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fully, it’s easy to uninstall these unnecessary apps, but that doesn’t mean
Microsoft won’t add more to the mix in the future. Microsoft used to
blame its OEM partners for bundling lots of useless apps on Windows
PCs, but now it has itself to blame for doing the same to Windows 10.
Some might argue that Microsoft is well within its rights as most people
got Windows 10 free of charge. That’s a valid argument for some, but
most Windows users will have paid for a license for the OS through the
purchase of a laptop or desktop PC. Placing notifications in the File Ex-
plorer and task bar — parts of the operating system that no other devel-
opers are allowed to touch — just feels really unnecessary and an abuse
of power.

Microsoft added a notification center to Windows 10 for a reason. If it
feels the need to annoy its loyal users with irritating prompts then these
should be channeled into that notification center, not wedged into the
File Explorer or on top of the task bar. You shouldn't have to dig deep
into a settings panel to disable these; they shouldn't be there in your File
Explorer in the first place.

Metered Connections in Windows 10 Creators

Every since Windows 10 was release many people have used the metered
connection option to give themselves some control over updates to the
system but now Metered Connections in Windows 10 Creators Update
will not block all windows update downloads.

The latest fast ring build released by Microsoft, 15058, came out recently
and reports say that a significant change in some of the text on the Win-
dows Update settings page has taken place.