[SpacePortKnight]

Microsoft couldn't convience people to use Edge, so it is now converting Windows into a web browser.

[bhauer]

Welcome to Windows 98 and Active Desktop.

[HappyDaoDude]

"Sorry start menu is not work. Please install Active X"

To quote Richard Stallman. It is time to defenestrate your computer. Either throw windows out of the computer or throw the computer out the window.

[Condition1952]

Sadly, the other alternatives are very expensive both in time or money

[themoonisachees]

Using Linux for doing exclusively what windows allows you to do isn't really time-expensive. When you get into the weeds and try to go outside of that, sure, but before then Linux is a very capable OS with modern browser support, enabling use of 90% of modern workflows.