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1. Yes first thing I run if I ever have to use a Windows PC is this little gem called Shutup 10 (1). 2. Then there is another software called 10AppsManager (2)

1. Yes first thing I run if I ever have to use a Windows PC is this little gem called Shutup 10 (1). 2. Then there is another software called 10AppsManager (2) to remove further bloatware like Onedrive, Skype, etc. 3. After that I visit ninite.com (3) to get the usual software without toolbars and spyware. 4. For other software like ffmpeg I use choco or chocolatey (4). I am now a full time linux user but this was the least painful way to get my PC running before that. I'm sure things have changed or improved since, but this really worked for me 2 years ago.. hope this helps someone. (1) https://www.oo-software.com/en/shutup10 https://www.oo-software.com/en/shutup10 (2) https://www.thewindowsclub.com/10appsmanager-windows-10 https://www.thewindowsclub.com/10appsmanager-windows-10 (3) https://www.ninite.com https://www.ninite.com (4) https://chocolatey.org/ https://chocolatey.org/

nathanaldensr 5y ago
They haven't changed. That's nearly the exact process I still use for for work and home PCs.
linuxlizard 5y ago
This is some great stuff. Thank you! I'm definitely going to lean into chocolatey. My daily driver is Linux but I still need a Windows machine around.
dharmon 5y ago
This is great! Thanks! I am forced to use a Windows machine sometimes for work, and to me the unpardonable sin is that Windows seems to randomly reboot _without asking me_! I come to my office and all my open sessions are gone. How do you turn this off?! I try turning off the setting but it randomly turns itself back on. Also, how do people set up a reasonable dev environment not built around Visual Studio? On my Mac I just use Terminal + MacVim (with my plugins), so I don't have particularly demanding needs. I tried WSL, but its just Linux side-by-side with Windows, not integrated with windows. If that's what I wanted I would just use Linux, but I need a command-line where I can still build Windows apps. Currently I use bash-for-git (so I can run `cmake --build ...`) but its so non-standard in lots of ways that it drives me a little nutty.
- latexr 5y ago
  > Windows seems to randomly reboot _without asking me_! I come to my office and all my open sessions are gone. You’re not safe from reboots even if you’re actively using the machine: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ReHafyiDTR0 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ReHafyiDTR0
- asqueella 5y ago
  The idea to regularly update "Active Hours", so that Windows can never update, implemented as a simple script https://github.com/marcosbozzani/Win10ActiveHours https://github.com/marcosbozzani/Win10ActiveHours still works for me to this day.
- Arrath 5y ago
  > I am forced to use a Windows machine sometimes for work, and to me the unpardonable sin is that Windows seems to randomly reboot _without asking me_! I come to my office and all my open sessions are gone. How do you turn this off?! That's the neat part, you don't! Windows loves to revert those settings after every major update, even if you dig into the registry and scheduler and change the settings at the source. It is one of my biggest gripes.
  - EricE 5y ago
    One of the best things Apple added to macOS a while back was the reopen all windows on startup. I don't even think twice about rebooting my Mac any more. Windows could sorely use the equivalent. One way I dramatically reduce the amount of random reboots is I have a thing that looks like a USB flash drive but it has a few switches on the side - one of them, when activated, randomly moves the mouse every 1-5 minutes (there is also a hardware wheel knob that lets you customize the duration). It was meant to be a practical joke thing - slip it onto the back of a friends PC and drive them nuts, but it works great at tricking Windows to think the computer is being actively used. It doesn't stop all reboots caused by Windows updates, but it dramatically reduces them. I also use it to keep my work PC awake when attending online meetings, or especially when I'm presenting. We have mandatory screen saver timeouts and for some reason I can't convince the IT overlords to tweak group policy to allow non-admins the ability to enable presentation mode. Oh well. At least they haven't resorted to only allowing whitelisted USB devices to run so my little joke USB fob still does its thing. I got it from Think Geek in their heyday but there are tons of similar devices on Amazon.
marmaduke 5y ago
From (1) > Some services … share your WLAN access data with your facebook contacts Is that true? There’s no citation but seems a lot more flagrant a violation than I’d expected from Windows.
joconde 5y ago
Note that Windows now has an official package manager called WinGet (https://github.com/microsoft/winget-cli https://github.com/microsoft/winget-cli), which worked very well when I tried it a few months ago; Skype and OneDrive can now be uninstalled without an external tool; and disabling all telemetry also seems to weaken antivirus protection.
- simonebrunozzi 5y ago
  Is it named after apt-get ? (loved Debian and always will)
  - joconde 5y ago
    I guess? :) There’s also NuGet in Visual Studio.
petra 5y ago
Why use ninite instead of chocolatey ? what's the difference?
- syntheticnature 5y ago
  Late, but in looking at things it looks like there are a significant number of things that Ninite will install and Chocolatey does not. While one can re-run the Ninite installer later for updates I do prefer the less all-or-nothing model of Chocolatey.
sneak 5y ago
https://wpd.app https://wpd.app
BizarroLand 5y ago
Just a quick shoutout to Ruckzuck (https://ruckzuck.tools/ https://ruckzuck.tools/) I like it far more than Ninite and it is a good way to find some open source software that you may not have heard about or used before, quickly install the programs, and keep them up to date with only a few clicks.
datavirtue 5y ago
Omg...Skype for business has been dead forever but the app lives on. Can't be removed...I have deleted it manually and it still starts up. Wtf? Perhaps I should spend more time figuring this out. Meh.

