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Microsoft points to a golden future where you can make Windows 10 your own (2019)
The Register ^ | Oct 18, 2018 | Richard Speed

Posted on 10/18/2018 7:36:25 PM PDT by dayglored

Or at least uninstall some of the bits you really don't want

Microsoft has announced that its customers will finally be able to remove more of the cruft that arrives with a Windows 10 installation. In 2019.

While Slow and Release Preview ring Windows Insiders got to experience Redmond’s latest efforts to stabilise the troubled OS, Fast ring and Skippy testers got their hands on a fresh build of the 2019 version of Windows 10 (aka 19H1).

Build 18262 has finally introduced the ability to uninstall some more of the preinstalled Windows 10 apps (also confusingly known as "inbox"), such as little-used 3D Viewer, aka Mixed Reality Viewer. The following apps can also now be uninstalled:

Users would previously need to exercise their PowerShell muscles to get the things off their system. While we at The Reg are big fans of PowerShell (and all things CLI), it seemed a little harsh to force customers to resort to the command line or Registry editor to remove unwanted apps.

It is already possible to remove the likes of Solitaire, Skype and Weather. Sadly, it doesn’t seem that Microsoft’s largesse extends to making the Edge browser uninstallable.

The update also includes better visibility into which apps are likely to throw a wobbly in a high DPI environment and introduces a "Troubleshoot" function, which makes use of diagnostic data slurped from the PC to suggest fixes for problems. It sounds suspiciously like those helpful websites that claim to spot issues on your rig and offer a fix, before spraying your OS with layer upon layer of malware. Just without the malware bit.

Significantly, the Windows Insider team cautioned that as this is early on in development, “builds may contain bugs that might be painful for some”. It seems a shame that they didn’t slap a similar warning on the release code too. ®


TOPICS: Business/Economy; Computers/Internet; Hobbies
KEYWORDS: windows; windows10; windowspinglist; windowsupdate
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To: doorgunner69

“I suppose they know if you went to the trouble of buying a new PC with 7, you certainly wanted nothing to do with 10.”

Some of my PCs came with Win10, I just remove it and install Win 7 or 8.1 instead. (And often also Linux as a second option to boot into.)


21 posted on 10/18/2018 8:14:54 PM PDT by LouieFisk
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To: LouieFisk

i use that classic shell too

Yeah i know abotu delaying updates in win 10- but what i mean is like in windows 7 you go to ‘windows update’ and can choose to install all updates, or individual ones, and ones you know are bad updates (after reading about problems with them online- Say a KB update breaks something, but you haven’t installed it- you read about the problem online, and you avoid that particular KB update by choosing not to install it when you go to windows update app) You can hide- you don’t have to get that particular update- in win 10, you have no choice, you eventually have to get all updates they throw at you-

It’s just another option that win 10 took away from users-


22 posted on 10/18/2018 8:15:22 PM PDT by Bob434
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To: Fester Chugabrew

[[Thanks. Now I will probably encounter this word several times over the next several days.]]

LOL- just like when someone says “Look at the clock, it says 3:33, or 4:44” or something like that- so every time ya look at clock in following weeks it’s 2:22, 3:33, 4:44 etc- it’s spooky how that happens sometimes


23 posted on 10/18/2018 8:17:16 PM PDT by Bob434
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To: Henchster

Never understood how MS was able to legally force install that crap OS Spyware on someone’s PC without permission.


24 posted on 10/18/2018 8:18:55 PM PDT by Vortex (Garbage In, Garbage Out)
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To: Chode

Nope. I'd like to use Windows 10 for business. But as long as it contains XBox apps, WindowsStore, People, the games, metro interface, Cortana, and Edge ... that just is not going to happen. I'm good with Linux for 99% of what I do. Might have to quit doing the other 1%.


