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Also: I SET A FUCKING GROUP POLICY THAT DISABLES THE SEARCH BAR; WHY THEY FUCKING IGNORE IT???

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[-] TwoGems@lemmy.world 11 points 1 year ago

If you have no choice but to use Windows download Microsoft 10 LTSC iot, lock down all policies and use Shutup10 and WPD to remove all telemetry. Blackbird can also block specific Windows 10 addresses that phone home but it's better to just get a third party firewall and block them because Blackbird can sometimes break things.

I also was able to remove Microsoft EDGE forever using this. Follow the steps exactly:

https://gist.github.com/ave9858/c3451d9f452389ac7607c99d45edecc6#file-uninstalledge-ps1

If an update you want forces edge back then just follow the steps again. If Edge "remnants" remain, use bulk crap uninstaller on any leftovers.

I've never had the search bar return or anything I didn't want to return on a locked down Windows 10 LTSC installation except Edge, and that's easy to remove. You can even turn off updates for a while if you want to, but I still update because you should.

If you have hardware that needs Windows 11, they're releasing an LTSC version of that, too soon.

[-] bufalo1973@lemmy.ml 17 points 1 year ago

And some people say Linux is the difficult one.

[-] ubermeisters@lemmy.world -5 points 1 year ago

This is an extremely disingenuous comment.

[-] bufalo1973@lemmy.ml 9 points 1 year ago

"In Linux you have to use the command line for everything" (not real since years ago) "Windows makes everything easy, not like Linux" (read/heard too many times)

[-] ubermeisters@lemmy.world -5 points 1 year ago

me, currently with 1 Command prompt open running FFMPEG to stitch images to a GIF, while concurrently 2 power shell consoles are open each running different python environments for stable diffusion and LLM. Not seeing an issue haha

[-] bufalo1973@lemmy.ml 4 points 1 year ago

I said "have to", not "can" ๐Ÿ˜‰

[-] CeeBee@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago

while concurrently 2 power shell consoles are open each running different python environments for stable diffusion and LLM.

Using Windows for AI is like trying to fight off a group of muggers with one arm purposefully tied behind your back. You can do it, but why would you?

[-] ubermeisters@lemmy.world -3 points 1 year ago

Huh well, thats not been my experience in the slightest, so {shrug}

Its a hobby for me, not a profession. I'm rocking a massive 3060TI so you know i'm serious lmao

[-] CeeBee@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago

Huh well, thats not been my experience in the slightest

How would you know if you've never untied your arm?

Seriously though, Windows is a heavy bloated pig. There's a reason why you can't install Windows on a DGX server.

[-] ubermeisters@lemmy.world 0 points 1 year ago

Why are you talking down to me? did I say I am unfamiliar with Linux based systems? Take your assumptions elsewhere.

[-] CeeBee@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago

Well, you didn't say you were familiar with using Linux. And your previous comment "this is an extremely disingenuous comment" suggests you are.

And no one is talking down to you.

[-] Socsa@sh.itjust.works 9 points 1 year ago

Even without any network connection at all, windows update will quietly revert system changes it doesn't like. You can go in as a trusted installer or whatever the highest user space auth is called these days, completely remove the execute permissions to windows system binaries, power down the system, and when you turn it back on again there's a chance that the permissions will revert.

At this point it is honestly a bit of a miracle that the windows update layer hasn't been hijacked for malware. Or maybe it has and we have no way of knowing.

[-] cyberpunk007@lemmy.world 7 points 1 year ago

Ah yes. When your operating and spyware are the same thing.

[-] TwoGems@lemmy.world 7 points 1 year ago

Windows itself is malware

[-] CeeBee@lemmy.world 4 points 1 year ago

That's a lot of work to get the OS to work for you. If only there was another option...

[-] TwoGems@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago

Yeah, I know. Linux. If it's working with all games and programs now, then that sounds good to me.

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