Let’s put it this way; when Microsoft announced its plans to start adding features to Windows 10 once again, despite the operating system’s inevitable demise in October 2025, everyone expected slightly different things to see ported over from Windows 11. Sadly, the latest addition to Windows 10 is one of the most annoying changes coming from Windows 11’s Start menu.

Earlier this year, Microsoft introduced a so-called “Account Manager” for Windows 11 that appears on the screen when you click your profile picture on the Start menu. Instead of just showing you buttons for logging out, locking your device or switching profiles, it displays Microsoft 365 ads. All the actually useful buttons are now hidden behind a three-dot submenu (apparently, my 43-inch display does not have enough space to accommodate them). Now, the “Account Manager” is coming to Windows 10 users.

The change was spotted in the latest Windows 10 preview builds from the Beta and Release Preview Channels. It works in the same way as Windows 11, and it is disabled by default for now because the submenu with sign-out and lock buttons does not work.

  • PhAzE@lemmy.caEnglish
    17·
    3 months ago

    If they advertise, then the OS needs to be free. I’m not paying for an OS that profits off me too.

    • viking@infosec.pubEnglish
      22·
      3 months ago

      I don’t recall ever paying for Windows, so there’s that. Once in a while I had a genuine license that came bundled with something, but most of the time, I don’t.

      • SoGrumpy@lemmy.mlEnglish
        3·
        3 months ago

        Aside from pirating, if you got Windows with a new pc/laptop, then you paid for Windows in the price of the device.

        • viking@infosec.pubEnglish
          11·
          3 months ago

          I always go for customized builds without OS. Those instances where I had a license were either work computers or licenses I got through uni.