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>How do you deal with Microsoft's crap on a daily basis? wuauclt.exe and wuaueng.dll. Add 'Administrators' to permissions, then go back in and delete all permi
by cortic 5y ago
>How do you deal with Microsoft's crap on a daily basis?
wuauclt.exe and wuaueng.dll. Add 'Administrators' to permissions, then go back in and delete all permission entries. Basically deny windows access to its update system. Doesn't hurt to run Anti-Beacon as well.
NSudo as Trusted Installer to cripple security center and Update medic service, group policies can shut down most of Defender and Customer Experience Improvement Program as well as the nags about those. Also have a laundry list of scheduled tasks to kill.
Takes me days to get win 10 to run as i want, be secure (from MS) and stable, aka not just suddenly change something and mess up my work.
Its still a shadow of the operating system XP was (not that XP was very good). Just compulsory auto arrange and border-less windows alone really cripples its ability to multi-task or work with complex file sets efficiently. And the amount of bloat both in its install footprint and running services is insane.
- sdfhbdf 5y ago> Basically deny windows access to its update system If that also disables security updates that is not a good advice.
- FinanceAnon 5y agoSecurity updates are the actual malware
- cortic 5y agoMy advice would be to take control of your own security. Microsoft do not have your best interests at heart.
- gruez 5y agotake control how? installing adblock and not downloading from shady websites isn't going to save you from stuff like BlueKeep.
- cortic 5y agoAs the NSA recommend, disable Remote Desktop Services and its associated port (TCP 3389). But I'm also not saying don't update. I'm saying choose when you want to update and what you want to update. Use your own firewall and virus software, lock down your own system. Forgive me for being glib but; Leaving a backdoor for good old papa Gates to protect you is a bad strategy.
- Gravyness 5y agoI find it very strange that a computer can boot up with some ports open, that's beyond stupid. Nevertheless all my modems have had the default config to block all incoming requests. Imagine a port open connected to a program with admin priviles which sole purpose is to give people full access to your computer and your desktop. Hidden in plain sight, maybe?