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Windows operating system comes pre-installed with an active license on most new desktop computers. Windows licenses can also be acquired by making a one-time purchase.

Since Windows 10, the operating system started to include [[bloatware]] and integrated ads about Microsoft services on system tools like Settings or File Explorer, as well as during initial setup. Users also might get ads on the lock screen, desktop and as notifications. There is also the clickbait newsfeed in the start menu.<ref>https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2025/11/what-i-do-to-clean-up-a-clean-install-of-windows-11-23h2-and-edge/</ref>

Since Windows 10, the operating system started to include [[bloatware]] and integrated ads about Microsoft services on system tools like Settings or File Explorer,<ref>{{cite web |url=https://x.com/flobo09/status/1502645866204704773 |url-status=live |author=flobo09 |title=Some people will go mad if Microsoft starts adding ads in explorer. |date=12 Mar 2022 |website=[[X Corp|X / Twitter]]}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |first=Tom |last=Warren |date=15 Mar 2022 |url=https://www.theverge.com/2022/3/15/22979251/microsoft-file-explorer-ads-windows-11-testing |url-status=live |title=Microsoft says Windows 11 File Explorer ads were ‘not intended to be published externally’ / We may still see File Explorer ads in the future |website=The Verge |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220315165325/https://www.theverge.com/2022/3/15/22979251/microsoft-file-explorer-ads-windows-11-testing |archive-date=2022-03-15}}</ref> as well as during initial setup.<ref>{{cite web |title=So this is where we are now, microsoft is putting ads at boot in windows 10 |author=No_Telephone9938 |date=25 Sep 2021 |url=https://old.reddit.com/r/Windows10/comments/pveruw/so_this_is_where_we_are_now_microsoft_is_putting/ |url-status=live |website=[[Reddit]] |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250801175110/https://old.reddit.com/r/Windows10/comments/pveruw/so_this_is_where_we_are_now_microsoft_is_putting/ |archive-date=2025-08-01}}</ref> Users also might get ads on the lock screen, desktop and as notifications. There is also the clickbait newsfeed in the start menu.<ref>{{cite news |title=How to declutter, quiet down, and take the AI out of Windows 11 25H2 |first=Andrew |last=Cunningham |date=5 Nov 2025 |url=https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2025/11/what-i-do-to-clean-up-a-clean-install-of-windows-11-23h2-and-edge/ |url-status=live |website=Ars Technica |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20251105165936/https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2025/11/what-i-do-to-clean-up-a-clean-install-of-windows-11-23h2-and-edge/ |archive-date=2025-11-05}}</ref>

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 Windows operating system comes pre-installed with an active license on most new desktop computers. Windows licenses can also be acquired by making a one-time purchase.
-Since Windows 10, the operating system started to include [[bloatware]] and integrated ads about Microsoft services on system tools like Settings or File Explorer, as well as during initial setup. Users also might get ads on the lock screen, desktop and as notifications. There is also the clickbait newsfeed in the start menu.<ref>https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2025/11/what-i-do-to-clean-up-a-clean-install-of-windows-11-23h2-and-edge/</ref>
+Since Windows 10, the operating system started to include [[bloatware]] and integrated ads about Microsoft services on system tools like Settings or File Explorer,<ref>{{cite web |url=https://x.com/flobo09/status/1502645866204704773 |url-status=live |author=flobo09 |title=Some people will go mad if Microsoft starts adding ads in explorer. |date=12 Mar 2022 |website=[[X Corp|X / Twitter]]}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |first=Tom |last=Warren |date=15 Mar 2022 |url=https://www.theverge.com/2022/3/15/22979251/microsoft-file-explorer-ads-windows-11-testing |url-status=live |title=Microsoft says Windows 11 File Explorer ads were ‘not intended to be published externally’ / We may still see File Explorer ads in the future |website=The Verge |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220315165325/https://www.theverge.com/2022/3/15/22979251/microsoft-file-explorer-ads-windows-11-testing |archive-date=2022-03-15}}</ref> as well as during initial setup.<ref>{{cite web |title=So this is where we are now, microsoft is putting ads at boot in windows 10 |author=No_Telephone9938 |date=25 Sep 2021 |url=https://old.reddit.com/r/Windows10/comments/pveruw/so_this_is_where_we_are_now_microsoft_is_putting/ |url-status=live |website=[[Reddit]] |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250801175110/https://old.reddit.com/r/Windows10/comments/pveruw/so_this_is_where_we_are_now_microsoft_is_putting/ |archive-date=2025-08-01}}</ref> Users also might get ads on the lock screen, desktop and as notifications. There is also the clickbait newsfeed in the start menu.<ref>{{cite news |title=How to declutter, quiet down, and take the AI out of Windows 11 25H2  |first=Andrew |last=Cunningham |date=5 Nov 2025 |url=https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2025/11/what-i-do-to-clean-up-a-clean-install-of-windows-11-23h2-and-edge/ |url-status=live |website=Ars Technica |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20251105165936/https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2025/11/what-i-do-to-clean-up-a-clean-install-of-windows-11-23h2-and-edge/ |archive-date=2025-11-05}}</ref>
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