• EmperorHenry@discuss.tchncs.de
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    18 hours ago

    get an antivirus that actually works and then use either policy plus or group policy to delay windows updates

    Delay feature updates by 365 days

    Delay quality updates by 30 days

    semi-annual channel

    Disable preview builds

    then use O&O shutup10 ++ to disable the bullshit and you’re golden.

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      8 hours ago

      “Here have this brand new house!!”

      “But you still have to smack down a few walls, disable the cameras we added, find a way to go trough your door without having your anus print registered with us, and keep us from moving your furniture to our warehouse, all for your convenience ofcourse.”

      As soon as I realized that Microsoft laughs at people trying to harden Windows I switched to Linux and never looked back. Microsoft doesn’t care about you hardening it and they don’t care about cracked versions in the slightest. You’re a statistic with an advertisement in your home and you’ll still be making money for them.

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        2 hours ago

        You’re a statistic with an advertisement in your home and you’ll still be making money for them.

        They’ve not making any money off me after the first sale. I have an ad-blocking DNS in my router and a system-wide adblocker on every PC I have