Windows 10 sounds a lot like Fakebook.
Probably a coincidence. 🤔🤪😬
I moved to Linux mintjs ago. Eff Windows. Never going back.
Thanks. Just had to grudgingly get a new computer when my old one died. New to Windows 10. That was very helpful.
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I had a spectacular amount of useless carp running in the background.
What I find amusing is that every one of these settings is reviewed during the first boot of the OS. This tells me that most people just skip all of the setup questions to get to a desktop. It’s not like MS is hiding any of this.
I have 7 computers now. all are dual boot or Linux only.
I only have one Win 10 only and that is because of my wifes
games that won’t work on Linux.
Don’t ask why I have so many computers.
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Or, just install Linux.
In researching a sci-fi book I’ve come across damning stuff on Bill Gates. Google “Great Reset” and World Economic Forum. Billy wants embedded RFID chips to prove you have been vaxxed.
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Good tips. Thanks!
Thanks for this, I was tired of getting those helpful hints, and “let fix this” messages.
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Windows is spyware disguised as an operating system.
Big Brother is watching you....and charging you for the privilege.
My Win7 desktop bit the dust a few weeks ago. Power supply, I think. No repair shops close. So I bit the bullet and bought a Win10 desktop. Am still in the process of configuring, adding programs, etc.
I am getting used to it and, surprisingly, it isn’t so bad. It/web browsers are significantly faster than under Win7. [That was the same issue — browser sluggishness and desktop XP died — that forced me to Win7.]
As with Win7, Win10 doesn’t like my color laser printer or scanner. [Lost both a b/w laser printer and scanner upgrading to Win7 from XP.] This time, however, I found a workaround — a Virtual Machine Box Win7. I also still have a working Win7 laptop.
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Just about the time as I sort of am liking Win10, here comes Win11. So much for MS saying 10 would be the last version.
I have been using Linux Mint on a laptop for a while, and like the latest version. I did, however, run across a new Linux distro — Linuxfx which is now WindowsFX.
The older version mimics Windows 10 and the newer version mimics Windows 11.
I am playing around with WindowsFX 11 and it isn’t too bad.
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Apologies if someone else has mentioned this, but the program ...
OOShutUp10 (German freeware translated to English of course)
https://www.oo-software.com/en/shutup10
... is excellent for dealing with the insane amount of privacy settings that must be repeatedly addressed in Windows 10.
This lightweight utility program has probably ALL the settings that are reasonable to fix, and they suggest what to do and have very nice built in documentation in each switch to help you decide if you need that setting on or off.
It is a “portable” and simple program that stores its configuration in a single text file that you can keep to restore your settings when you move it or update. The active settings in use are stored the old way in a text “.ini” file like used to be done before everything started getting stored in “the registry,” which makes it harder to more programs, etc.
You have to give it “administrator” permission temporarily for it to work. When you do that it might appear as though you are installing it every time you run it — that’s in part because it never is installed in the first place, it runs and when done leaves computer memory and it gone until the next time. You could leave it running but one can just quit it after checking settings. It works without any disabling of any security programs you have like antiviruses, etc.
You could probably do a lot of these settings manually but it would be really hard. They are spread all over in various areas of “Settings” and old settings and even administrator programs. Many are deeply buried in obscured links, they do not want you to fix these, all these links could be on a few pages but you have to dig into “Advanced” links and they spread it all out as though all their uses need to use a little touch screen withg fat fingers. This program cuts through that.
Setting Windows 10 for best possible privacy is actually quite a job and is only partly and temporarily accomplished paying attention to choices when Windows is originally installed. (And that was years ago for many of us, Microsoft definitely reverts your privacy settings to what they want by “updating” them incessantly.)
Regarding, “It’s not like MS is hiding any of this.” — I think it IS hiding a lot of this, they default to a much larger attack surface for hackers and advise you about settings in a manner that makes the average person afraid to change the default settings, plus there is a lot of granularity that they do not address in setup and whatever you set they regularly break portions of it with updates.
Even with the program it will feel intimidating to the average Win 10 user but if you look at the program comments on each setting it will help.
Hope this helps someone, I highly recommend OOShutUP10, hope there is an OOShutUP11 on the way.
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