Reclaim Windows10
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Reclaim Windows10
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Re: Reclaim Windows10
#2(Not so) fun stuff about the Linux services shovelling.
Having the snapd daemon running is not necessary (it may actually be undesirable).
At least on Ubuntu though, snapd can't be regularly prevented from starting at boot (`systemctl disable`) - it needs to be masked (`systemctl`, essentially, a forced disable). But if one masks it, the Ubuntu daily update will hang.
Well, one can't say that Ubuntu isn't catching up with the times :) /s
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#3I started using Windows in the 3.x days, and the amount of crap I have to "fix" every time I make a new install increases with each successive version... and to think I used to be mildly annoyed at having to enable file extensions and showing full paths back in the 9x/2k days.
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#4I started using Windows in the 3.x days, and the amount of crap I have to "fix" every time I make a new install increases with each successive version... and to think I used to be mildly annoyed at having to enable file extensions and showing full paths back in the 9x/2k days.
showing hidden files and extensions still annoys me now :) but defo agree
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#5Nearly 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 completely superfluous, like disabling "3D Objects" which has already been disabled in the latest Windows version
Just don't run this stuff.
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#6One alternative is O&O ShutUp10 (free) that does the same things using a GUI: https://www.oo-software.com/en/shutup10
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#7Nearly 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…
Totally agree with this. I’ve not seen one of these things that isn’t seriously dangerous to run.
As with all these things, the road to hell is paved with good intentions, apparently by tinfoil hatted nut jobs who don’t understand the problem domain well enough to be making decisions for people who know even less than they do.
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#8(Not so) fun stuff about the Linux services shovelling. Having the snapd daemon running is not necessary (it may actually be undesirable). At least on Ubuntu though, snapd can't be regularly prevented from starting at boot (`systemctl disable`) - it needs to be masked (`systemctl`, essentially, a forced disable). But if one masks it, the Ubuntu daily update will hang. Well, one can't say that Ubuntu isn't catching up…
You can fix Ubuntu by using Debian 10. Worked for me :)
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#9I switched to dual booting Linux mint and Windows 10 on my home desktop. Work laptop has been linux only for years. I've only used windows a couple of times, because these days I'm mostly just using a browser.
By the time you've "reclaimed" Windows 10, there'll be an update that undoes your work, so it doesn't seem worth the effort.
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#10I don't think anyone has the time to audit every line to ensure there's nothing malicious in there.
On a side note, this also made me realize my desktop barely has any non-mainstream "low-trust" applications anymore. Back in the early 2000s, I remember my computer is filled with random win32 apps. The most fringe app I have now is "Bulk Rename Utility".