Stopping occasional 'Let's finish setting up your PC' nags on restarts

[Steerpike]

Finally found this tip online somewhere (my apologies for not remembering where).  You may appreciate it. This lets you turn off those 'lets finish setting up your PC' nags that crop up occasionally. 

 

Settings / System / Notifications; scroll to bottom; turn off all three items.

 

 

 

 

[Eban]

 

 

I'm one of those old geezers who totally refuses to go with win11...... I did try it.

[Steerpike]

On 1/27/2025 at 2:20 AM, Eban said:

 

 

I'm one of those old geezers who totally refuses to go with win11...... I did try it.

For many of us, if not most, we don't have much choice - if you buy a new laptop or desktop PC, it comes with Win11 pre-installed and it's not clear how easy it is to downgrade.   After a short 'adjustment' period, I can't say there's any practical difference; File explorer explores; browsers browse; my excel documents work the same; etc etc. I used to launch things primarily from 'start', now I launch things primarily from the task-bar thanks to slightly better 'pinning' features and slightly worse 'start menu' behavior. 

[kojack]

I never got the "worse start menu experience".  I find it much better and cleaner. The only issue is the "recommended" area of the start menu you can't get rid of in settings.  A simple download from the MS store fixes that.