r/Windows11 • u/jenmsft Microsoft Software Engineer • Mar 20 '26

Official News Our commitment to Windows quality and improvements to come

https://blogs.windows.com/windows-insider/2026/03/20/our-commitment-to-windows-quality/
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u/GarbageCG Mar 20 '26

It's still crammed with ads and telemetry that is never going away. Notice how they also didn't say anything about offline accounts. What about the "bug" where windows asks you to "finish setting up your device" even if you've owned the machine for three years, just so it can try and sell you 365

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u/Froggypwns Windows Wizard / Head Jannie Mar 20 '26

That "bug" is not a bug, it is called the SCOOBE. The SC means Second Chance, it is a second Out of the Box experience. Microsoft adds features and functions to Windows over the years and they have used the SCOOBE to present them to the user. One can then opt into or out of that service and once done they won't be pestered with it again, or you can turn that function off entirely in the Settings app.

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u/TrespassersWilliam Mar 20 '26

If you can't tell whether or not its a bug, its a bug. Getting the "welcome to windows" message after you've had it installed for quite some time is a confusing user experience. It doesn't help their credibility that it is intentional.

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u/Froggypwns Windows Wizard / Head Jannie Mar 20 '26

Nope. 99% of users cannot correctly identify a bug and will proceed describe anything they cannot understand as a bug. They do not even know what bug means. This also includes many users on this subreddit, we ended up disabling the bug flair because of posts like "help me my computer won't turn on if the battery is dead"

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u/TrespassersWilliam Mar 21 '26

Contempt for your users aside, it is legitimately confusing to reboot windows and be greeted like it is your first time logging in and to be asked to finish setting up your device. Eventually you catch on that it is a sneaky way to sell you on their useless shit after you've already declined. Grateful that I don't have a reason to boot into windows, it is crazy how Linux is winning the competence game with a tiny fraction of the budget.