Windows 10 Debloat Script

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Post by wsdookadr » Sat, Jul 20, 2019, 7:24 PM UTC

Re: Windows 10 Debloat Script

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Post by wsdookadr » Sat, Jul 20, 2019, 7:25 PM UTC

This will disable a number of different apps/services/features that are either useless or slow down the OS considerably.

The following script is even nicer as it comes with an UI:

https://github.com/Sycnex/Windows10Debloater

Both are written in powershell.

Re: Windows 10 Debloat Script

#3

Post by giancarlostoro » Sat, Jul 20, 2019, 7:44 PM UTC

I tried running this and then I remembered why I stopped tweaking Windows, I wind up running into odd issues. Windows stopped being unstable for me years ago when I stopped fidgeting with features. I'm better off disabling as much as I can through the normal settings they provide. I don't know if it's just I'm doing something wrong but it's been my experience.

I would love to see Windows not take up 4 gigs of RAM out of the box. I don't need Cortana running period. Let me uninstall Cortana please Microsoft. I'm sure there's other crap I don't want but I fear if I can't just hit 'Uninstall' it wont go well, or an update will bring it back.

Re: Windows 10 Debloat Script

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Post by Waterluvian » Sat, Jul 20, 2019, 7:45 PM UTC

giancarlostoro wrote: post #3

I tried running this and then I remembered why I stopped tweaking Windows, I wind up running into odd issues. Windows stopped being unstable for me years ago when I stopped fidgeting with features. I'm better off disabling as much as I can through the normal settings they provide. I don't know if it's just I'm doing something wrong but it's been my experience. I would love to see Windows not take up 4 gigs of RAM out…

Yuuuup. I ran into an issue where it became completely impossible to install a .net redistributable. Basically every possible method I found to install it would fail silently. So my computer became incapable of playing a ton of video games.

Re: Windows 10 Debloat Script

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Post by mehrdadn » Sat, Jul 20, 2019, 7:46 PM UTC

giancarlostoro wrote: post #3

I tried running this and then I remembered why I stopped tweaking Windows, I wind up running into odd issues. Windows stopped being unstable for me years ago when I stopped fidgeting with features. I'm better off disabling as much as I can through the normal settings they provide. I don't know if it's just I'm doing something wrong but it's been my experience. I would love to see Windows not take up 4 gigs of RAM out…

> I would love to see Windows not take up 4 gigs of RAM out of the box.

It... doesn't? I feel like last time I tried it was less than 2? Did you only install Windows or a ton of other things too?

This is what it looks like "out of the box" after disabling memory compression and the pagefile: https://imgur.com/a/D5b8bk5

Re: Windows 10 Debloat Script

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Post by Kuraj » Sat, Jul 20, 2019, 7:47 PM UTC

giancarlostoro wrote: post #3

I tried running this and then I remembered why I stopped tweaking Windows, I wind up running into odd issues. Windows stopped being unstable for me years ago when I stopped fidgeting with features. I'm better off disabling as much as I can through the normal settings they provide. I don't know if it's just I'm doing something wrong but it's been my experience. I would love to see Windows not take up 4 gigs of RAM out…

I learned to love the defaults on everything and its liberating.

Every time a new major update comes out, I do a clean install, put on Office, Visual Studio and a couple of apps and I'm good to go.

Re: Windows 10 Debloat Script

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Post by sosodev » Sat, Jul 20, 2019, 7:48 PM UTC

mehrdadn wrote: post #5

giancarlostoro wrote: post #3

I tried running this and then I remembered why I stopped tweaking Windows, I wind up running into odd issues. Windows stopped being unstable for me years ago when I stopped fidgeting with features. I'm better off disabling as much as I can through the normal settings they provide. I don't know if it's just I'm doing something wrong but it's been my experience. I would love to see Windows not take up 4 gigs of RAM out…

> I would love to see Windows not take up 4 gigs of RAM out of the box. It... doesn't? I feel like last time I tried it was less than 2? Did you only install Windows or a ton of other things too? This is what it looks like "out of the box" after disabling memory compression and the pagefile: https://imgur.com/a/D5b8bk5

I'd imagine it caches more if you have more ram

Re: Windows 10 Debloat Script

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Post by FluffyKitty » Sat, Jul 20, 2019, 7:48 PM UTC

I have to ask, for anyone that cares this much, why bother with Windows at this point? Wouldn't it be easier to just use Linux?

I know the usual argument is that you need Windows to game, but why make your gaming instance your main work instance too? Why not dual boot and use Linux for work and Windows for gaming?

Re: Windows 10 Debloat Script

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Post by giancarlostoro » Sat, Jul 20, 2019, 7:49 PM UTC

mehrdadn wrote: post #5

giancarlostoro wrote: post #3

I tried running this and then I remembered why I stopped tweaking Windows, I wind up running into odd issues. Windows stopped being unstable for me years ago when I stopped fidgeting with features. I'm better off disabling as much as I can through the normal settings they provide. I don't know if it's just I'm doing something wrong but it's been my experience. I would love to see Windows not take up 4 gigs of RAM out…

> I would love to see Windows not take up 4 gigs of RAM out of the box. It... doesn't? I feel like last time I tried it was less than 2? Did you only install Windows or a ton of other things too? This is what it looks like "out of the box" after disabling memory compression and the pagefile: https://imgur.com/a/D5b8bk5

On Windows 10? I closed everything except Firefox (and this HN tab), which is taking up 600MB of RAM, and now it's at 4.6GB of RAM. Before with two instances of GoLand, Slack and Discord open it was over at 8GB of RAM.

Re: Windows 10 Debloat Script

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Post by adventured » Sat, Jul 20, 2019, 7:50 PM UTC

mehrdadn wrote: post #5

giancarlostoro wrote: post #3

I tried running this and then I remembered why I stopped tweaking Windows, I wind up running into odd issues. Windows stopped being unstable for me years ago when I stopped fidgeting with features. I'm better off disabling as much as I can through the normal settings they provide. I don't know if it's just I'm doing something wrong but it's been my experience. I would love to see Windows not take up 4 gigs of RAM out…

> I would love to see Windows not take up 4 gigs of RAM out of the box. It... doesn't? I feel like last time I tried it was less than 2? Did you only install Windows or a ton of other things too? This is what it looks like "out of the box" after disabling memory compression and the pagefile: https://imgur.com/a/D5b8bk5

4gb does seem excessive. Win10 is using closer to 2gb right now on my system. Chrome and Firefox, both doing very little, are taking 1gb together by comparison.