My last day with Windows 10

Gordon7 said:

@tfe All your internet connections can be set as a "Metered Connection" - in that state Windows will not dl. any updates!

MS changes that since Fall Upgrade. Some updates will download regardless.

tfe said:

The main reason for not to use Windows is that I want a computer that I can control and I don't want a computer that controls my life. ...

MS has decided to take a complete control from users even in Pro versions, because it knows the best.
I am fighting with 10 to keep it under control, but with each upgrade it gets more and more difficult.

Gordon7 said:

Windows asks me how I want to see their advertisments. What? Is it a joke? Advertisments in an OS that costs money?

Indeed, it pushes ADs more and more, on desktop, lockscreen, explorer, even in settings now.

I will try to address some issues.

To disable ADs (run CMD as admin and copy/paste):

Code:

reg add "HKCU\Software\Microsoft\GameBar" /v "ShowStartupPanel" /t REG_DWORD /d "0" /f
reg add "HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\Advanced" /v "ShowSyncProviderNotifications" /t REG_DWORD /d "0" /f
reg add "HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\ContentDeliveryManager" /v "RotatingLockScreenEnabled" /t REG_DWORD /d "0" /f
reg add "HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\ContentDeliveryManager" /v "RotatingLockScreenOverlayEnabled" /t REG_DWORD /d "0" /f
reg add "HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\ContentDeliveryManager" /v "SubscribedContent-338388Enabled" /t REG_DWORD /d "0" /f
reg add "HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\AdvertisingInfo" /v "Enabled" /t REG_DWORD /d "0" /f
reg add "HKLM\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\AdvertisingInfo" /v "Enabled" /t REG_DWORD /d "0" /f
reg add "HKLM\Software\Policies\Microsoft\Windows\AdvertisingInfo" /v "DisabledByGroupPolicy" /t REG_DWORD /d "1" /f
reg add "HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\ContentDeliveryManager" /v "SubscribedContent-338389Enabled" /t REG_DWORD /d "0" /f
reg add "HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\ContentDeliveryManager" /v "SubscribedContent-310093Enabled" /t REG_DWORD /d "0" /f

To Disable Auto-install subscribed/suggested apps:

Code:

reg add "HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\ContentDeliveryManager" /v "ContentDeliveryAllowed" /t REG_DWORD /d "0" /f
reg add "HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\ContentDeliveryManager" /v "OemPreInstalledAppsEnabled" /t REG_DWORD /d "0" /f
reg add "HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\ContentDeliveryManager" /v "PreInstalledAppsEnabled" /t REG_DWORD /d "0" /f
reg add "HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\ContentDeliveryManager" /v "PreInstalledAppsEverEnabled" /t REG_DWORD /d "0" /f
reg add "HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\ContentDeliveryManager" /v "SilentInstalledAppsEnabled" /t REG_DWORD /d "0" /f
reg add "HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\ContentDeliveryManager" /v "SoftLandingEnabled" /t REG_DWORD /d "0" /f
reg add "HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\ContentDeliveryManager" /v "SubscribedContentEnabled" /t REG_DWORD /d "0" /f
reg delete "HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\ContentDeliveryManager\SuggestedApps" /f

Disable OneDrive:

Code:

