In addition to monthly reminders to use Microsoft Edge and Microsoft 365, Windows 11 now recommends using OneDrive. A recent Windows Update triggers a full-screen pop-up for OneDrive, which looks like the OOBE (out-of-the-box experience) that typically pops up when you install Windows 11 for the first time.
First spotted by Windows Latest, Windows 11 has a new pop-up titled “Let’s back up your files,” which appears automatically when you start your PC.
It’s worth noting that OneDrive’s free storage is limited to 5GB, so you need to buy storage to use the Windows Backup feature. It isn’t practically possible to backup your complete PC to OneDrive in the long run unless you have empty folders.
Also, if you do manage to skip the OneDrive pop-up when booting Windows, you’ll see another notification that warns your PC that it is not fully backed up with an alert icon.
It isn’t possible to pause or remove these alerts and full-screen pop-ups in Windows 11 if you live outside the European Union.
Friendly reminder that Linux is free and respects your ownership of your computer.
Windows free since XP
It’s been so nice. My wife and I have really appreciated the steady, stable consistency of our home desktop doing exactly what we want it to do without distractions, all the time.
It’s a simple pleasure, like owning a TV that’s not smart, or visiting a website with no ads. It just does what it’s supposed to do. I want more technology like this in my life.
This is like someone in a UFO sub reminding people about Roswell
Switched to Linux earlier this year when I saw the end of Windows 10 support coming. I haven’t looked back since.
I don’t miss that “not for now” or “maybe later” being the only option beside “yes” in prompts.
One of the first things I did was remove OneDrive when I installed W11.
I have yet to see any of this new malarky, and I am not in the EU.
From a admin command prompt:
winget uninstall Microsoft.OneDriveIf you have linked an account to OneDrive, I’d advise you unlink it first.
Stop fucking bugging me OS! Junkmail, spam, junk phone calls, junk sms, notification abuse on smartphone apps. It really adds the hell up and this kind of shit coming from something I paid to install is infuriating.
would you like to SUPERSIZE your OS subscription?
Look, this is horrible and everything, but how are people pretending this is new? Occasional updates since Windows 10 have been showing these annoying pre-boot configuration screens even if you’ve skipped them before including ones wanting you to use OneDrive.
I’ve never had that happen on windows 10, and I have three win 10 machines here that get daily use.
Good for you, so you’re from the EU or any other country that forces MS to stop this bullshit (or at least your installations believe you are).
Users: Do you realize what Windows is subjecting us to? MS board of directors: Windows? We don’t even use PCs
Last time I booted up Win 10 to game I got a full screen ad for Windows 11. When hitting the button to exit, the button disappeared and the whole machine froze and eventually crashed. (Although that crash might have been somewhat hardware related)
Man they’re really making the case for me to keep using Windows 10
Until security updates are stopped in October next year…
I am willing to bet they won’t stop security updates for W10 next year.
Didn’t the EU force Microsoft to show third-party alternatives to Internet Explorer like a decade ago? I feel like this is the same thing.
They don’t show this in the eu or at least I didn’t get any and in the eu they also let you uninstall edge
That explains why. throws hands up https://ec.europa.eu/commission/presscorner/detail/en/IP_13_196
Now? This pop-up has been there for more than a year.
Time to be broken up for real this time.
the EU should put all these companies through the fucking WRINGER. better yet, the States can help regulate them! imagine all the power massive tech corpos would lose if the EU and the US worked together to bring them down. then the EU’s regulations would also apply basically anywhere else, since tech companies watch the US market the closest (and they can’t afford to lose this market unless they… idk, move to China)
