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What do you mean by consumer-oriented stuff?

I'm typing this on my company azure ad integrated windows 11. The system info says it's windows 11 enterprise 25h2.

My start menu still has multiple random xbox crap in there, game bar (what even is that?!), "game mode", "solitaire and casual games". It shows random ads in the weather app. It invites me to do more with a microsoft account, even though the computer is fully azure ad joined and my windows session is an azure ad account with some expensive office365 licence attached.

Before reinstalling the other day for unrelated reasons, I had actually tried to add that account. Turns out it doesn't work with a "work or school" account, it requires the personal one, but it doesn't say it clearly, only that "something went wrong".

I honestly don't see any difference when compared to my personal windows install I use for the occasional game and Lightroom / Photoshop.





Fresh installs of Enterprise do not have any of the extra garbage on the start menu. It's just a few Office apps, Edge, and Explorer.

Your Windows install probably started as Pro and then was changed to an Enterprise license key later.


My enterprise start menu has a entry for MSN.com which rotates between pictures and headlines you would find on TMZ.

Why MS feels the Kardashians should be in my start menu, I don't know.


You're not supposed to know or care :(

Microsoft certainly doesn't.

I suspect you'll additionally need to make some GPO changes so that things like Game Bar, Xbox, and Copilot are disabled.



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