Saturday, 4 November 2017

Microsoft Windows 10, frivolous background Apps & Services, on by default


Microsoft Windows 10, frivolous Apps & Services that are constantly running in the background, unless you go into your Privacy Settings to specifically turn them off...


  • Alarm & Clock
  • Calendar
  • Get Office
  • Groove Music
  • Maps
  • Microsoft Edge
  • Movies & TV
  • People
  • Phone
  • Phone Companion
  • Photos
  • Skype Video
  • Store
  • Twitter
  • Weather
  • Xbox

Even more annoying is when they keep on running even after you've exited the App or application; you then have to manually go into Task Manager to 'End' or 'Kill'  the task to stop it guzzling up precious CPU %

Open Settings>Privacy>App permissions>Background apps
(
Background apps is on the left-hand-side menu.)

Under 'Let apps run in the background',  S
lide the toggle to the left to switch it setting off