The usual mechanical confusion
Perceived overload at logon is listed as a notification problem because you see banners. Real driver: every entry launching at sign-in plus every app with toast permissions. Task Manager (Startup) and Settings (Notifications) attack from two directions; fixing only the banners still pays the boot tax, and disabling startups without muting toast permission leaves the stragglers talkative.
The one-pass recalibration
- Both lists side by side: quarterly — the five minute spot-check that prevents months of drift;
- Approve disabled mode, don't uninstall the app — install-time defaults re-add themselves in vendor updaters;
- Toasts scoped per-app pattern: one notif-flag bit per app, no reason to lose silent-hours in Focus Assist configuration per user.
So yeah: don’t reappint your shell laziness onto Focus Assist. Two clicks, both sane, both reversible — the whole preview thesis.
ProofTune ProjectEngineering notes — every claim here names the bytes a real tool touches. Verify first, install second.