Is there a way to forcibly and permanently disable all “smart” features in Windows?
After yesterdays update, Windows decided to autologin for me (bypassing my pincode!) and open Chrome on some random pages (I assume whatever I had open yesterday).
I DO NOT WANT THIS, EVER! The setting for this is DISABLED (For those who don’t know, and to prove I know which setting is supposed to be responsible for this: Settings > Accounts > Sign-in options > Use my sign-in info to automatically blahblahblah…). Yes I double checked, it’s still disabled right after doing exactly what that setting is supposed to prevent.
First of all, this is a major security risk. Windows should NEVER overrule my log-in security, this effectively makes the security worthless. It’s like a lock that happily opens for anyone who happens to walk by, just in case it’s the owner who doesn’t want to be “inconvenienced” by the lock which they installed themselves.
Second of all, I don’t want Windows deciding what programs should be open. I decide the programs that start up with Windows, Chrome isn’t one of them. Also chrome is set to start up on a new tab, so Windows can fuck right off by overruling that and opening specific webpages.
I NEVER want my OS to overrule it’s own settings or that of installed applications. So is there a way to disable this behavior that some “programmer” probably dares to call smart? I don’t mean disable the feature in settings, because obviously the “programmer” in question can’t program a simple toggle switch. I want to permanently disable Windows’ ability to autologin or autostart programs which are not in the startup list, regardless of what my settings are or how many times Microsoft decides to change or ignore them.
Yes this post is a rant, but I also genuinely want help with this because every day Windows is driving me crazier and crazier with these idiotic decisions.
