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Like, this disables a lot of actual features -- the Xbox stuff, Windows Store... I get some people don't use that stuff, but it's generalizing from a local pref
by cwyers 11y ago
Like, this disables a lot of actual features -- the Xbox stuff, Windows Store... I get some people don't use that stuff, but it's generalizing from a local preference to a global one to call these "anti-features" and the like as some in this thread have. Features you don't use are not the same as features nobody uses.
Meanwhile disabling UAC so you can run a pile of batch files off the Internet sounds like a terrible idea to me.
- nej_simon 11y agoThe batch files are small so it's easy to verify what they do at least!
- cwyers 11y agoEven if one reviews them and finds them not actively malicious (which on cursory review seems likely) there's still the question of how well they're written. If I am not mistaken, the PowerShell script to remove the bundled Metro apps (what's the deal with removing the Calculator anyway?) is littered with wildcards. The bigger point is that you shouldn't be disabling UAC anyway, and anyone who suggests it is immediately on my list of people I don't fully trust.