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- | Welp, Windows continues its slow march to robbing you of every ounce of freedom and control you once had. Sorry? | + | Wow, this guide to decrapping Windows |
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- | **This | + | |
===== Installation ===== | ===== Installation ===== | ||
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===== Taskbar ===== | ===== Taskbar ===== | ||
- | Microsoft has hit their head and forgotten that [[https:// | + | Microsoft has hit their head and forgotten that [[https:// |
- Right click taskbar, options. | - Right click taskbar, options. | ||
- Turn off " | - Turn off " | ||
- Expand " | - Expand " | ||
- | ===== Rip out adware | + | |
- | You can go to add and remove programs and immediately rip out this bloatware | + | ===== Rip out adware ===== |
+ | You can go to "add and remove programs" | ||
* Disney+ | * Disney+ | ||
* Groove Music | * Groove Music | ||
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* Personalization. | * Personalization. | ||
* "Show color on Start and taskbar" | * "Show color on Start and taskbar" | ||
+ | * If this is disabled, set Windows to dark mode and apps to light mode | ||
* "Show color on title bars and windows borders" | * "Show color on title bars and windows borders" | ||
===== Explorer ===== | ===== Explorer ===== | ||
- | * View tab -> Item checkboxes = OFF (if you want) | + | * View -> Show -> File name extensions = ON |
- | * View tab -> File name extensions = ON | + | * Three dots -> Options |
- | * View tab -> Options | + | |
* General tab | * General tab | ||
* Open File Explorer to: This PC | * Open File Explorer to: This PC | ||
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* Display delete confirmation dialog -> YES (jesus christ how is that not default?) | * Display delete confirmation dialog -> YES (jesus christ how is that not default?) | ||
- | ===== System properties ===== | ||
- | win+pause/ | ||
- | * " | ||
- | * advanced tab | ||
- | * performance | setttings | turn off candy as desired | ||
- | * startup and recovery | settings | automatically restart -> off | ||
===== Show keyboard shortcut underlines ===== | ===== Show keyboard shortcut underlines ===== | ||
- | - Start, type "ease", | + | In the native Windows 11 start menu, type "underline", and it should shortcut |
- | - Click 'Make the keyboard easier to use' | + | |
- | - Tick ‘Underline keyboard shortcuts | + | |
- | - While you're here, you can turn off sticky keys shortcut, etc. | + | |
===== Proper calculator ===== | ===== Proper calculator ===== | ||
Win10 calculator sucks. I made a whole website to expedite getting old calculator: https:// | Win10 calculator sucks. I made a whole website to expedite getting old calculator: https:// | ||
- | + | ===== Brighter cursor | |
- | ===== "This PC" folder customization | + | They got rid of the classic |
- | There' | + | |
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- | [[http:// | + | |
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- | OLD: [[http:// | + | |
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- | ===== Enable auto login ===== | + | |
- | If you want... | + | |
- | - Click Start, click Run, and type " | + | |
- | - Uncheck the "Users must enter a username and password to use this computer" | + | |
- | - Click Apply. | + | |
- | - Enter the user name and password you wish to automatically log on with, and then click OK. | + | |
- | - Click OK again and you're all done. | + | |
- | (from http:// | + | |
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- | ===== 3D Bronze cursor theme ===== | + | |
- | {{ : | + | |
- | If you are a crazy person and want the 3D bronze cursors from Windows | + | |
- | - Extract [[http:// | + | |
- | - Start | "mouse" | Pointers tab | + | |
- | - Save a new profile "3D Bronze" | + | |
- | - For each cursor | + | |
- | + | ||
- | ---- | + | |
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- | ===== OLD ===== | + | |
- | + | ||
- | ==== disable telemetry ==== | + | |
- | // | + | |
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- | based on [[http:// | + | |
- | * start -> settings -> privacy -> feedback and diagnostics | + | |
- | * stare with shocked amazement as the lowest setting is " | + | |
- | * set it to " | + | |
- | * regedit: | + | |
- | * HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Policies\Microsoft\Windows\DataCollection | + | |
- | * make dword " | + | |
- | * in services, set the following to " | + | |
- | * Diagnostics Tracking Service (early win10) | + | |
- | * Connected User Experiences and Telemetry (later win10) | + | |
- | * dmwappushsvc | + | |
+ | Start -> " |
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