Unable to disable Spotlight - MICROSOFT CONTROLS THIS

Question

I have tried to get advice from Microsoft about multiple issues on my computer from their forced and unwanted items, to almost no avail.
I was informed that the images which pop up on my computer (before I've even logged in) are via Spotlight.

I did a search on how to disable Spotlight. I followed the steps, located the Lock Screen options, and went to change it... and found this.

The option to Personalize the lock screen on my personal, private laptop IS NOT POSSIBLE. It is greyed out.

Because Microsoft controls the access.

I did not consent to this. I don't want those stupid pictures.

How is this legal??

And how can it be changed, so that I have control over my own computer & settings & display?

Answer 1

1

Open the Settings App.

Go to Accounts.

Select Access Work or School, is there is a work or school Email listed there?

If there is a work or school account listed there, you can disconnect it from there, then restart your PC and that will remove the 'Organization' notification in your settings app.

2

If there is no work or school account listed there, use this process.

Click your Start Button, then just type cmd

On the resulting list, right click Command Prompt and select 'run as Administrator'

Paste each of these commands into Command one at a time and press Enter, wait for each command to complete, before running the next command, if you receive an error on any command, ignore that and continue to the next command.

reg delete "HKLM\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies" /f

reg delete "HKLM\Software\Microsoft\WindowsSelfHost" /f

reg delete "HKLM\Software\Policies" /f

reg delete "HKLM\Software\WOW6432Node\Microsoft\Policies" /f

reg delete "HKLM\Software\WOW6432Node\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies" /f

reg delete "HKLM\SOFTWARE\Policies\Microsoft\Windows Defender" /v DisableAntiSpyware

reg delete "HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies" /f

reg delete "HKCU\Software\Microsoft\WindowsSelfHost" /f

reg delete "HKCU\Software\Policies" /f

reg delete "HKLM\Software\Microsoft\Policies" /f

Then, close Command Prompt and restart (not shut down) your PC.