@kirb that's a really good document, I think this more closely matches what gnome actually does today than what Windows does now. Even windows 10 was way more "chatty" than this suggests.

"In these examples, Windows XP is ostensibly attempting to assist users with their initial configuration. However, these notifications pop up far too often and well after they are useful, so they are little more than unsolicited feature advertisements."

Oh the irony...