I'm still on windows 7, and frankly at most I can anticipate upgrading to windows 8.1. Windows 10 is a complete non-starter until microsoft provides: - A wa

I'm still on windows 7, and frankly at most I can anticipate upgrading to windows 8.1. Windows 10 is a complete non-starter until microsoft provides: - A way to COMPLETELY disable and remove the Cortana/Search system. - A way to COMPLETELY disable (and keep disabled) all the telemetry. - A way only EVER install updates manually. It's not too well known, but you can uninstall the entire search/indexing system from windows 7. It's in the "turn windows features on and off" dialog in "Programs and Features". I've never had the W7 search actually be helpful, and the complete lack of documentation on it doesn't really help. Turning it off entirely at least prevents the indexing service from using all my CPU at random times. The "Everything" search utility from Void Tools is basically exactly what I want from the filesystem search tool. I've looked at the W10 LTSB variant, and it's a hell of a lot more attractive then the normal variant.