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Windows 10 Debloat Script

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Re: Windows 10 Debloat Script

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Post by kabdib »

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…

The biggest WTF was Cortana . . . running by default on Windows Server.

I have no idea what they were thinking. Yes, you can disable it with a policy editing. For a server product, you shouldn't have to.

Re: Windows 10 Debloat Script

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Post by lame-robot-hoax »

octosphere wrote: post #17
lame-robot-hoax wrote: post #12

If you’re going go to all this trouble to “debloat” Windows, why not just install Fedora/Ubuntu/PopOS/Debian/Manjaro or something? I just don’t see the point with fiddling around with little hacks trying to disable telemetry and stuff when you can just install a Linux distro and be done with it. I mean sure depending on your use case that may not be possible, but if you don’t have a certain software or hardware limit…

Some people use Windows for games. Yes, I know you can run a lot of Windows games on Linux using Wine or PlayOnLinux, but some just prefer vanilla Windows. Scripts like these are great for freeing up memory and decluttering Windows 10 specifically for running games (typically offline) as connecting Windows to the Internet is generally not a good idea.

I get that, that’s why I said if you don’t have certain software limitations. If it’s to play games or something then I understand.

Re: Windows 10 Debloat Script

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Post by the8472 »

FluffyKitty wrote: post #8

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?

Dual boot is a hassle. If you want to use linux and occasionally need windows or want to play games under windows it's more convenient to go through the hassle of setting up GPU passthrough once so you can run it in a VM.

Re: Windows 10 Debloat Script

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Post by qieja »

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…

The Group Policy Editor (gpedit.msc) contains most of the important settings to disable (Cortana, having your searches uploaded to Bing, Windows Update, Defender...) and it's perfectly safe to use, unlike these scripts.

Re: Windows 10 Debloat Script

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Post by mehrdadn »

giancarlostoro wrote: post #9
mehrdadn wrote: post #5

Earlier quoted context omitted.

> 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.

Yeah, on Windows 10. You probably have a lot more running than what would be running "out of the box"...

Re: Windows 10 Debloat Script

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Post by noir_lord »

kabdib wrote: post #21
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…

The biggest WTF was Cortana . . . running by default on Windows Server. I have no idea what they were thinking. Yes, you can disable it with a policy editing. For a server product, you shouldn't have to.

Wow, that seems like an insane choice as the default.

I'm curious what the rationale was behind that choice.

Re: Windows 10 Debloat Script

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Post by mehrdadn »

sosodev wrote: post #7
mehrdadn wrote: post #5

Earlier quoted context omitted.

> 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

I've tested with a lot of RAM.
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