nathanaldensr 5y ago

They haven't changed. That's nearly the exact process I still use for for work and home PCs.

linuxlizard 5y ago

This is some great stuff. Thank you! I'm definitely going to lean into chocolatey. My daily driver is Linux but I still need a Windows machine around.

dharmon 5y ago

This is great! Thanks! I am forced to use a Windows machine sometimes for work, and to me the unpardonable sin is that Windows seems to randomly reboot _without asking me_! I come to my office and all my open sessions are gone. How do you turn this off?! I try turning off the setting but it randomly turns itself back on. Also, how do people set up a reasonable dev environment not built around Visual Studio? On my Mac I just use Terminal + MacVim (with my plugins), so I don't have particularly demanding needs. I tried WSL, but its just Linux side-by-side with Windows, not integrated with windows. If that's what I wanted I would just use Linux, but I need a command-line where I can still build Windows apps. Currently I use bash-for-git (so I can run `cmake --build ...`) but its so non-standard in lots of ways that it drives me a little nutty.

latexr 5y ago
> Windows seems to randomly reboot _without asking me_! I come to my office and all my open sessions are gone. You’re not safe from reboots even if you’re actively using the machine: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ReHafyiDTR0 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ReHafyiDTR0
asqueella 5y ago
The idea to regularly update "Active Hours", so that Windows can never update, implemented as a simple script https://github.com/marcosbozzani/Win10ActiveHours https://github.com/marcosbozzani/Win10ActiveHours still works for me to this day.
Arrath 5y ago
> I am forced to use a Windows machine sometimes for work, and to me the unpardonable sin is that Windows seems to randomly reboot _without asking me_! I come to my office and all my open sessions are gone. How do you turn this off?! That's the neat part, you don't! Windows loves to revert those settings after every major update, even if you dig into the registry and scheduler and change the settings at the source. It is one of my biggest gripes.
- EricE 5y ago
  One of the best things Apple added to macOS a while back was the reopen all windows on startup. I don't even think twice about rebooting my Mac any more. Windows could sorely use the equivalent. One way I dramatically reduce the amount of random reboots is I have a thing that looks like a USB flash drive but it has a few switches on the side - one of them, when activated, randomly moves the mouse every 1-5 minutes (there is also a hardware wheel knob that lets you customize the duration). It was meant to be a practical joke thing - slip it onto the back of a friends PC and drive them nuts, but it works great at tricking Windows to think the computer is being actively used. It doesn't stop all reboots caused by Windows updates, but it dramatically reduces them. I also use it to keep my work PC awake when attending online meetings, or especially when I'm presenting. We have mandatory screen saver timeouts and for some reason I can't convince the IT overlords to tweak group policy to allow non-admins the ability to enable presentation mode. Oh well. At least they haven't resorted to only allowing whitelisted USB devices to run so my little joke USB fob still does its thing. I got it from Think Geek in their heyday but there are tons of similar devices on Amazon.

marmaduke 5y ago

From (1) > Some services … share your WLAN access data with your facebook contacts Is that true? There’s no citation but seems a lot more flagrant a violation than I’d expected from Windows.

joconde 5y ago

Note that Windows now has an official package manager called WinGet (https://github.com/microsoft/winget-cli https://github.com/microsoft/winget-cli), which worked very well when I tried it a few months ago; Skype and OneDrive can now be uninstalled without an external tool; and disabling all telemetry also seems to weaken antivirus protection.

simonebrunozzi 5y ago
Is it named after apt-get ? (loved Debian and always will)
- joconde 5y ago
  I guess? :) There’s also NuGet in Visual Studio.

petra 5y ago

Why use ninite instead of chocolatey ? what's the difference?

syntheticnature 5y ago
Late, but in looking at things it looks like there are a significant number of things that Ninite will install and Chocolatey does not. While one can re-run the Ninite installer later for updates I do prefer the less all-or-nothing model of Chocolatey.

sneak 5y ago

https://wpd.app https://wpd.app

BizarroLand 5y ago

Just a quick shoutout to Ruckzuck (https://ruckzuck.tools/ https://ruckzuck.tools/) I like it far more than Ninite and it is a good way to find some open source software that you may not have heard about or used before, quickly install the programs, and keep them up to date with only a few clicks.

datavirtue 5y ago

Omg...Skype for business has been dead forever but the app lives on. Can't be removed...I have deleted it manually and it still starts up. Wtf? Perhaps I should spend more time figuring this out. Meh.