What do you use to debloat Windows? - Because Windows is slowly becoming bloatware.

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GlowyNigger dijo:
I've quit using Mac and have switched completely to Windows over the past couple of years.
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That was stupid, unless you have to run jeet "business" software that's Windows-only and won't work in a virtual machine.

MacOS is well-dressed UNIX, like Linux could be if it weren't kludged together by trannies and bugmen (with actual bugs on them). The Mac experience is getting worse with every release, but Linux is improving so slowly, they won't meet at equally shitty for like five centuries.

Just go back. Trying to do anything in Windows 11 is like fist-fighting a heap of garbage, and Linux will make you a gay incel.
 
Linux trannies will INSIST you need to use it to keep all of your child pornography safe and debloated, the cold hard truth is if you find a decent debloater and turn off auto updates and the onedrive shit W11 is fine.
 
I've never heard of switching back to Windows after becoming a Mac user. Usually that's terminal.

Honestly just stick with the Mac. Windows 11 is a lost cause and Windows 10 is delaying the inevitable. Any Mac version that you can tolerate will basically keep working forever.
 
MacOS isn't all that great either. With it slowly becoming iOS and the weak AI integrations, it's not some unicorn that'll end all woes. Is it better than Windows? Yes. But is it perfect? Absolutely not.

I started making my move from the Apple eco system in 2021. My last purchase was in 2020 and that was the M1 Air running Big Sur. The M1 chip is great, and I still use the Air for some work loads. My very first Mac was the iMac Blueberry from 2000. (Slot loading).

Arch is finally ready on my personal machine. I decided to go back to Arch from Pop OS. Linux is where it's at. And when my job abroad is over, this Windows work machine will go back to my employer.

My thread was simply trying to see what other Win11 users were doing with their installs. Thanks everyone for your input and suggestions. :null:

(Thank you mods for moving this thread)
 
Winutil was already mentioned, it does a truly great job at debloating Windows, and also provides a quick and easy way to install the most essential tools and utilities for good functionality.

If you need any further tweaking, for very special cases, my personal suggestion would be Windhawk (can be installed from within Winutil), It's a platform for mods to get the best out of Windows' UI. Forget all those taskbar and start menu tweaking tools—Windhawk with the right selection of mods will have you covered.
While that's modding, not debloating, Windhawk will keep the bloat low by requiring only a few megs of RAM at runtime while providing the functionality of much more resource-hungry apps.
 
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Thanks, Curry.

The first thing I did was get rid of one drive, Cortana, disable the telemetry, and uninstall all the extra bloat apps. I installed Start 11 and made the context menu "normal" again. Then installed Brave (with the usual extensions)
 
Try the ff:

- Sparkle Optimizer and Hellzerg Optimizer to debloat the system, disable telemetry, optimize various processes, and speed up the 'net and programs; and

- Open-Shell and ExplorerPatcher to make the UI look like Win 7.
 
Winutil has served me well. I save my settings out and reapply them whenever there's a major Windows update in case Microsoft have 'helpfully' revertted any settings.

I'd also use tools such as Windhawk and ExplorerPatcher with caution. They work by injecting code into running processes, which can cause buggy behaviour. Particuarly if a Windows update changes something they're hooking into. They can also trip game anti-cheat software.

The ExplorerPatcher web site also makes some interesting claims that it's superior to 'risky registry hacks'. Personally, if I'm more comfortable with restoring the classic right click menu in File Explorer with a registry change than a program that's injecting code to do the same thing. I've had browse over Windhawk's mods in the past and I personally didn't see anything terribly compelling in there.
 
No-Eyed Square Guy dijo:
MacOS is well-dressed UNIX, like Linux could be if it weren't kludged together by trannies and bugmen (with actual bugs on them). The Mac experience is getting worse with every release, but Linux is improving so slowly, they won't meet at equally shitty for like five centuries.
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Tahoe and Sierra were some of the worst software Apple's shipped since Cheetah. Thankfully they don't force software updates. When it works, it works well but Jesus. There was also the time they forgot to add Fat32 formatting to the "new and improved" disk utility.
 
Having touched Windows 11 today to do some random tech support for an old family member - I have no idea how people use this shit, its so fucking bad.

I have been using Win 10 with some custom scripting and a different shell, and vanilla Win 11 made me want to kill myself.

I wish stuff like Solidworks and AutoDesk ran on Linux. I would switch yesterday.
 
The only issue I have with Windows 11 is the OneDrive integration. I like to keep my desktop, laptop and Surface all separate with applications, configurations and files, and goddamned OneDrive attempts to impose a machine at random on another machine every time it gets fucking updated and logs itself in.
 
VargReallyDidNothingWrong dijo:
Having touched Windows 11 today to do some random tech support for an old family member - I have no idea how people use this shit, its so fucking bad.
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They don't. They spend extra hours every month dealing with Windows 11 specific issues that didn't exist in 7 or even 10. Things like Copilot or some cloud error wiping out their files. Updates bricking their PCs or networks. Random auto updates shutting down essential services. Tons of stuttering and pausing every few minutes as Microsoft is harvesting your data. Having to double and triple click into menus or explorer folders when a single click used to suffice. Older programs from previous Windows versions just not being supported or functioning differently.

Nearly every aspect of Windows 11 is antagonistic towards its users. And the Microsoft "support" teams are just as bad. As well as any social media place that discusses Windows 11 being locked down by corporate.
 
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