Comment by delta_p_delta_x

18 hours ago

You only need (5) (see the AWCCWINUI3APP thing there?). There is also a group policy equivalent to this:

  Computer Configuration\Administrative Templates\System\Device Installation\Device Installation Restrictions
  Prevent installation of devices that match any of these device IDs
  Set to Enabled
  Enable Also apply to matching devices that are already installed

Add the following two IDs:

  MONITOR\DELA246
  SWC\VID001&PID0001&AWCCWINUI3APP

IMO this is especially heinous as Dell have registered the AWCC.exe software component as a hardware 'device' within the device tree that needs its own 'driver'. Methinks Microsoft need to tighten the noose on these annoying OEMs.

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delta_p_delta_x

prmoustache 10 hours ago

Yuck.

And people say linux is too complicated for normal people because of terminal commands*

*which in reality no user is really forced to use, it just happens to be easier to share and copy/paste a set of commands than hundreds of clicks on a screen.