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Re: “Reclaim Windows 10” Powershell Script

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Post by fuzzfactor »

becarefulyo wrote: post #157
TwoNineA wrote: post #7

I wonder what MS employees think when every week a new tool pops up disabling data mining in their OS.

I'm an enigneer on Windows. We actually use the crash dumps and the more the better so we can prioritize reliability bugs. Usage telemetry helps us prioritize work, like which settings to migrate from Control Panel to Settings first, or to see if design changes actually made things better for people.

Unfortunately, the admirable removal of reliability bugs is in the same breath as migrating settings away from Control Panel, when the latter is another one of the things reducing the quality of the Microsoft/Windows experience.

Re: “Reclaim Windows 10” Powershell Script

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Post by frik »

my123 wrote: post #18
mnadkvlb wrote: post #3

I had been a long time Windows user, at home (W10) and work(7/Server/Datacenter). Windows had been getting just more and more intrusive like a malware since the last couple years. I hope they do something to stop that. I have recently moved to Fedora and it is just awesome. Pretty much everything works like amazing. Its not a complete replacement if you are gaming, nvidia drivers are a bit painful to install but ever…

Telemetry existed before. Was named CEIP but is the same thing.

But you could deactivate the "customer experience improvement program" in Win7, you can't in Win10.

Re: “Reclaim Windows 10” Powershell Script

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Post by rasz_pl »

UnoriginalGuy wrote: post #202
rasz_pl wrote: post #194

Earlier quoted context omitted.

This is interesting, because I just did the same thing and there is plenty of garbage flying around to various akamai hosts every 20-60 minutes. Is your system volume license or retail?

Retail. 10 Pro specifically.

Mine was activated as Win 7 upgrade to 10 during the Insider Program. Tested clean install in VM right now.

Maybe Microsoft tracks this and forces my in theory Retail copy to still act like some sort of guinea pig :/

Re: “Reclaim Windows 10” Powershell Script

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Post by daveguy »

SquareWheel wrote: post #182
vocatus_gate wrote: post #143

Earlier quoted context omitted.

There's another category. Those of us who were so aggravated by it we ended up starting an entire open source project and now have 12k users. https://www.reddit.com/r/TronScript

As I rely on some deeper Windows features (like Storage Spaces), I'd be very wary of running a giant script instead of targeting features I dislike (such as OneDrive sync). Last I saw it breaks features like the Windows Store app.

> Last I saw it breaks features like the Windows Store app.

That is a feature, not a bug. I wish I could find something that would break windows trusted installer from using 25% of my CPU all the time on win 7.

Re: “Reclaim Windows 10” Powershell Script

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Post by frik »

tossedaway334 wrote: post #6

Stuff like this is fundamentally unworkable when the people pushing software updates are your adversaries. They already do stuff like ignore DNS settings and firewall rules to send harvested data back to microsoft. They will almost certainly break anything this does in the future too...

Exactly. Windows 10 has a hard coded whitelist of IPs and donain names in the kernel mode part of the OS (it's 64bit, it's signed, you can't modify it) - those IPs and domains will be ignored from your hosts file or firewall rules. Good luck with an hardware firewall attached to your Win10 notebook. ...unrealistic, so it's wise to stay with Win7 (minus some telemetry updates). I hope Android/Fuchsia, and other desktop OS come along until 2020, or MSFT CEO gets fired and they make a 180 degree u-turn.

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Post by mdekkers »

eitland wrote: post #113
Aldo_MX wrote: post #47

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I'd rather struggle with some Windows warts than reverse engineer my drivers. I'm not the kind of guy who would found a Free Software Foundation because of some Xerox printer drivers.

> I'd rather struggle with some Windows warts than reverse engineer my drivers. I'd guess that any *nix user who reverse engineer their own drivers in 2017 does so because they want to and/or have a job that pays them to do so (most likely handsomely). For the rest of us at least mainstream Linux distros are almost as easy as Windows if not easier in some cases (until you come to MS Office, AutoCAD etc which is a who…

> For the rest of us at least mainstream Linux distros are almost as easy as Windows if not easier in some cases (until you come to MS Office, AutoCAD etc which is a whole different story, mostly unrelated to drivers IMO.)

I.E. Unless you need to use mainstream business software.

Re: “Reclaim Windows 10” Powershell Script

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Post by eitland »

mdekkers wrote: post #216
eitland wrote: post #113

Earlier quoted context omitted.

> I'd rather struggle with some Windows warts than reverse engineer my drivers. I'd guess that any *nix user who reverse engineer their own drivers in 2017 does so because they want to and/or have a job that pays them to do so (most likely handsomely). For the rest of us at least mainstream Linux distros are almost as easy as Windows if not easier in some cases (until you come to MS Office, AutoCAD etc which is a who…

> For the rest of us at least mainstream Linux distros are almost as easy as Windows if not easier in some cases (until you come to MS Office, AutoCAD etc which is a whole different story, mostly unrelated to drivers IMO.) I.E. Unless you need to use mainstream business software.

Agree, but even that seems to start thawing up as web based software spreads.

Right now I only miss MS Office and given recent moves from MS it wouldn't surprise if a preview is available within a year.

Re: “Reclaim Windows 10” Powershell Script

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Post by irq »

corndoge wrote: post #169
KirinDave wrote: post #27

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"Everything just works" so long as your expectations around "everything" are essentially set by a desktop computer experience designed in 2005. Linux on desktops is fine (except from a physical security standpoint), but primitive in terms of UX. And it's still dependent on Mozilla or Google for its browsing experience. And if you want a portable computer (which by the way are demonstrably more secure in the face of p…

It's not primitive in terms of UX. You just need to spend more time configuring it. Some will argue that that means it's primitive, but I don't think so. The point about portable computers is also false. You just need to pick a machine with hardware manufactured by friendly vendors who help write drivers. Why would you want to support anyone else? Battery life? My x230 with tpm installed gets 6 hours of battery life…

6 hours battery life is bare minimum these days. I wouldn't brag about it the way you are.

2560x1400 external monitor? Doesn't sound like a HiDPI display unless it's only 15". This is another bare minimum thing I wouldn't brag about.

"good sleep support" has very little to do with activating sleep by shutting the lid. Grandposter is referring to Linux's terrible reputation for successfully going to sleep and waking up without crashing. You fail to convince again.

Quake 3 is an 18 year old game. How is it's performance in 2017 anything to write home about?

RAM is plentiful, the fact your idle system fits in 200mb is thus unimpressive too.

You, sir, yourself, sound like you have 2005 standard. (Or perhaps 1999 standards? That's when Quake 3 came out.)

Re: “Reclaim Windows 10” Powershell Script

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Post by Dylan16807 »

daveguy wrote: post #214
SquareWheel wrote: post #182

Earlier quoted context omitted.

As I rely on some deeper Windows features (like Storage Spaces), I'd be very wary of running a giant script instead of targeting features I dislike (such as OneDrive sync). Last I saw it breaks features like the Windows Store app.

> Last I saw it breaks features like the Windows Store app. That is a feature, not a bug. I wish I could find something that would break windows trusted installer from using 25% of my CPU all the time on win 7.

There is nothing inherently bad about having a store app. And it's the only way to install some programs. How is its removal a feature?
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