14·
        7 months ago

        I remember having to reverse engineer an API owned by my own company because our team was too far removed from theirs. The whole situation was crazy

    • Zerush@lemmy.ml
      21·
      7 months ago

      Thanks, I can’t access this site, because it says I have to diseable my adblocker, my adblocker is off on this site, but I don’t feel like deactivating the other protections. Suspicious if a page requires you to enter naked. in Make use of the same thing happens, with the same reasons for not trusting.

      Site test

    • Blizzard@lemmy.zipEnglish
      19·
      7 months ago

      Is any of those free, small and not invasive so I can install it just to prevent an update to Winshit 11?

      • B0rax@feddit.de
        15·
        7 months ago

        The iCloud thing is free. I think it adds a system tray application but I don’t think it does anything if you don’t log in with an Apple account.

        The Realtek Wireless driver should also do nothing if you don’t have the device.

      • michael_palmer@lemmy.sdf.org
        1·
        7 months ago

        I use AtlasOS tweaks with Windows 10 and my system never suggests an upgrade to Windows 11 although updates and MS Store works fine. AtlasOS is the thing that make Windows at least usable.

      • jon@lemdro.idEnglish
        6·
        7 months ago

        What, the generic Windows driver wasn’t good enough…?

    • DanVctr@sh.itjust.works
      7·
      7 months ago

      ExplorerPatcher wouldn’t be necessary if they actually stopped removing basic features from Explorer that have existed for over a decade

        • DanVctr@sh.itjust.works
          5·
          7 months ago

          For me personally, I like having my taskbar at the top of the screen. MS removed the ability to change the position of the taskbar in W11. It does a lot more than that, potentially giving you an almost XP like experience if that’s what you want.

  • Mossy Feathers (They/Them)@pawb.social
    46·
    7 months ago

    Those are some interesting choices of apps. Considering some of those sound like professional tools (SOLIDWORKS pdm) or basic drivers/tools (Radeon software, Intel drivers), they may be about to drive more people away from their OS.

    • Damage@feddit.it
      47·
      7 months ago

      You mean the opposite. Booting up your work PC and finding out you can’t do your job because Windows decide to update and break all your software is quite rage-inducing.

      • Salvo@aussie.zoneEnglish
        17·
        7 months ago

        Considering all the Bloatware that Microsoft has been pumping out lately (don’t get me started or Outlook), this may be a good excuse to get a Radeon Graphics Card.

        If I can be guaranteed that installing this software will prevent having to deal with CoPilot, I would jump on that straight away.

        • purplemonkeymad@programming.dev
          5·
          7 months ago

          Bad news, I have an AMD card and still got the copilot button. It’s probably a very specific version of the software that is an issue.

      • Flaky@iusearchlinux.fyiEnglish
        11·
        7 months ago

        For what it’s worth, other Start menu replacements like Start11 and Open Shell’s menu aren’t on the list. This might genuinely be a compatibility-related blocker given that iCloud, EaseUS and certain drivers are also on the list.

  • doctortofu@reddthat.com
    26·
    7 months ago

    Microsoft, probably: “StartAllBack? Nope, ya little twit, you will use our start menu AND YOU WILL LIKE IT! No installing any of that crap on your our computer!”

      • fernandofig@reddthat.com
        2·
        7 months ago

        Apparently it’s not that the software is broken, it’s that the software being installed breaks Windows Update. There are reports from people that uninstalling StartAllBack, updating the OS, then reinstalling it back (renaming the install executable first) works fine.

        As much as being affected by this is frustrating to me (though this is all happening still on the dev channel, so for me it’ll be a problem for the future), I understand Microsoft’s rationale here. They can’t be expected to support every third-party tool that can break the OS, and it’s known that both ExplorerPatcher and StartAllBack relies on many hacks using undocumented APIs to work.

        In the last few decades that I’ve been using Windows, I never felt compelled to use shell replacements or customizations - the default experience always worked fine for me with a few tweaks. So, if anything I’m more frustrated at Microsoft that I’m forced to use StartAllBack, because MS went and removed options from the shell that existed forever and always took for granted, and then some.

  • heavyboots@lemmy.mlEnglish
    19·
    7 months ago

    The enshitification of Windows compared to macOS has really accelerated a lot recently it seems. I work with both daily and it is weird and irritating how much extra crap keeps getting hurled willy-nilly into Windows updates this last year.

  • gortbrown@lemmy.sdf.org
    17·
    7 months ago

    Imagine being so against people using certain programs on their computer that you straight up deny them software updates.