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[–] PleaseLetMeOut@lemmy.dbzer0.com 10 points 4 days ago (5 children)

Just a tip: If you installed Pro or better you can use Group Policies (gpedit.msc) to strip the OS bloat down slightly more than the Home versions. Education and Enterprise also have the telemetry spyware completely removed. But they have a few extra things you'll probably never use and you'll want to disable (like their terrible Remote Desktop stuff, Work Folders, etc.)

(I dual boot for gaming. So I know the pain.)

[–] harbard@fedia.io 3 points 4 days ago (2 children)

as soon as I’m done taking the cysa+ exam I’m going back to arch. I can not stand this. but thank you for the info! I’ll dig around and see what more I can do to make it a bit more bearable.

[–] PleaseLetMeOut@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 3 days ago (1 children)

Oh, in that case, I assume they have you running Pro or Enterprise? If so, ignore what I said about disabling the Remote Desktop and Work Folder stuff. Work Folders especially though, they're a complete pain (or were) and used pretty frequently. So you'll probably be working with them a bit.

[–] harbard@fedia.io 2 points 3 days ago

nah I don’t think so. like literally as soon as I get done with the exam, it’s so over for windows.

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