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Doesn't running Windows 10 LTSC [0] solve like 90% of what these scripts try to accomplish but do so in an officially supported way. [0] https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/whats-new/ltsc/
This, a thousand times this. It's strange it's still somewhat under the radar, it should be much more widely known. They call it LTSC, but it's really Windows As It Should Be.
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Still seeing more issues with the indexer on than when it's off. With the indexer on, searching for a file in a directory structure with only a couple hundred files easily takes minutes for some reason. No idea how that thing is supposed to be helping, really. My custom search tool that just iteratively scans folders is practically instant.
is that because it's searching inside the files for keywords, while your tool only looks at filenames?
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SmartScreen is not Windows Defender, the latter is the antivirus with its own regularly updated database, firewall, etc. SmartScreen basically sends your files to Microsoft, for "enhanced security" or something. FWIW I put Defender on notification only mode because Microsoft ever so helpfully removed the actual quarantine directory and now files dumped into quarantine are basically unrecoverable. I just use the firew…
I know what SmartScreen is. It's also useful to keep on as it's a cloud anti-malware service. It does not send your personal files to MS. Stop with the lies, please. No they haven't removed the quarantine restoration option. You can mark any file it quarantines as safe, and it gets restored and never flagged again.
what does this option do then?
https://www.howtogeek.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/img_599...
and of course: it's enabled by default
[0]: https://community.spiceworks.com/scripts/show/4378-windows-1... [1]: https://community.spiceworks.com/how_to/148624-how-to-clean-...
I think this is on topic but would something like https://ameliorated.info/index.html be a better idea to get rid of any bloatware and help address any privacy issues? I haven't personally used it but a friend of recommended it to me. Anyone else have any experience with AME Windows?
> would something like https://ameliorated.info/index.html I installed this to test it out (in a VM) and got a login prompt asking for a password. I went to their site and found no documentation about this at all, so I just never touched it again. It could be changed and no such prompt appears. I might have to try it again.
Nearly all of these "clean up" scripts are a horrendous idea to run on your machine, I see right at the top that this script disables SmartScreen, a service that absolutely should not be disabled unless you want your machine to get owned. It then proceeds to set your current network as Private (aka "open all the ports") regardless of which network you're connected to - hope you're at home! Other changes are completel…
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This, a thousand times this. It's strange it's still somewhat under the radar, it should be much more widely known. They call it LTSC, but it's really Windows As It Should Be.
True. But it’s hard for home users to buy an enterprise license.
Similar to Gmail and the likes of numerous SaaS companies. There's a freemium version with ads (or some type of limitation) or a paid version without ads (or said limitation).
Just playing devils advocate here.
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How is that a good feature? Just because something is not commonly used it stops being good? When most software was proprietary and FLOSS was nascent, MS argued that FLOSS was bad, was that right? Conversely, just because something is used more, does that get the automatic stamp of approval? More than 2 Billion people use Facebook every month, do you consider FB to be more likely to be good for someone? What kind of…
No. Smartscreen is not meant to single-handedly solve the entire problem of malware. It is just meant to warn you when you are running software that isn't commonly used. It is nothing more than an attempt to provide the user with a useful heuristic. It does not make moral judgements about the software you use like you are saying here.
Showing a warning about anything is not value neutral. Showing a popup for infrequently used software says that you value number of users as a measure of software quality.
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I don’t have a problem with the telemetry on windows. I’m unsure why everyone gets so upset. MS isn’t collecting stuff to shove advertising down our throat. It’s getting usage to figure out what’s wrong with windows and make it better. As you say. I have issue with Facebook and Google blatantly collecting whatever they can to build profiles of us all to shove advertising down our throat that isn’t even relevant to us…
> MS isn’t collecting stuff to shove advertising down our throat maybe if MS wanted people to believe that, they wouldn't put so much advertising in their OS
Edit: (seen the articles about it but never actually seen it in Windows)
