[WinPartners] Win 10 pro - can't stop the bloat

[Tim Rix]

Hi Aran,

This page may help:  https://answers.microsoft.com/en-us/insider/forum/insider_wintp-insider_store/disable-windows-10-store-using-group-policy/112bc642-8d78-42e0-9416-4f46d45deacd?auth=1

It describes Group Policy settings to disable the Windows Store app (this can be local policy or domain-based GPO).  Note that this will only work on Win10 Enterprise or Education. 
https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/help/3135657/can-t-disable-windows-store-in-windows-10-pro-through-group-policy

Good luck,

Tim
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-----Original Message-----
From: winpartners-bounces at mit.edu [mailto:winpartners-bounces at mit.edu] On Behalf Of Aran M Parillo
Sent: Monday, January 29, 2018 1:20 PM
To: winpartners <winpartners at mit.edu>
Subject: [WinPartners] Win 10 pro - can't stop the bloat

Dear WinPartners,

Can you share your experience stopping a pre-installed win10 pro machine from continually adding and re-adding bloatware that I repeatedly have to uninstall?

I’ve been googling around and reading and following a few different sites advice but every time I turn around Bubble Witch 3 Saga, Candy Crush Soda Saga, Disney Magic Kingdoms, March of Empires: War of Lords, X-Box live and others keep re-adding themselves.  Not just to the start menu, but they turn up under Apps & features!

Please help me find the magical checkbox that instructs the OS to only install software that I prompt it to install… or did I miss that setting when I was checking out from the Dell store?

I should note that I have 2 different admin accounts on the machine, it seems that win 10 forgets these settings from one account to the next, which I find kind of baffling… and a little desperate.

TIA!
Aran
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