Jediwan@lemy.lol to Technology@beehaw.org · 7 months agoWindows-as-a-nuisance: How I clean up a “clean install” of Windows 11 and Edgearstechnica.comexternal-linkmessage-square42fedilinkarrow-up159arrow-down10
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minus-squareBig P@feddit.uklinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·7 months agoI’ve got a whole powershell script I run these days on a new Windows install to remove eveything I don’t need and set things how I like them
minus-squarehelenslunch@feddit.nllinkfedilinkarrow-up2·7 months agoUsed to do that but inevitably what happens is: An update comes along and reinstalls it. Something else is broken by it’s removal because it’s a dependency of the OS. Eventually I got tired of subjecting myself to the abuse. When MS makes a spam-free, ad-free, telemtry-free, account-free, lightweight version of Windows, I’ll be first in line to buy a license.
minus-squareDrewski@kbin.sociallinkfedilinkarrow-up2·7 months agoThe closest thing is LTSC, it still has some telemetry but less than the main version. They haven’t released LTSC for Windows 11 yet though.
minus-squareBig P@feddit.uklinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·7 months agoI wish I could move but mac OS multi-monitor support is terrible and Linux desktop gives me endless problems
minus-squarehelenslunch@feddit.nllinkfedilinkarrow-up1·edit-27 months agoI hear ya. Personally I’d rather deal with the endless Linux problems than Windows’ constant force-feeding bullshit.
I’ve got a whole powershell script I run these days on a new Windows install to remove eveything I don’t need and set things how I like them
Used to do that but inevitably what happens is:
An update comes along and reinstalls it.
Something else is broken by it’s removal because it’s a dependency of the OS.
Eventually I got tired of subjecting myself to the abuse.
When MS makes a spam-free, ad-free, telemtry-free, account-free, lightweight version of Windows, I’ll be first in line to buy a license.
The closest thing is LTSC, it still has some telemetry but less than the main version. They haven’t released LTSC for Windows 11 yet though.
I wish I could move but mac OS multi-monitor support is terrible and Linux desktop gives me endless problems
I hear ya. Personally I’d rather deal with the endless Linux problems than Windows’ constant force-feeding bullshit.