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InvisibleTowns77
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Windows made the way it should be! * 1
    #28609103 - 01/04/24 04:52 AM (23 days, 14 hours ago)

For all those who are fed up with forced updates,  edge,  defender,  bloatware, etc, and all those gigs upon gigs of unwanted rubbish and spyware on that cannot be turned off or removed from Windows operating systems,  I have found the Ultimate solution.

https://windowsxlite.com/


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OfflineGiermmo
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Re: Windows made the way it should be! [Re: Towns77]
    #28609119 - 01/04/24 05:18 AM (23 days, 13 hours ago)

Forced with updates? You mean like security patches?
Is 20Gb too much for OS, when single game nowdays takes around 150GB?


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Invisiblekoraks
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Re: Windows made the way it should be! [Re: Giermmo]
    #28609224 - 01/04/24 07:38 AM (23 days, 11 hours ago)

A website loaded with ads and pop ups to entice users to disable ad blockers.
Downloads hosted on a 3rd party platform of questionable status in terms of security.
Registry hacks contain advertisement links to ko-fi.com, which seems to be some kind of get-rich-quick pyramid scheme that the author apparently feels fine associating themselves with.
Website does not contain clear information on who's behind the project, what their motives are, or what kind of support can be expected.

I would trust this guy about as far as I can throw a mid-1990s big-tower machine or a full 19" rack.

I would very emphatically NOT recommend anyone installing any of that shit.


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Invisiblekoraks
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Re: Windows made the way it should be! [Re: koraks]
    #28609230 - 01/04/24 07:44 AM (23 days, 11 hours ago)

Also:
Edge: nobody forces you to use it. It can simply be ignored.
Defender: is pretty darn effective and unobtrusive. It was a great move to include it.
Forced updates: they're not so much forced, as unobtrusive in the background and optimized to not interrupt work. While updates used to be annoying back in XP days, they're trouble-free these days. And of course essential for security reasons.
Bloatware: don't blame Windows for the habit of OEMs to fill up your machine with their 3rd party stuff. Simply remove it, which is easy as pie, or if you can't be bothered, do a fresh install.
Spyware: don't install it...also, experience tracking is not the same as spying. It's a normal and healthy part of quality assurance in the software world.

If so desired, legacy files accruing from past updates can be periodically removed to free up 'precious' disk space.

For those who have a problem with Microsoft as such, there's always Apple or Linux.


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InvisibleTowns77
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Re: Windows made the way it should be! [Re: Towns77]
    #28609345 - 01/04/24 10:19 AM (23 days, 8 hours ago)

:thumbup:


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InvisibleTowns77
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Re: Windows made the way it should be! [Re: Towns77]
    #28609348 - 01/04/24 10:24 AM (23 days, 8 hours ago)



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OfflineGiermmo
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Re: Windows made the way it should be! [Re: Towns77]
    #28610051 - 01/05/24 12:17 AM (22 days, 18 hours ago)

You clearly have no grip about security etc. but like you said, to each their own.
:smile:


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Onlinehuey.bluey
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Re: Windows made the way it should be! [Re: Towns77]
    #28614178 - 01/08/24 02:46 PM (19 days, 4 hours ago)


it looks like youre downloading... an edited version of windows. You already cant control windows but now its something even beyond microsoft. lol
I would not trust this at all, I dont know I think I use winaero tweaker to optimize most of the registry shit and turn off crap. I rarely even use windows these days.


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OfflineRukus
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Re: Windows made the way it should be! [Re: huey.bluey]
    #28619380 - 01/13/24 05:11 AM (14 days, 14 hours ago)

No thanks, if you don't want to use windows, use Linux


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InvisibleNillion
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Re: Windows made the way it should be! [Re: Towns77]
    #28619397 - 01/13/24 05:51 AM (14 days, 13 hours ago)

If you learn Powershell you can basically make Windows do what you want.


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OfflineNorthernerM
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Re: Windows made the way it should be! [Re: Nillion]
    #28627357 - 01/19/24 02:59 PM (8 days, 4 hours ago)

Crazy broken project. But if I wanted Windows for a stand alone machine that didn't internet, for devices or offline software or something, it'd be perfect.

