Revenant (1/28/2013)
djackson 22568 (1/28/2013)
... Windows 8 has ads embedded in the start page, why would I buy an OS that forces me to see their ads? . . .Where did you buy it? Did it come on a new machine?
I would bet those ads were put there by an OEM - certainly not by MSFT.
What I have read is that it is embedded in the OS, and is put there by MS. Google "Windows 8 ads on desktop" and you will see a huge number of articles that discuss this, many of which indicate it was enabled by Microsoft and their own metro apps have ads.
There were enough articles about this that I returned a copy I had purchased with the intent to run it using Parallels on my MacBook Pro. Not sure why I even considered doing something so stupid anyhow.
Dave