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    Microsoft Hears Users: Ads in Windows 11 May Soon Be Easier to Disable

    Introduction A recent article from TweakTown titled "Maybe Microsoft is Listening: It Looks Like Ads Could Get Easier to Turn Off in Windows 11" discusses Microsoft's responsiveness to user feedback regarding the growing frustration with advertisements in Windows 11. This development signals a...
  2. P

    Windows 8 Ad and commercial relief

    I hope this helps everyone. It is a small free program that stops those annoying commercials you see when you are watching videos and all other ads. It is small and effective. I was talking with Mike about it and did not realize I was in the pm area so he suggested I share with the forum. Peter...
  3. MikeHawthorne

    Windows 8 Ad Blocking, I'm giving it a try!

    Hi In another post I advised against installing Adblock because of some negative messages I found on some other forums, along with people asking how to get rid of it, and treating it like malware. But I also found people who liked it. So I reconsidered, I installed it and uninstalled it and...
  4. Mike

    SRWare Iron

    Mike submitted a new resource: SRWare Iron - The Browser of the future Read more about this resource...
  5. R

    How to block popups?

    I am wondering how to REALLY block popup messages. I keep getting popup messages, which are really friggin' annoying. I've downloaded and installed several popup blockers, but nothing seems to stop these damn things from popping up all the time. This is a Windows7 issue. Is there anything...
  6. reghakr

    [Rumor] Is Google changing how it displays search results?

    So I was doing some searching on Google. Typically when I run a Google search, I get results displayed like so: Aside from the lack of ads (yes, I block ads now) there is nothing special about the search results page: It is the standard search results page I have been seeing since...
  7. M

    Windows 7 Use InPrivate filtering in Internet Explorer to block ads

    Introduced in Internet Explorer 8, was the advent of "InPrivate Filtering" mode, which essentially allows users to create a pre-defined set of rules for content blocking. Several people on the interweb have devoted time to making HUGE lists of suffixes, web addresses and more of websites/ads...
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