Have to use Windows for work (I’ve asked), the ads have been getting worse and worse on my work laptop. Today got a game ad notification… That’s clearly too far, right? Like I have to clear notifications, so I have to see it

  • CaptPretentious@lemmy.world
    20·
    1 year ago

    So is that a personal laptop your using for work or a work laptop? Because if it’s the latter, they’re doing a terrible job setting policies and turning crap off with either GPO or some DSC system.

    • UnPassive@lemmy.worldOPEnglish
      10·
      1 year ago

      It’s a work laptop We’re a small company - I still feel like calling our IT terrible instead of Microsoft is misguided though

      • ramble81@lemm.ee
        8·
        1 year ago

        Yeah there are ways to turn that off. Additionally business should be using Enterprise edition which doesn’t have the telemetry or that unneeded bloat. You have an incompetent IT department.

        • vonbaronhans@midwest.social
          2·
          1 year ago

          Yeah, I’ve never had an ad like that on a work laptop, ever. A good IT dept will lock down the experience to minimize distractions for business purposes, and lock down features that aren’t appropriate for work.

        • UnPassive@lemmy.worldOPEnglish
          2·
          1 year ago

          I mean, I agree, but the problem isn’t just that I see this at work. I shouldn’t have to see it on a paid operating system. This is a normal user experience on Windows. Ads everywhere is annoying. I understand people can be proactive to disable this stuff, but I think it’s crumby of Microsoft to do