DTechnologies Blog: Memoirs of a Remote Developer, SharePoint, O365, C#, SQL, JS & misc: Windows 10 + SurfaceBook 2 Performance Tweaks : Update UI & OS Settings, Remove Bloatware & MS Spyware, Tweak Network Adapter

Windows 10 Setup: Tweak UI to look more like Windows 7

Add personalization shortcut to desktop, see Figure 1 below
Add Classis Shell to Windows 10,restore the look and feel of Win7
1. Download Classic Shell here
Tweak Windows Explorer:
1. View Hidden, icons only ect per view menu
Tweak System UI Performance: System:
1. Adjust for best performance
Change Computer name

Windows 10 Setup: Tweak OS to improve performance

** note ** Use of my computer is targeted towards development + some multimedia editing. So what works for gamers doesn’t work for me,

Tweak Services for Performance per Black Viper recommendations,.
[Optional] Tweak Paging File for performance,
1. If RAM > 8GB I keep defautl setting
2. If Ram <=8gb, SET TO RAM * 1.5
Disable startup applications
1. MsConfig
2. Task Scheduler (Hidden)
3. CCleaner
Disable system visual effects
Disable search indexing / Modify Indexing

https://www.howtogeek.com/howto/windows-vista/speed-up-or-disable-windows-search-indexing-in-vista/

Disable Diag track

sc config "DiagTrack" start= disabled

sc stop "DiagTrack"

```
Disable 
```

Get tips, tricks and suggestions as you use Windows.

See https://www.tenforums.com/tutorials/30869-turn-off-tip-trick-suggestion-notifications-windows-10-a.html

```
Disable Data Collection:
```

See https://www.majorgeeks.com/content/page/how_to_disable_diagnostics_tracking_(diagtrack)_or_connected_user_experiences_and_telemetry.html

and https://winaero.com/blog/how-to-disable-telemetry-and-data-collection-in-windows-10/

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Policies\Microsoft\Windows\DataCollection

Windows 10: Remove Bloatware & MS Spyware

Overview:

How to run Debloat Summary

1. Edit Scripts:

2. Run scripts in order

Open PowerShell as an Administrator

Type the command (without quotes): “Set-ExecutionPolicy Unrestricted” and press enter

3. Run Other Tools as needed

Debloat-Windows-10-master

Main debloater with several scripts to remove Win10 bloatware

Debloater GitHub Download Scripts here

Remove Apps Script

How to Debloat

More help...

Other Tools

WindowsAppsRemover_winxar_102

Remove/Disable pesky Windows 10 Apps

O&O ShutUp10

Disable Windows 10 useless features, O&O ShutUp10 means you have full control over which comfort functions under Windows 10

https://www.oo-software.com/en/shutup10

DisableWinTracking

Disable MS tracking!

http://www.softpedia.com/get/Tweak/System-Tweak/Windows-10-Tracking-Disable-Tool.shtml

SurfaceBook 2: Tweak Network Adapter for performance:

Boost Surface Book/ Pro Wi-Fi connectivity

The first thing you have to do is to open the registry as an administrator, simply type regedit in the taskbar search box, and hit Enter.

Navigate to the following path:

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Services\mrvlpcie8897

Find the item labeled “TXAMSDU”. Double tap and modify the value from 1 to 0.

Restart your Windows 10 PC to complete the workaround.

If everything works as expected, your slow connectivity should be resolved and you should now see an improved wireless connection.

Windows 10 Issues I ran into:

Mapped drives do not work in Windows 10.
1. Set EnableLinkedConnections = 1'
Surface MS Wireless Adapter does not work
Mapped Drives do not work after switching Wifi spots on same network:
1. Open Cmd ->
2. ipconfig /release
3. ipconfig /renew
Adobe After Effects and other apps have super tiny unreadable font.
1. Fix Display Scaling in Windows 10 apps!
2. And here is my manifest I used to fix Adobe After Effects
Download AfterFX.exe.manifest

Figure 1

Clipped from: https://www.howtogeek.com/277448/how-to-make-windows-10-look-and-act-more-like-windows-7/

Easily Access the Classic Personalization Window

By default, when you right-click on the Windows 10 desktop and select Personalize, you are taken to the new Personalization section in PC Settings. However, the Personalization window from Windows 7 is still available in the Control Panel. You can add a shortcut to the desktop so you can quickly access the classic Personalization window if you prefer it.

Right-click on the desktop and select New > Folder from the popup menu.

Copy and paste the following text into the name of the folder and press Enter.

Personalization.{ED834ED6-4B5A-4bfe-8F11-A626DCB6A921}

The icon changes to the personalization icon and the name of the folder also changes to Personalization. Double-click this icon to access the classic Personalization window in the Control Panel.

Personalization

Figure 2 : Other Links

scripts

https://community.spiceworks.com/scripts/show_download/3977-windows-10-decrapifier-version-2

https://github.com/bmrf/tron/blob/master/resources/stage_4_repair/disable_windows_telemetry/purge_windows_10_telemetry.bat

https://github.com/W4RH4WK/Debloat-Windows-10

Utils

https://www.computerworld.com/article/3199125/microsoft-windows/top-30-free-apps-for-windows-10.html#slide21

https://www.google.com/search?q=win+10+remove+bloatware&rlz=1C1SQJL_enUS790US790&oq=win+10+remove+bloatware&aqs=chrome..69i57j69i64l2.5956j0j7&sourceid=chrome&ie=UTF-8

https://www.theguardian.com/technology/askjack/2018/jan/18/how-can-i-remove-unwanted-apps-from-windows-10

https://www.computerworld.com/article/3199125/microsoft-windows/top-30-free-apps-for-windows-10.html#slide21

https://sourceforge.net/projects/windirstat/files/