[time-nuts] Re: Win 10 stuff

[Eamonn Nugent]

There's what I like to call a "Windows 10 De-F**ker" script, called
TronScript. It goes through and locks out all of Microsoft's bloatware.

https://www.danodemano.com/Tron/

The website looks a little phishy, but I use the script on every win10
machine I can get my hands on. There's a "Subreddit" dedicated to it, at
https://reddit.com/r/tronscript - if you're a redditor.

Feel free to email me off-list (or on-list) if you have any questions. Time
may not be my daily specialty, but this is.

Thanks,

Eamonn Nugent

Cloud Architect, MachineSP - https://machinesp.com


On Thu, Apr 15, 2021 at 4:56 AM Gerhard Hoffmann <
ghf at hoffmann-hochfrequenz.de> wrote:

>
> Am 15.04.21 um 10:12 schrieb Rex:
> > Thanks for that info (below) about Win 10 turning off auto updates.
> >
> > I think I got gpedit installed on my Win 10 Home and have made these
> > changes. Nice.
> >
> > Does anyone know if there is a way to get Win 10 to stop nagging me
> > about creating/fixing a Microsoft account?  -- "Microsoft account
> > problem -- we need to fix..."
> > I don't want an account. To paraphrase an old movie -- Accounts... we
> > ain't got no accounts. We don't need no stinking accounts.
> >
> > BTW My one Win 10 PC is dual boot with Linux Mint.
> >
> >
> I did read from converging sources that this here:
> https://udse.de/reboot-blocker/
> is the only solution that really works.  I did not test it. Web site is
> German only.
>
> I no more give WIn-? control over an entire hardware machine.
> I run Win in a VMware virtual machine on top of Linux Mint. The network
> of the VM ends at the host computer, so even Win7 is never exposed
> to the bad, bad world.
> Every other week I give WIN10 internet access after saving a copy of
> the virtual machine. Then it can pull updates and reboot as often as it
> likes.
> Allowing/denying internet access is just two mouse clicks on VMware.
> No more phoning home.
> VMware is transparent for USB2/3. Even the Xilinx FPGA dongle works,
> and the DG8SAQ network analyzer which has some real time requirements.
> The no-cost VMware player is enough.
>
> Gerhard
>
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