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Two changes made a big difference for me in using Windows 10: 1. Turning off Cortana using these instructions: https://www.howtogeek.com/265027/how-to-disable-

by Filter 9y ago

Two changes made a big difference for me in using Windows 10: 1. Turning off Cortana using these instructions: https://www.howtogeek.com/265027/how-to-disable-cortana-in-windows-10/ https://www.howtogeek.com/265027/how-to-disable-cortana-in-w... 2. Turning off most of the visual effects under "Adjust the appearance and performance of Windows." (I left "Smooth edges of screen fonts" and "Enable Peek" checked) The combination of these two change feels like a whole new computer.

krapp 9y ago
I don't want to turn off Cortana, I want Cortana not to exist. How can I accomplish that in Windows 10?
- pjmlp 9y ago
  The same way you disable Google Now and Siri.
- Tharre 9y ago
  Remove "C:\Windows\SystemApps\* cortana* " with something like[0] to get around "File is in use". A fair warning though, [insert standard MIT style disclaimer]. [0] https://gist.github.com/Tharre/d900a5f6ce16701b441c4405abc3634a#file-post-install_win10-ps1-L27 https://gist.github.com/Tharre/d900a5f6ce16701b441c4405abc36...
nisa 9y ago
Yes. Also take the time and clean up the default tiles on the start menu. If you drank the anti-av kool-aid also exclude C:/ (or where you have installed Windows 10) from Defender - a nice speed bumb and USB drivers are checked anyway. There is also uBlock Origin for Edge that works pretty well. I find the battery savings when using Edge worthwile.
garraeth 9y ago
I found https://www.oo-software.com/shutup10 https://www.oo-software.com/shutup10 to be really effective.
SmellyGeekBoy 9y ago
Reading posts like this, I get the distinct impression that the common "I don't want to spend ages messing around with my operating system, I want something that just works" argument against Linux is becoming more and more irrelevant. I've jumped back and forth since the early 2000s but even I scrapped my Windows partition around 6 months ago and haven't looked back (to be fair, I still have Win10 in VirtualBox for PhotoShop and Office, but even that hasn't been booted in weeks).

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krapp 9y ago

I don't want to turn off Cortana, I want Cortana not to exist. How can I accomplish that in Windows 10?

pjmlp 9y ago
The same way you disable Google Now and Siri.
Tharre 9y ago
Remove "C:\Windows\SystemApps\* cortana* " with something like[0] to get around "File is in use". A fair warning though, [insert standard MIT style disclaimer]. [0] https://gist.github.com/Tharre/d900a5f6ce16701b441c4405abc3634a#file-post-install_win10-ps1-L27 https://gist.github.com/Tharre/d900a5f6ce16701b441c4405abc36...

nisa 9y ago

Yes. Also take the time and clean up the default tiles on the start menu. If you drank the anti-av kool-aid also exclude C:/ (or where you have installed Windows 10) from Defender - a nice speed bumb and USB drivers are checked anyway. There is also uBlock Origin for Edge that works pretty well. I find the battery savings when using Edge worthwile.

garraeth 9y ago

I found https://www.oo-software.com/shutup10 https://www.oo-software.com/shutup10 to be really effective.

SmellyGeekBoy 9y ago

Reading posts like this, I get the distinct impression that the common "I don't want to spend ages messing around with my operating system, I want something that just works" argument against Linux is becoming more and more irrelevant. I've jumped back and forth since the early 2000s but even I scrapped my Windows partition around 6 months ago and haven't looked back (to be fair, I still have Win10 in VirtualBox for PhotoShop and Office, but even that hasn't been booted in weeks).