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How do i get rid of these widget things?
Start by saying that the advice below does work... on the lock screen settings.. turn off the fun facts etc.. but that is not sufficient.. also have to "Choose one app..." and set it to none.
Not exactly intuitive, is it!
... and the Microsoft update had set it to "Show weather and more"!.. so very intentional.
Same problem.. tried all the settings and everything including various regedits but persist.. told to do a clean boot by disabling microsoft services in msconfig.. worked but also locked up my computer.
Did a system restore and got rid of the widgets but as soon as I turned my back, windows updated again and the wigets were back immediately.
This is something built into the latest windows update.. nothing to do with malware... unless you classify windows updates as malware?
Oh, it's definitely malware, if you have set a usable login system, and suddenly MS breach your security by throwing in sites that you haven't vetted, and might give out system details you'd not normaly provide.
MS used to declare programing "Safe & Secure" back in the day, but it looks like the $$.$$ are more important again.
