Windows 11 gets pushy with another pop-up this time for Microsofts backup
app and all this is getting tiresome, frankly

Date:
Fri, 19 Jul 2024 19:37:49 +0000

Description:
Latest unwelcome nag is more likely to backfire than see anything backed up.

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Windows 11 has witnessed the introduction of yet another piece of nagging designed to drive the use of another Microsoft service but as always, this
is in danger of having the opposite effect.

Windows Latest flagged up a fresh move regarding Microsofts promotional activity: a pop-up to push the Windows Backup app (which was introduced to Windows 11 and 10 last year).

Windows Backup does what the name suggests, providing a client to handle backing up the files on your PC, and it leverages OneDrive , Microsofts cloud storage locker , to do so.

Windows Latest was treated to a nag, which appeared as a notification (in the right-hand side notifications panel, on the desktop) pushing the Windows Backup app. It informed the tech site: Your PC is not fully backed up. Backup is not turned on for Credentials and Folders. Back up now to save them if something happens to your PC.

As the site notes, this is apparently being implemented via a server-side update (so it could automatically come to your Windows 11 machine at any time
though wed hope its only showing for those who arent using the backup app already, of course).

The notification gives you the option to dismiss it or elect to Back up now choose the latter, and Windows Backup kicks into life and starts syncing your files with OneDrive (as well as backing up system settings, apps, and your whole PC, essentially).

Windows Backup is designed for consumers and works for those logged in to a personal Microsoft Account in Windows.

As Microsoft made Windows Backup a system app, its on all Windows PCs by default, which has been controversial for the likes of business computers which wont use the app they still cant remove it, even though its for consumers only as mentioned. (Image credit: Shutterstock / ra2 studio) Analysis: Promo center, please...

There are a couple of issues here. Firstly, more nagging, Microsoft really? Were getting a bit tired of this, and while every little pop-up might seem a small move in itself, they all add up to a fatiguing experience in the wider Windows experience.

Heres an idea a promo center in Windows 11, a part of the interface you can visit that highlights all the features and capabilities you might be missing that arent turned on yet (like the Windows Backup app). You can visit here if youre genuinely curious to see how you might improve your Windows
installation via Microsofts other services, and all this kind of messaging is confined here and doesnt appear unwanted in everyday use of the OS, when it officially becomes nagging as it were.

Depressingly, this will never happen, but hey, we can but hope.

The other issue is that many people with a OneDrive account will have the basic free allocation of 5GB of storage space. Thats not going to go very far towards backing up the contents of an entire PC. So youll have to fork out
for more space via a OneDrive subscription which is clearly what Microsoft
is driving at with this new initiative.

At the same time, it is a great idea to have your PC backed up in this way
or in some way, ensure you have some kind of backup system in place and theres nothing wrong with OneDrive, either. Its just the way Microsoft has gone about things here, which is off-putting and, as we noted at the outset, is perhaps more likely to persuade folks not to use OneDrive out of principle and seek out another cloud backup service instead. You might also like... Windows 11 24H2 will make updates smaller and faster to download great news for those with slow internet Windows 11 users are getting fed up with the performance of the OS including an ex-Microsoft senior engineer Dont make these 5 big mistakes when using Windows 11



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Link to news story: https://www.techradar.com/computing/windows/windows-11-gets-pushy-with-another -pop-up-this-time-for-microsofts-backup-app-and-all-this-is-getting-tiresome-f rankly


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