reg add "HKCR\CLSID\{018D5C66-4533-4307-9B53-224DE2ED1FE6}" /v "System.IsPinnedToNameSpaceTree" /t REG_DWORD /d "0" /f
reg add "HKCR\Wow6432Node\CLSID\{018D5C66-4533-4307-9B53-224DE2ED1FE6}" /v "System.IsPinnedToNameSpaceTree" /t REG_DWORD /d "0" /f
reg add "HKCU\Software\Classes\CLSID\{018D5C66-4533-4307-9B53-224DE2ED1FE6}" /v "System.IsPinnedToNameSpaceTree" /t REG_DWORD /d "0" /f
reg add "HKCU\Software\Classes\Wow6432Node\CLSID\{018D5C66-4533-4307-9B53-224DE2ED1FE6}" /v "System.IsPinnedToNameSpaceTree" /t REG_DWORD /d "0" /f
reg add "HKCU\Software\Microsoft\OneDrive" /v "DisablePersonalSync" /t REG_DWORD /d "1" /f
reg add "HKLM\Software\Policies\Microsoft\Windows\OneDrive" /v "DisableFileSync" /t REG_DWORD /d "1" /f
reg add "HKLM\Software\Policies\Microsoft\Windows\OneDrive" /v "DisableFileSyncNGSC" /t REG_DWORD /d "1" /f
reg add "HKLM\Software\Wow6432Node\Policies\Microsoft\Windows\Onedrive" /v "DisableFileSyncNGSC" /t REG_DWORD /d "1" /f
reg add "HKLM\Software\Policies\Microsoft\Windows\OneDrive" /v "DisableLibrariesDefaultSaveToOneDrive" /t REG_DWORD /d "1" /f
reg add "HKLM\Software\Wow6432Node\Policies\Microsoft\Windows\Onedrive" /v "DisableLibrariesDefaultSaveToOneDrive" /t REG_DWORD /d "1" /f
reg add "HKLM\Software\Policies\Microsoft\Windows\OneDrive" /v "DisableMeteredNetworkFileSync" /t REG_DWORD /d "1" /f
reg add "HKLM\Software\Wow6432Node\Policies\Microsoft\Windows\Onedrive" /v "DisableMeteredNetworkFileSync" /t REG_DWORD /d "1" /f
reg delete "HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run" /v "OneDrive" /f
sc config OneSyncSvc start= disabled
sc config OneSyncSvc_Session1 start= disabled
schtasks /Change /TN "OneDrive Standalone Update Task v2" /Disable

To uninstall all store apps (except core apps), store included (run in powershell as admin):

Code:

Get-AppxPackage -AllUsers | Remove-AppxPackage

To uninstall all store apps (except core apps) and keep store:

Code:

Get-AppxPackage -AllUsers | where-object {$_.name –notlike “*store*”} | Remove-AppxPackage

Disabling Windows Updates is particularly challenging. Typical methods, like setting a metered connection or disabling Windows Updates service, fail to work. But if you disable a service, which WU are dependant on, it fails to check for updates. The problem is, that Network List Service is required to display WiFi networks, so without it, you will not be able to connect. You need to enable it to connect, then you can disable it ASAP.

Run this, once you see a timeout window, connect to wifi or check for updates.
When you are done, press to continue, to stop the service again.
It is quirky, but well you can thank MS, not that it cares.

Code:

sc config netprofm start= auto
net start NlaSvc
timeout /t -1
sc config netprofm start= disabled
net stop netprofm /y

[QUOTE=TairikuOkami;1135434]MS changes that since Fall Upgrade. Some updates will download regardless.
/QUOTE]

It was always like this. Metered connections always downloaded security updates.

Only way to stop all updates (bad plan) is to disable the windows update service.

I agree. Every business place I been too are all running Windows 7. None are running Windows 10.

I agree with the original poster. Microsoft has crappified a really good product. #WhatHappened?

Too bad I didn't get this operating system for "free" too. I paid for something that's crappy and always breaks. I never paid for XP and it worked perfectly... until Microsoft decided to ditch updating it.

In a way, I kinda broke my own rule of: "If it is physically possible to get something for free... then GET IT FOR FREE!"

I have set a curse on my own rule

I have yet to have any major complaints over Windows 10. It isnt perfect, but nothing is. Ive run a handful of different Linux distros in VMs. I like Linux Mint quite a bit, and if it wasnt for the fact that everything that is done where I work needs Windows, I just may switch over to it as my main OS. That, and the fact that Linux tends to make you jump through more hoops to do what you want to do. Every computer we have at work except for the computer that the wife of the owner uses and my laptop are Windows 7. The server still runs Server 2003 R2 64-bit. I keep trying to get them to update that, but they never get to it.