Microsoft Spam Emails After Windows 11 Install

I performed a "clean" install of Windows 11 on the weekend, taking care to disable as much junk/spyware as possible.

Unfortunately I was forced to setup a Microsoft account, I couldn't find a way around this.

I was pretty shocked to find all of the Microsoft bloatware installed including Netflix, Skype, LinkedIn and a whole bunch of Dell add ons which I never requested.

Even more shocking to me, since then I've received six separate marketing emails either selling me …

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