Hi, I just found a simpler way. I create a shortcut with this as the target:


ms-settings:privacy-microphone

Thank you for help anyway.

Thank you, yes, I've been using Nirsoft tools myself too. That would work. But is there a way I could do it without additional software? Maybe using command line or powershell?

Hi,

I would like to be able to quickly (1 or 2 clicks, or maybe a keyboard shortcut - hotkey) enable and disable the microphone in Windows 10 Pro.

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Even better if I could do in on the...

Hi,

today my Windows 10 Pro auto-installed the following update: KB4592449.

This never happened before, because I have set (Group Policy) Windows updates to "2 - notify for download and auto...

Hey, I've found this on the Classic Shell forums, I hope this solved my problem (hasn't happened since):
Classic Shell • View topic - Disabling Keyboard Shortcuts

Thanks.

Hello!

Here's what's happening. I'm using Classic Shell for the classic look of my Start button. When I want to open Paintbrush I press on the Start button, then enter pbrush (very quickly) in the...

Thank you for your reply.

Alongside Macrium Reflect Free and now adding FreeFileSync, I was thinking of using another imaging software - so why not the Windows' integrated solution?

Is anyone...

Hello,

is Windows 10's Backup able to compare the files of the internal drive with the filse on an external USB disk and only copy new + modified files to the external backup disk?

Or is it...

Thank you, again.

Everything under Privacy set to OFF, Cortana and Automatic Windows updates disabled and Diagnostics set to BASIC. That's it for me, no additional tools or whatever.

I found...

I have unsuscribed again, we'll see what happens. Thanx for the suggestion but I don't need WinAero Tweaker.

@ ahr10 - Thank you for the reply and the link to MS, it helped me a lot to understand (hopefully) what this is all about. Much appreciated!

I've decided to ditch the idea of using any 3rd party...

Another question: what exaclty does Windows 10 send out, what kind of info? Personal data? Site passwords, like for Gmail? Where can I read about that?

I think I'll go with O&O's ShutUp10. This is a stand-alone program (no installation), so I only have to run it after every Update, OK. What about ShutUp updates, I guess it won't update automatically...

Thank you. I did a bit of a research and those three tools seem to be the most recommended:

Releases . Nummer/Destroy-Windows-10-Spying . GitHub
Spybot Anti-Beacon for Windows
O&O ShutUp10:...

Hello!

I've read a lot about privacy, spying etc. I'm more concerned about the performance that is taken away because of the unnecessary services running that are spying one me than the spying...