I recommend using Spybot Anti-Beacon [1], which is a safe way of disabling (or enabling) Windows 10 features. [1] https://www.safer-networking.org/spybot-anti-beacon/
Nice haven't tried that. I use Shutup10 https://www.oo-software.com/en/shutup10
“Reclaim Windows 10” Powershell Script
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#12I recommend using Spybot Anti-Beacon [1], which is a safe way of disabling (or enabling) Windows 10 features. [1] https://www.safer-networking.org/spybot-anti-beacon/
Is this open-source?
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#13Careful, by default this disables the lock screen.
No it doesn't. At least on Anniversary Update but is anyone else running an earlier version of Windows?
The NoLockScreen hack does not work in Anniversary Update. It's even described in the gist and the Anniversary workaround is commented out.
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#14If you prefer a Batch script there's also Make Windows 10 Great Again: https://gist.github.com/IntergalacticApps/675339c2b805b4c9c6...
Re: “Reclaim Windows 10” Powershell Script
#15I recommend using Spybot Anti-Beacon [1], which is a safe way of disabling (or enabling) Windows 10 features. [1] https://www.safer-networking.org/spybot-anti-beacon/
Is this open-source?
No that's the only caveat. I much prefer to use scripts, as these programs are a bit of a black box. But at least they're digitally signed and recommended by the wider Windows 'powertoy' community so you're allowed to trust them.
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#16Hello, can anybody explain in simple words what this script does? How will it affect the behavior of my windows installation? Should I run it?
Thanks !
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#17I wonder what MS employees think when every week a new tool pops up disabling data mining in their OS.
I'm guessing "lol you think the data mining is actually disabled now, Mr. Smith of St. Louis SSN 291-52-xxxx, who prefers to have taco night on wednesdays, and does most of his online shopping sunday mornings."
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#18I 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.
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#19Earlier quoted context omitted.
If you can get ahold of the Windows 10 LTSB (Long-term servicing branch) distribution, it's actually really nice. Windows without the store, the cruft, the forced updates, and the telemetry. Unfortunately I believe you need MSDN or an enterprise volume licensing deal to have access to it.
It's just so embarrassing to RDP to a windows server and see ads, news, and a store in the start menu. Why the hell anyone would want that on a server is beyond me.
The Store is not included in Server SKUs.
(except Essentials)
Re: “Reclaim Windows 10” Powershell Script
#20Hello, can anybody explain in simple words what this script does? How will it affect the behavior of my windows installation? Should I run it? Thanks !
It will disable a lot of the Windows 10 telemetry features. Those are the features that send a bunch of data about your usage back to Microsoft. This includes Cortana and the Bing search tool in the normal windows search for example.
If you want to run it you should read through it first, it says above every function what it is going to disable. I would go with a simple rule: If you don't understand it, don't disable it. Otherwise it contains code for enabling all features again in case you start to miss something.
Edit: especially UI part seems to disable a lot of things by default that you might not want to disable!