I understand how people get upset with Windows and the intrusive feature updates that are packaged with security updates, the constant shuffling of deckchairs, the constant resetting of settings that compel commercial power to MS, widgets and O365 and OneDrive and Edge and crap always running and reinstalling whether you use them or not, the data mining and other crap ... yeah it's all pretty average, and that's being kind. But it's relatively stable platform and has decent cryptography and security built in, and is piss easy to use.

It'd be nice if Microsoft let people do as they will with their systems, projects like this wouldn't need to exist. People could just set their computers how they want.

edit: I've been looking more closely at this project and it's actually pretty good, I'm going to spin one up and see how it works.


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InvisibleKannaKris
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Re: Windows made the way it should be! [Re: Northerner]
    #28636491 - 01/27/24 07:04 AM (12 hours, 12 minutes ago)

Yeah you guys are idiots,  namely koraks! 

There is also no way to stop any of this shit that the op mentioned with windows 11 now!

I totally agree with the op,  and I have since taken that standard windows 11 shit off my PC.

I have went with one of the xlite versions, and it' so much better and faster.

Now I get no more forced updates,  spying,  spyware,  sending/selling your data to third party companies,  gigs of shitware, etc,  and all kinds of shit that you can not uninstall,  period!

Microsoft sucks, and should be ashamed of themselves.

And,  if Linux didn't suck so bad,  I'd rather just use it,  but because it does,  I'm sticking with the xlite versions!

Thanks op  :thumbup:

And for all who disagree,  namely the number one idiot,  check this shit out!

https://www.techspot.com/news/97535-windows-11-spyware-machine-out-users-control.html



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Invisiblekoraks
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Re: Windows made the way it should be! [Re: KannaKris]
    #28636642 - 01/27/24 09:06 AM (10 hours, 10 minutes ago)

Quote:

KannaKris said:
Yeah you guys are idiots,  namely koraks! 




Very mature.

Instead of resorting to name-calling and not adding shit to the discussion, how about you specify where my posts are wrong in your view.

And duhh, of course software like Windows collects usage data. You got a problem with that, block this traffic on your router. Not that difficult to implement. Or just don't give a fuck and move on; most of that data is used in the end to make the product better, but that's apparently something beyond your comprehension.


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OfflineNorthernerM
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Re: Windows made the way it should be! [Re: koraks]
    #28637082 - 01/27/24 03:45 PM (3 hours, 31 minutes ago)

Blocking every server Windows desktops connect to manually is a fools errand. The retry and timeout settings for the network connections are set by people with no respectt for your network, only their desire to connect. The most effective way would be an authenticated proxy. Even then Windows abuses credential data and uses that to permit any apps it installed itself whilst punishing you by not using the credentials to connect to Windows updates and Defender. It's a real clusterfuck. Been there, done that.

All this would be kinda workable if feature and security updates weren't bundled together like before, but now windows desktops take all sorts of crap on just to stay secure against CVE's. But the list of talkative uninstallable applications is constantly changing and growing.

I don't think just not using 3/4 of the start menu because you don't want it and it's uninstallable is reasonable either. The whole idea of having a personal computer is personalisation.

I loaded the Win10 xlite system first virtually and then on hardware. It does address all these issues and the system base load and network noise is really low. The start menu has very few items and everything is much like I would like things to be. I have to question the motives of someone to release and maintain that though. They've basically demonetized windows which will piss off M$ if it starts to catch on and that would lead to significant legal issues... so why? Maybe the story about a guy with a family who just likes to tinker and gives the world copies of his home project is legit, but it could be worse. One could easily bake in infostealers and RATS using system services, no antivirus or antimalware would ever be able to find that shit.

It's perfect for my home use on my studio system. I run a lot of cracks on it anyway and never let it touch the internet. I don't have to deal with Defender and UAC, the menu isn't full of useless shit, it's not running all sorts of processes I didn't ask for. It's perfect.

I wouldn't use xlite as a personal online computer though unless it was very task specific. I certainly wouldn't join it to one of my domains, the trust level just isn't there. I don't know if it will steal my cookies and seeds, there's no way to know so I can't trust it.

There's projects on GitHub though which are basically win hack tools. They make creating your own xlite type installation safe and trustable. Once you eat your first monthly roll-up all the bullshit will start again though.


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