25 posted on 10/18/2018 8:19:31 PM PDT by so_real ( "The Congress of the United States recommends and approves the Holy Bible for use in all schools.")
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To: Bob434

“in win 10, you have no choice, you eventually have to get all updates they throw at you”

Yup, just another item under the “Why it sux” category. I’ll just keep Win 7 on a few machines after it’s support runs out. I won’t use it for anything online, but just to run some Windows programs I prefer to keep using.
I can access anything on Win7 using Linux, so no problem with file management between operating systems.


26 posted on 10/18/2018 8:22:58 PM PDT by LouieFisk
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'No, Cortana. I don't want to know what's playing at the local movie theater.'

Give me back the classic start menu.

I don't want to see 'tiles'.

27 posted on 10/18/2018 8:26:51 PM PDT by yesthatjallen
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To: dayglored; All
Shortly after Win10 came out, I got Start10 by Stardock. You can get it working and looking a lot like Win7. I think it was $5. Best $5 software I ever bought. It's on sale now for a whopping $2.49. I'm still using it.

https://www.stardock.com/products/start10/

https://www.youtube.com/watch?reload=9&reload=9&v=L8WhnveYUkA

They are a game designers https://www.stardock.com/games/

and write computer utilities, too. https://www.stardock.com/products/


28 posted on 10/18/2018 8:31:43 PM PDT by Right Wing Assault (Kill-googl,TWITR,FACBK,NYT,WaPo,Hlywd,CNN,NFL,BLM,CAIR,Antifa,SPLC,ESPN,NPR,NBA)
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To: Vortex

there were lawsuits over it actually


29 posted on 10/18/2018 8:34:25 PM PDT by wattojawa (Scott Wagner 2018 --- PA's Trump)
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To: dayglored

Is there a “STOP MAKING EVERYTHING SLOW” button? The crap you have to go through to stop processes that bog down your performance is ridiculous!


30 posted on 10/18/2018 8:48:39 PM PDT by Phillyred
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To: Right Wing Assault

Does it do anything to speed up the OS boot?


31 posted on 10/18/2018 8:51:44 PM PDT by Bommer (Help out 2ndDivisionVet and his wife - https://www.gofundme.com/married-recent-amputee)
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To: dayglored

Will they have something that won’t download updates, reboot and kill files which I haven’t saved yet?


32 posted on 10/18/2018 8:53:41 PM PDT by KarlInOhio (Leave the job, leave the clearance. It should be the same rule for the Swamp as for everyone else.)
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To: Bob434

. . .it’s spooky how that happens sometimes.


. . . especially when it’s 6:66.


33 posted on 10/18/2018 9:12:36 PM PDT by Fester Chugabrew (Lock. Her. Up.)
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To: dayglored

You can already do all that ...and more ... with Bob.Omb’s Modified Win10PEx64.


34 posted on 10/18/2018 11:27:21 PM PDT by Paal Gulli
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To: Right Wing Assault

Bfl


35 posted on 10/19/2018 1:26:56 AM PDT by FreedomPoster (Islam delenda est)
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To: dayglored

Two Words: Linux Mint Cinnamon


36 posted on 10/19/2018 1:31:04 AM PDT by DaxtonBrown
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To: dayglored

Pretty much agree with your list. I’d keep the calculator.


37 posted on 10/19/2018 2:56:18 AM PDT by ExGeeEye (For dark is the suede that mows like a harvest.)
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To: dayglored

I find calculator and paint useful. I don’t use mail.


38 posted on 10/19/2018 2:59:01 AM PDT by mdmathis6
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To: dayglored
i understand using other products, but do the ms products inhibit them to the point the must be removed?

this just sounds silly to me

39 posted on 10/19/2018 4:39:31 AM PDT by Chode ( WeÂ’re America, Bitch!)
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To: Chode
> i understand using other products, but do the ms products inhibit them to the point the must be removed? this just sounds silly to me

Disk space is cheap, and most of those apps don't run background processes. But in many environments (businesses, and homes with young'uns) the presence of those apps can create confusion or invite trouble.

40 posted on 10/19/2018 5:29:21 AM PDT by dayglored ("Listen. Strange women lying in ponds distributing swords is no basis for a system of government.")
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