Windows can display enhanced device icons ….

Windows can display enhanced device icons ….

Yet another popup we might want to hide Smiley

In Devices and Printers you can see the information Windows can display enhanced device icons and information from the internet.

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in order to remove / disable this information we can use a Group policy

Computer Configuration – Policies –Administrative Templates – System – Device installation – Prevent device metadata retrieval from the Internet

Enabling this policy will remove the prompt.

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