If you’re a Windows 10 user, you may have noticed that the welcome experience has been changed since the update. In some cases, it’s been changed completely, and in others, it’s just a little different. Here are three tips to disable the welcome experience after updates:
- Open the Start menu and type “netstat -an” to see what services are running in your network. If there are any changes to services that you don’t want enabled after updates, you can disable them by editing their registry keys.
- Open the “Windows Update” control panel and click on “Disable updates.” This will stop all future updates from being installed on your computer.
- Type “netstat -an | grep ‘welcome’ | cut -d’ ’ -f 1” into a text editor and save the file as “welcome_disable_update.” This will disable the welcome experience for all users who have updated to Windows 10 since version 1809 (the latest release of Windows).
Windows 10 sometimes opens a Tips window to show you what’s new about the operating system as part of a “Welcome Experience” after an update. If you find this annoying, it’s easy to turn off. Here’s how.
First, open the “Start” menu and the small gear icon to open “Settings.” You can also open “Settings” quickly using the Windows+I keyboard shortcut.
In “Settings,” select “System.”
In “System,” click “Notifications & actions” from the menu list.
On the “Notifications & actions” screen, uncheck the box beside “Show me the Windows welcome experience after updates and occasionally when I sign in to highlight what’s new and suggested.”
After that, close “Settings.” You will no longer see the Windows welcome experience after updates or signing in. It’s one less thing to distract you while getting work done on your PC.
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