WHY am I being FORCED to deal with Microsoft edge?

Anonymous
2020-06-21T10:09:03+00:00

This is insane. I woke up, turned my pc on and see that while my computer updated Microsoft sneakily installed a new version of edge. The icing on the cake, however, is that my system's screen was commandeered by an unclosable presentation forcing me to watch a slow and meticulous explanation of all of the changes you've made to my system that I never asked for and want nothing to do with.

This behavior is doing the opposite of what your company wants to happen. These forceful tactics do not make anyone want to use your service and immediately make you a nuisance and enemy to the user. It's as if you as a company feel your users are going to be too stupid to notice this change or too lazy to go back to using their original browser and just passively accept the changes you've made. We're not cattle. We make our own decisions. 

So here I am, taking up my time and energy trying to change things BACK to the way I had them, on the computer I pay a lot of money to own and maintain.

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  1. Anonymous
    2020-08-26T14:34:01+00:00
    • Yes, many people mess around with their O/S by editing registry or installing **** software and 9 times out of 10 it causes issues.
    • Yes, a browser is part of the O/S and should not be removed. Apple has Safari and Google has Chrome because one needs to have at least one browser that can't be uninstalled in an O/S. After all if there was no browser how would you download your favorite browser? Riddle me that one . . .

    Point 1 there is irrelevant, as clearly the issues mentioned here are part of ordinary installations which people have been encountering and so any presence or absence of editting of the registry is irrelevant.

    Point 2 is false. Yeah it's far harder to download your favourite browser without a browser, but you could get the file installed by a CD or memory stick from another computer, or write your own browser. A browser is not an intrinsic part of an O/S even if it's highly unadvisable to try and go without one.

    Happy?

    Now, I expect it would be good to stop distracting from the actual conversation of Microsoft's unethical update.

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  2. Anonymous
    2020-08-25T14:09:30+00:00

    Yes, it really sucks when people such as richard000000001 tells people the truth about technology, not the lies and garbage that are posted in this forum. So if that makes someone a troll then so be it, as I can't speak for richard000000001, but I'd rather be a truthful person any day of the week than someone who spreads lies and misinformation. I'm thankful I'm in tech so that I can help others, you seem to know only how to toss insults and add nothing productive or sustentative to the discussion.

    Bonne chance!

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  3. Anonymous
    2020-08-25T13:39:29+00:00

    resisted reply to you, what are you trying achieve with the shilling/trolling here, must be a real fulfilling existence, not, get a life man you just make a bigger and bigger **** of yourself, no need to reply, never coming back to this unmoderated ****, people like you have no business technology, being a dork/dweb may be acceptable for the pitiful mess at MS these days. All the decent engineers of the past are long gone, just a bunch of social misfits posers  who don't seem to be able to produce anything useful,  just repulsive

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  4. Anonymous
    2020-08-23T23:44:24+00:00

    Hello, my name is Richard, and I will do my best to assist you.

    I would suggest that you reset Edge. Go into Edge settings and on the left, you will see reset click on that and then re-setup Edge.

    I hope this helps, and if you need any further assistance, please post, and we will be glad to assist you.

    "When we try to pick out anything by itself, we find it hitched to everything else in the universe." John Muir

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  5. Anonymous
    2020-08-23T23:33:34+00:00

    I also awoke to the problem of having my PC changed to the supposedly new Microsoft edge. At this point it has screwed up my PC, it takes forever to load anything, and do mean forever.

    It seems to start loading and then stops, everything loads as if I'm using dialup from back in the day.

    Any suggestions on solving this problem?

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