How to Turn On or Off Tips, Tricks, and Suggestions Notifications about Windows 10
By default, Windows 10 will occasionally show you notifications for helpful tips about using Windows 10.
While some tips can be helpful, some suggestions may include advertising. You may not wish to see these notifications anymore. Some people have also reported that they have sometimes experienced high CPU and memory usage caused by these tips notifications.
This tutorial will show you how to turn on or off the Get tips, tricks, and suggestions as you use Windows notifications for your account in Windows 10.
Contents
- Option One: To Turn On or Off "Get tips, tricks, and suggestions as you use Windows" in Settings
- Option Two: To Turn On or Off "Get tips, tricks, and suggestions as you use Windows" using a REG file
- Option Three: To Enable or Disable Windows Tips using Local Group Policy Editor
- Option Four: To Enable or Disable Windows Tips using a REG file
EXAMPLE: "Get tips, tricks, and suggestions as you use Windows"
1 Open Settings, and click/tap on the System icon.
2 Click/tap on Notifications & actions on the left side, and check (on - default) or uncheck (off) Get tips, tricks, and suggestions as you use Windows for what you want on the right side. (see screenshot below)
The downloadable .reg files below will modify the DWORD value in the registry key below.
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\ContentDeliveryManager
SubscribedContent-338389Enabled DWORD
0 = off
1 = on
1 Do step 2 (on) or step 3 (off) below for what you would like to do.
This is the default setting.
A) Click/tap on the Download button below to download the file below, and go to step 4 below.
Turn_On_Show_me_tips_about_Windows.reg
Download
A) Click/tap on the Download button below to download the file below, and go to step 4 below.
Turn_Off_Show_me_tips_about_Windows.reg
Download
4 Save the .reg file to your desktop.
5 Double click/tap on the downloaded .reg file to merge it.
6 When prompted, click/tap on Run, Yes (UAC), Yes, and OK to approve the merge.
7 You can now delete the downloaded .reg file if you like.
This option will only work in the Windows 10 Enterprise and Education editions.
1 Open the Local Group Policy Editor.
2 In the left pane of Local Group Policy Editor, navigate to the location below. (see screenshot below)
Computer Configuration\Administrative Templates\Windows Components\Cloud Content
3 In the right pane of Cloud Content in Local Group Policy Editor, double click/tap on the Do not show Windows tips policy to edit it. (see screenshot above)
4 Do step 5 (enable) or step 6 (disable) below for what you would like to do.
A) Select (dot) Not Configured or Disabled, click/tap on OK, and go to step 7 below. (see screenshot below)
Not Configured is the default setting.
7 When finished, you can close the Local Group Policy Editor if you like.
This option will only work in the Windows 10 Enterprise and Education editions.
The downloadable .reg files below will modify the DWORD value in the registry key below.
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Policies\Microsoft\Windows\CloudContent
DisableSoftLanding DWORD
(delete) = Enable
1 = Disable
1 Do step 2 (enable) or step 3 (disable) below for what you would like to do.
This is the default setting.
A) Click/tap on the Download button below to download the file below, and go to step 4 below.
Enable_Windows_Tips.reg
Download
A) Click/tap on the Download button below to download the file below, and go to step 4 below.
Disable_Windows_Tips.reg
Download
4 Save the .reg file to your desktop.
5 Double click/tap on the downloaded .reg file to merge it.
6 When prompted, click/tap on Run, Yes (UAC), Yes, and OK to approve the merge.
7 You can now delete the downloaded .reg file if you like.
That's it,
Shawn
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