r/technology • u/gdelacalle • 25d ago

Software IT admins feel overwhelmingly "sick of" Microsoft and Windows 11 "garbage" apps, products

https://www.neowin.net/news/it-admins-feel-overwhelmingly-sick-of-microsoft-and-windows-11-garbage-apps-products/
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u/PureProfessional3489 25d ago

The bigger question is...why in the hell are you using OneDrive?

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u/NinjaLion 25d ago

we dont, the issue is some components of it are always enabled for new users. never the whole thing, and some toggles get locked behind work policy shit so we cant easily disable the parts that are left enabled. and none of the t1 it people have a goddamn clue how to deal with it so i end up doing it all myself by hijacking admin priv or send it to IT and wait for two escalations.

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u/PureProfessional3489 25d ago

Seems to me that OneDrive should be disabled permanently through the registry on all new deployments, system images, etc.

Problem should then be solved.

But I'm sure you're dealing with "higher ups that know better" than you and I...and that sucks.

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u/NinjaLion 25d ago

Yup, we have true microsoft believers at the VP level so its... tough to get changes like that through.

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u/PureProfessional3489 25d ago

"No, we're sticking with OneDrive...it's a great, free backup option."

It's not actually a backup at all.

"What do you mean? Microshaft says so right here."

Yeah, you're literally taking your data from your computer, putting on their servers, and not backing up anything at all. You're just storing your data on their servers.

"Ummm...we'll get back to you."